Merlin Helicopters built in Yeovil and fitted with the Crowsnest radar system have entered service for the first time with the Navy. Government coronavirus guidance has been translated into 11 different languages in Somerset. A road near Yeovil is likely to stay shut for at least six months. The Somerset Wildlife Trust says visitor numbers to its nature reserves have doubled in the last year....andmore.
Merlin Helicopters built in Yeovil and fitted with the Crowsnest radar system have entered service for the first time with the Navy. The distinctive-looking helicopter, which has a large radar dome sticking out from the fuselage, provides airborne surveillance. The work on the Merlins was carried out by Leonardo in partnership with the Thales Group at Templecombe.
Government coronavirus guidance has been translated into 11 different languages in Somerset. The Community Council for Somerset carried out the work after being approached by people who, due to language differences, could not understand the lockdown rules.
A church in Somerset is trying to raise over seven thousand pounds to help replace the church clock. There’s been a clock in All Saints church tower in Martock for over a hundred years but it's showing its age.
A road near Yeovil is likely to stay shut for at least six months. Chinnock Hollow, between East Chinnock and Odcombe, was closed in February when a tree and a substantial amount of earth fell from a bank onto the road. Somerset County Council says it’s still investigating how the landslip was caused.
The Somerset Wildlife Trust says visitor numbers to its nature reserves have doubled in the last year. Now it's looking for more donations to keep these sites maintained for future visitors.
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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