A new dementia care home has been officially opened in Yeovil. New sports facilities are to be included within a major housing development in Yeovil. A celebration of Chard past, present and future is being held later this month. Plans are being drawn up to hold a street party to celebrate the coronation of King Charles the Third in the aptly named Coronation Avenue in Yeovil... and more.
A new dementia care home has been officially opened in Yeovil. The town’s Mayor, Evie Potts-Jones, cut a ribbon to launch Chestnut Lodge on Hendford Hill which has accommodation for thirty-nine residents.
New sports facilities are to be included within a major housing development planned on the outskirts of Yeovil. Wyatt Homes say it will provide four football pitches and a sports pavilion alongside the one-thousand homes that it plans to build on the Brimsmore Key Site at Brimsmore.
Staff at Yeovil Hospital, who are objecting to higher charges to park at work, have won the support of Keep Our NHS Public. The campaign group has described the new charges, which will see staff pay around forty-eight pounds a month to park on the hospital site, as unacceptable, especially at a time when health workers are striking for higher pay.
A celebration of Chard past, present and future is being held later this month. The Chard Spring Festival takes place over three days beginning April the 27th. Events include a guided walking tour around Chard's former lace-making factories.
Plans are being drawn up to hold a street party to celebrate the coronation of King Charles the Third on the aptly named Coronation Avenue in Yeovil. The event, with street entertainers and live bands, is being organised by the Westfield Community Association and takes place on Monday, May 8th, two days after the King's Coronation in Westminster Abbey.
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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