A Langport man says he's frustrated at the visa system for Ukrainian families. Buses will replace train services between Yeovil Junction and Honiton railway stations over the Easter Bank Holiday weekend. Langport’s famous Hanging Chapel has been damaged after a lorry carrying a container smashed into it. An Ilminster butcher has received national recognition for its peppercorn steak grill burger...and more.
A Langport man says he's frustrated at the visa system for Ukrainian families. Steve Dury applied for two families to live at his home a month ago but has faced numerous delays. Earlier this week, the families finally arrived in the UK. A government spokesperson says they are processing visas as quickly as possible but accepts that progress has not been quick enough.
Buses will replace train services between Yeovil Junction and Honiton railway stations over the Easter Bank Holiday weekend. It’s due to maintenance work being carried out on the line. It is starting tomorrow and will last for three days.
Langport’s famous Hanging Chapel has been damaged after a lorry carrying a container smashed into it. Locals are concerned the Grade one structure dating back to the 13th century, could be unsafe. The incident happened on Tuesday at 7:45 am. The owner of the lorry has not been traced.
The organisers of Yeovil Carnival which is planned to take place in October this year after an absence of seventeen years are seeking a headline sponsor. Chair of the carnival committee, Christine Lalla, says it will only be a walking parade this year but she is hoping businesses will give it their backing.
An Ilminster butcher has received national recognition for its peppercorn steak grill burger. Bonners of Ilminster was one of twelve artisan butchers from across the UK to win, in their category at the Smithfield Star Awards in London earlier in the week.
Somerset County Cricket Club has announced their new Chair, Sir Michael Barber, will join the club next month, taking over from Gordon Baird.
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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