Police have secured a closure order on a house in Yeovil linked to drug offences and antisocial behaviour. A verdict of accidental death has been recorded at the inquest into the death of 15-year old Iris Goldsmith. The Royal College of Nursing in the South West is asking NHS managers to hold discussions with staff who haven't had a Covid vaccine. Parish and town councillors in South Somerset are being offered training to see how they can help tackle climate change...and more.
Police have secured a closure order on a house in Yeovil linked to drug offences and antisocial behaviour. The property in Millbrook in Yeovil has been closed for three months with no one allowed to use it. Police say anyone experiencing similar issues in their neighbourhood should contact the police so action can be taken if needed.
A verdict of accidental death has been recorded at the inquest into the death of 15-year old Iris Goldsmith who died when the quad bike she was driving overturned near Bruton in July of 2019. The inquest was told the vehicle flipped as it was zig-zagged across an open field at the family farm at North Brewham. Iris, the daughter of the financier Ben Goldsmith was left trapped under the vehicle and died from the neck injuries she sustained.
The Royal College of Nursing in the South West is asking NHS managers to hold discussions with staff who haven't had a Covid vaccine. It follows the Health Secretary’s announcement that all frontline NHS workers need to be fully vaccinated by next Spring unless they have a medical exemption.
Parish and town councillors in South Somerset are being offered training to see how they can help tackle climate change. The training is being funded by Somerset County Council as part of the target for Somerset to become carbon neutral by 2030.
A new restaurant has opened in South Petherton in a building previously used as a bank. Called Holm it’s run by the London-based restaurant chain Levan and Larry’s and is their first restaurant venture outside of the Capital.
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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