Police are carrying out extra patrols in the Street area after a woman was sexually assaulted. New data has highlighted the places in South Somerset that are the most deprived to live in. If you were caught in this week’s heavy showers, you might find it hard to believe that Somerset is still in a drought. A woman from Somerton who set herself a zero waste target for this year...and more.
Police are carrying out extra patrols in the Street area after a woman was sexually assaulted. The woman claims she was attacked by a man in Sharpham Drove last Sunday. He’s described as white, 30 to 40 years old, wearing black clothing, a black beanie hat, black sunglasses and gloves.
New data has highlighted the places in South Somerset that are the most deprived to live in. The figures, taken from the 2021 Census, show that Chard West, Milford Park in Yeovil, and the town of Yeovil have some of the highest indicators of deprivation in the County. Two other areas with high rates were North and East Chard and Crewkerne. Deprivation is when a member of a household is unemployed or long-term sick; where no one has five or more GCSE passes or the accommodation is overcrowded and has no central heating.
If you were caught in this week’s heavy showers, you might find it hard to believe that Somerset is still in a drought. South West Water says reservoirs and rivers have benefited from the heavy rain but water levels still remain very low.
Local woman, Clare Case has started dressing up as a vegetable and visiting supermarkets to raise money for Motor Neuron Disease after her cousin, Yeovil Town’s Head of Player Development, Marcus Stewart, was diagnosed with the condition. Claire says she’s aiming to raise £100,000 pounds for M-N-D charities.
A woman from Somerton who set herself a zero waste target for this year says she can't understand how some people come to throw away so much rubbish. Gill Hampson has gone almost 10 months without filling her black bin with waste and putting it out for collection. She was aiming to complete 12 months but had to use her black bin after clearing out the contents of her shed and finding lots of extra waste items for disposal.
A new website has been launched to support people in Somerset with mental health issues. One of Yeovil’s oldest pubs has been sold. Artwork on the theme of aviation produced by students at Yeovil College has gone on display at Leonardo Helicopters in Yeovil.A pupil at Tatworth Primary School near Chard has won a prize in a national competition for writing a book review...and more
Work laying a gas main on the A37 Dorchester Road near the Quicksilver Mail roundabout in Yeovil is to continue for a further two months. Somerset Council says the public toilets in Yeovil bus station will close at the end of the month but the waiting room will stay open temporarily. Former Yeovil Town Captain, Josh Staunton, has set up in business as a professional gardener...and more.
Somerset Council seeking to save £40 million by cutting one thousand jobs says 201 employees have so far applied to leave the authority based on voluntary redundancy. East Somerset Railway near Shepton Mallet has been used for filming the TV adaptation of Jilly Cooper's novel Rivals. An old-style red phone box in Castle Cary is being turned into Somerset's smallest museum...and more
Somerset's Chief Medical Officer says GP surgeries using healthcare professionals alongside doctors to provide treatments has freed up GP appointments. A farmer has been fined £15,000 for polluting a household water supply. Avon and Somerset’s new Police and Crime Commissioner has officially started work in the role. Chard Post Office is closed today for the handover of the business to new owners...and more.
Health inspectors have criticised Somerset's maternity services, including those at Yeovil Hospital. Somerset Council says re-opening Yeovil’s Octagon Theatre in its original form could cost up to £200,000 if a multi-million-pound upgrade of the building falls through. A film made by a Yeovil man on a budget of just five thousand pounds was screened at the prestigious British Independent Film Festival...and more.
The Ferne Animal Sanctuary near Chard says it needs an immediate injection of £100,000 to keep going. Yeovil’s Marlie Packer has returned to Yeovil Rugby Club where she began her rugby career 20 years ago. Twenty-five Town criers from across the South will be in Ilminster tomorrow competing in the annual Ilminster Town Criers' Competition...and more.
Train services through Somerset are again being disrupted today due to continued strike action by the train driver’s union ALSEF. A campaign has been launched in Somerset aimed at stopping people overdosing on opioids. A Somerset business is raising a smile with its name.‘Top Of The Clops’, a tack shop near Taunton has won a place in the top ten of the UK’s funniest business names...and more.
A woman driver has been told she faces a prison term for causing the deaths of two people in a crash on the A303. The AA says there are more potholes than ever on Somerset’s motorway network, leading to an increase in damage to vehicles. The new cancer treatment unit at Yeovil Hospital should be open before the end of the year...and more.
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