Friends of former Yeovil Town captain Lee Collins have criticised the Professional Footballers Association. Work is underway to prepare Somerset for accepting refugees from Afghanistan. The woman appointed to lead Avon and Somerset Police temporary basis says she'll apply for the top job permanently. Taking away the bins has reduced the amount of litter around Ham Hill Country Park near Yeovil...and more.
Friends of former Yeovil Town captain Lee Collins have criticised the Professional Footballers Association for a lack of support to struggling players. Lee took his life earlier this year. In an open letter to the PFA, they claim there’s "a lack of player wellbeing, mental health and post-retirement support" for the union's members.
Work is underway to prepare Somerset for accepting refugees from Afghanistan. The County Council is appealing for private landlords and those with self-contained accommodation to come forward with offers of housing.
The woman appointed to lead Avon and Somerset Police temporary basis says she'll apply for the top job permanently. Sarah Crew was named Acting Chief Constable last month after Andy Marsh stepped down. She's the Constabulary's first female Chief Constable.
Taking away the bins has reduced the amount of litter around Ham Hill Country Park near Yeovil. The park made the decision to remove the bins after struggling for years with rubbish being dumped and fly tipping by the public.
Beaminster Tunnel on the A3066 at Beaminster is closed today for essential works. Both tunnel entrances will stay shut until 7 pm with diversions in operation.
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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