Local News Thursday 6th January

Thursday, 6 January 2022 06:00

People in South Somerset who smoke or have smoked in the past are being invited to have their lungs checked. Somerset Waste Partnership says any kerbside and re-cycling collections missed on Tuesday this week will now be made next Monday 10th January. Police are seeking witnesses to an incident in which vandals smashed a car’s rear windscreen in Sherborne. There’s been a big increase in the number of young people in Somerset needing help from the NSPCC...and more.

People in South Somerset who smoke or have smoked in the past are being invited to have their lungs checked. The SWAG Cancer Alliance, which covers Somerset, Wiltshire, Avon and Gloucestershire has been given funding to provide CT scans to people most at risk of developing lung cancer, aged from 55 to 74.

Somerset Waste Partnership says any kerbside and re-cycling collections missed on Tuesday this week will now be made next Monday 10th January. Somerset Waste Partnership say the problems are caused by staff absence due to Covid. They advise households to use recycling sites for 'dry' items and to home compost food waste.

Police are seeking witnesses to an incident in which vandals smashed a car’s rear windscreen in Sherborne. It happened in Half Moon Street at around 11.45 pm on Sunday, January 2nd. Anyone with information is asked to call the police non-emergency number 101

There’s been a big increase in the number of young people in Somerset needing help from the NSPCC. The charity says since the start of the pandemic, calls from young people for support and advice have doubled.

£1,500 has been raised for the Somerset and Dorset Air Ambulance with a tractor run through South Somerset. 75 tractors took part in the New Years Day event that travelled through South Petherton, Lopen, Dinnington, Crewkerne, West Chinnock, Chiselborough, Ham Hill, Stoke-sub-Hamdon, Martock and ended at Thorney Lakes near Langport.

Motorists are being advised of delays on Nash Lane in Yeovil on Friday 7th January. Somerset County Council say the road will be partially blocked for tree felling for most of the day.

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Wednesday 28th January

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Tuesday 27th January

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Monday 26th January

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Friday 23rd January

New data shows that South Western Ambulance is one of the worst-performing ambulance trusts in England. Plans to introduce improved accessibility at Yeovil Junction station have moved a step closer. A community centre in Street is providing vulnerable people with a warm, safe place to meet...and more.
Thursday 22nd January

A new NHS diagnostic centre has opened in Yeovil. The go-ahead has been given to build a replacement school for Milford Junior School in Yeovil. A new 500-bed hotel-style campus is being planned to accommodate workers at the new Agratas car battery factory near Bridgwater...and more
Wednesday 21st January

Councillors have approved controversial plans to build four large carnival club sheds near Ilminster. Somerset Council says there's an increasing gap between the cost of education and the amount the government provides to run local schools. The Bridgwater Tidal Barrier, aimed at protecting homes and businesses from flooding, has been reduced in size...and more
Tuesday 20th January

Citizens Advice says thousands of people in Somerset have lost some or all of their council tax discount. The UK's first autonomous full-size helicopter, manufactured by Leonardo in Yeovil, has successfully completed its maiden flight. A new pharmacy has opened in Wincanton...and more