Health managers are again asking the public to wear a face-covering when visiting Yeovil Hospital. A new clinic to help people suffering from hard-to-heal leg ulcers has opened in Yeovil. A Chard motorist has been banned from driving for six months for speeding. A garden party held in Ilminster has raised £2,000 for MacMillan Cancer Support. Chard Natural Health Centre in Fore Street in Chard is opening its doors to the public this weekend...and more.
Health managers are again asking the public to wear a face-covering when visiting Yeovil Hospital. They say the decision’s been made due to a rise in the number of patients infected with Covid being treated at Yeovil Hospital.
A new clinic to help people suffering from hard-to-heal leg ulcers has opened in Yeovil. NHS Somerset spends £70 million a year on treating wounds, with leg ulcers making up the largest part of the cost. James Coulston, a vascular surgeon at Yeovil Hospital, says the clinic is helping to lessen the burden on GP surgeries.
A Chard motorist has been banned from driving for six months for speeding. Tim Northcott of Ivy House in Chard was caught exceeding the 70 mph limit on the A30 near Exeter. Northcott, who pleaded guilty to the offence, was told to pay a fine and court costs of £220.
A garden party held in Ilminster has raised £2,000 for MacMillan Cancer Support. The event organized by Cottage Flowers in Horton Cross was attended by seventy guests.
A Business Fair is being held in Yeovil today (July 7th). Organised by Yeovil Chamber of Commerce, it’s taking place at the Innovation Centre, next to Yeovil Town Football Club’s ground. Around 30 businesses are attending with a second day being held tomorrow (July 8th). Admission is free.
Chard Natural Health Centre in Fore Street in Chard is opening its doors to the public this weekend. The Open Day event featuring talks on women's wellbeing, weight loss, and creative writing for wellbeing takes place this Saturday. Admission is free.
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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