Preston Academy in Yeovil has been rated as ‘good’ by Ofsted. Ambulance workers in Somerset have called off their planned strike action this week. Fifteen million pounds is being invested at Yeovil Hospital. An Ilminster man has appeared in court charged with driving a motor vehicle when not in proper control of the vehicle and work starts this week upgrading a children’s play area in Chard.
Preston Academy in Yeovil has been rated as ‘good’ by Ofsted inspectors. Their report, based on a visit to Preston Academy in early January, rated the school as ‘good’ in all four areas of inspection. It represents a turnaround in the running of Preston Academy which in 2019 was rated as ‘requiring improvement’.
Ambulance workers in Somerset have called off their planned strike action this week after being offered additional money for this year and next year by the government. The GMB and Unison unions say it has suspended two days of planned strikes pending a satisfactory outcome to talks with health ministers.
Fifteen million pounds in NHS funding is being invested to deal with patients waiting at Yeovil Hospital. The hospital is getting a new theatre, new robotic surgery equipment, as well as an already announced new Day Ward that is due to open in the Spring.
An Ilminster man has appeared in court charged with driving a motor vehicle when not in proper control of the vehicle. Kevin Hopkins of Dowlish Ford near Ilminster was found guilty of the offence by magistrates in Yeovil and had three penalty points added to his licence and fined £285.
Work starts this week up-grading a children’s play area in Chard. The improvements to Upper Henson Park near Avishayes Community School are set to last five weeks and will see monkey bars, a climbing wall and new grassed areas introduced.
The new owner of Yeovil Town says he’s in talks with Somerset Council about buying back Huish Park. Water levels at some of Somerset’s reservoirs are below what they should be for this time of year. A Chard woman has been recognised in the King's Birthday Honours... and more.
Police are appealing for witnesses to a road traffic accident near Chard, which left one person with life-threatening injuries. Texas Rocks in Middle Street, Yeovil, has closed temporarily following a significant fire. A Yeovil dental hygienist has been named as a finalist in the Ms Great Britain competition...and more.
Yeovil MP Adam Dance has criticised the Chancellor’s Spending Review for not delivering real change for Yeovil and South Somerset. The CEO of Leonardo UK states that they’re working towards closing the gender pay gap within the company. Yeovil Town is relocating its first-team training camp to Bristol... and more.
People in Somerset are being asked for their views on the state of the county’s roads and footpaths. A trial is being conducted at Yeovil Hospital to investigate whether administering shorter courses of antibiotics to patients can effectively treat sepsis. Somerset Council says it has no plans to reopen a block of public toilets in Chard...and more.
A mother from Chard says schools need to do more to identify students with dyslexia. A fire in a van that caught alight at Stoke-sub-Hamdon is being treated as accidental. A former Yeovil-based police officer, who made it appear he was working when he wasn’t, has been barred from policing...and more
Somerset Council is giving £1.5m to Hill View Special School at Ash near Martock to prevent it from closing. Two men have been convicted of killing a Yeovil man they mistakenly believed to be a convicted paedophile. People across Somerset are being asked to make a note of any wildlife they see...and more
Community Speedwatch volunteers in Keinton Mandeville have stopped monitoring the local traffic
because of online and verbal abuse. Redstart Primary School in Chard has been rated as ‘Good’ by Ofsted. A care home resident in Glastonbury has raised more than one thousand pounds for Children's Hospice Southwest by knitting soft toys...and more.
Yeovil MP Adam Dance says he’s been told the temporary closure of the maternity unit at Yeovil Hospital will not be made permanent. Firefighters have dealt with a fire on a coach carrying passengers at Vagg Hill in Yeovil. The authorities in Chile are holding a man who lives in Milborne Port after being found with class-A drugs in a suitcase...and more.
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