Yeovil MP Marcus Fysh says the experience of a family member needing treatment for a stroke has made him realise the importance of keeping open the stroke unit at Yeovil Hospital. Teachers in Somerset belonging to the National Education Union are due to strike again tomorrow. The Cartgate Link Road in Yeovil will be shut to traffic overnight all next week...and more.
Yeovil MP Marcus Fysh says the experience of a family member needing treatment for a stroke has made him realise the importance of keeping open the stroke unit at Yeovil Hospital. The Yeovil unit is under threat of closure with Musgrove Park Hospital in Taunton taking over the services it provides. Eight thousand names have been added to a petition calling on NHS Somerset to abandon the plan. Marcus Fysh is urging anyone yet to show their support for the Yeovil stroke unit to do so,
Teachers in Somerset belonging to the National Education Union are due to strike again tomorrow. It'll be the sixth time this year that teachers in Somerset have walked out in their long-running dispute over pay. The government is offering teachers a one-off payment of £1,000 and a pay rise of 4.3% but the NEU has rejected the offer.
Six million pounds is being spent upgrading a water treatment plant at Hardington Mandeville. Wessex Water says once the plant has been fitted with new equipment, discharges of untreated water from the sewer system following heavy storms will be minimised, together with the removal of chemicals from wastewater.
The A3088 Cartgate Link Road in Yeovil will be shut to traffic overnight all next week. Somerset Council says from Monday the road will close at 7 pm and re-open at 7 am the following morning for the drainage system to be cleaned.
Somerset’s Homeless and Rough Sleeper Nursing Service has won first prize at the NHS Parliamentary Awards held in London to coincide with yesterday’s NHS seventy-fifth anniversary. The service, run by NHS Somerset, Somerset NHS Foundation Trust, Somerset Council, and the voluntary sector, was voted overall winner in the Health Equalities category for delivering the Homelessness Health in Somerset initiative.
There’s been a call for the Somerset Levels to be designated a National Landscape. A Yeovil man has raised £2,000 for a new school minibus at Fairmead School in Yeovil by running the London Marathon. Exmoor Ales, which provides cask ales across the region and beyond, is closing its Somerset brewery and moving the business to Surrey...and more.
The long-awaited refurbishment of Yeovil police station is finally to get underway this summer. Plans have been approved to build 185 new homes off Bunford Lane in Yeovil. Police have arrested three men in Yeovil for being involved in the supply of Class A drugs. A Somerset jockey has been named Champion Conditional Jockey of 2025...and more.
New figures have shown that registering as a new patient with an NHS dentist in Somerset is still just as difficult as it was six months ago. The go-ahead has been given to build 160 new houses on Station Road in Castle Cary. A sailor from South Petherton has been chosen to lead a team in the round-the-world Clipper Race...and more.
Somerset Council is being criticised for taking too long to re-open Yeovil's Octagon Theatre. The Liberal Democrats have won a seat on Chard Town Council by one vote. Dates have been announced for this year’s illuminated carnival processions in South Somerset...and more.
Police are investigating the theft of a motorbike in Ilminster. Tributes have been paid to the former Yeovil Town player-manager, Cecil Irwin, who has died aged 83. Town criers from across the South West will be in Yeovil tomorrow competing for the loudest voice in the Yeovil Town Crier Competition 2025...and more
Police are appealing for witnesses to an accident in which a child was struck by a car in Yeovil. This week, a planning inquiry is being held into plans to turn a Somerset shopping centre into a retirement complex. A Somerset woman is planning to walk the 70-miles of Hadrian's Wall to mark her 90th birthday...and more.
Tourism bosses in Somerset say they feel confident the County will have a good summer for visitors this year. A group representing care providers in Somerset is warning that some residential homes are at risk of going out of business due to rising costs. A Somerset animal charity has taken into care, three orphaned badger cubs...and more.
The Care Quality Commission has given two GP practices in Yeovil a 'good' overall rating. According to insurers, AXA, thefts at commercial premises in Somerset are on the rise. Bus users in Somerset could see changes to the frequency of services when the new West of England mayor takes office. Martock is to host its first Pride event in June...and more.
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