Somerset has entered the third stage of the Covid vaccination rollout. Somerset County Council is making an extra half a million pounds available to certain businesses affected by the pandemic. A farm shop in Lopenhead near South Petherton has won a top award for the third year in a row. Two Somerset girls have embarked on walking the equivalent of four marathons to raise money for the Brain Tumour Charity.
Somerset has entered the third stage of the Covid vaccination rollout. Joint Senior Operating Officer for Covid Vaccinations in Somerset, Andy Herron, says older people will soon be offered the chance of a booster jab. Meanwhile, the Haynes Motor Museum at Sparkford is now one of Somerset's major vaccination sites. It follows the closure of the vaccination centre at the Bath and West Showground and the operation moving to the Haynes Motor Museum
Somerset County Council is making an extra half a million pounds available to certain businesses affected by the pandemic. Council says the Covid Recovery Fund is to help businesses that have yet to receive financial support from the government.
A farm shop in Lopenhead near South Petherton has won a top award for the third year in a row. The Trading Post Farm Shop has been given a Muddy Stiletto Award after being voted the Best Farm Shop and Deli in Somerset.
Two Somerset girls have embarked on walking the equivalent of four marathons to raise money for the Brain Tumour Charity. Carina Hand, aged 14, from Charlton Musgrove, and her cousin Thea Grafton, aged 15, from Charlton Mackrell, were inspired to take on the challenge after Carina’s brother, Tristan, was treated successfully for a brain tumour.
Bird flu has been found at a nature reserve in Somerset, closing part of it down. St Margaret’s Hospice in Somerset is calling for the hospice sector to be given more central funding. The Barrington Boar in Barrington has been placed 12th in The Good Food Guide’s list of 100 best pubs in Britain... and more
Police are investigating a suspected arson attack on a mobile home near Yeovil. Somerset Council is suggesting people turn their pumpkins into soup this Halloween. People in Yeovil have until Sunday to comment on controversial plans to sell off four car parks in the town centre... and more.
Plans have been submitted to build 12 new homes in Chard. A nursery in Yeovil has been rated ‘overall good' by Ofsted. A Somerset mortgage broker has achieved national recognition. A stretch of the M5 at Wellington will be shut every night this week...and more
The Unite union has announced four days of strikes by its members at Leonardo in Yeovil. One of Yeovil’s busiest roads is closed to traffic today. Staff at the Ferne Animal Sanctuary near Chard raised £3,000 taking part in a Sleeping Ruff challenge at the weekend...and more
New figures show that 500 young people were either injured or killed on roads in Somerset and Devon last year. The Old School Community Centre in Queen Camel has reopened, thanks to a donation of £10,000 from Somerset Freemasons. Two Fleet Air Arm engineers based at RNAS Yeovilton have recreated a family moment from 26 years ago...and more
Yeovil-born actress Sarah Parish is supporting efforts to reopen the Octagon theatre. Mobility scooter campaigners in Somerset have welcomed a government review of the legislation governing the use of mobility scooters on public highways. Changes are being made to the dates when garden waste is collected in Somerset...and more
A major house builder in the South West says government targets for new house building in Somerset are 'unrealistic'. Pizza Hut is closing its restaurant in Yeovil. Staff at the Ferne Animal Sanctuary near Chard will be taking part in a ‘Sleeping Ruff’ challenge tomorrow...and more
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Reckleford in Yeovil is to shut for 15 days for essential drainage works. Somerset NHS Foundation Trust has paid out compensation of £23 million for claims related to birth injuries. A Grade II listed building in Glastonbury has been converted into a health and wellbeing centre...and more
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