Health managers say merging Yeovil Hospital with Musgrove Park in Taunton will mean patients in Yeovil having to travel further for specialist treatments. Chard and Ilminster are being given £150,000 of government funding to improve flood protection. Passenger numbers on buses in Somerset went up by fourteen per cent in the first three months of the year. Work to improve the environment at Yeovil Recreation Ground could be copied in other public parks in other parts of the country...and more.
Health managers say a merger of Yeovil Hospital and Musgrove Park in Taunton together with mental health services into one trust should not impact the level of care that patients receive. But they admit that patients in Yeovil may have to travel further for some specialist treatments.
Chard and Ilminster are being given £150,000 of government funding to improve flood protection. The money is being shared between the two towns to support homes and businesses that have been subjected to repeated flooding events.
Passenger numbers on buses in Somerset went up by fourteen per cent in the first three months of the year, according to Somerset Council. It follows the introduction of a £2 single journey fare in January and the launch of the ‘Bus It’ campaign by Somerset Council. The £2 single journey fare is set to run until the end of June.
Work that’s being done to improve the environment at Yeovil Recreation Ground could be used in other public parks. Last year, the council-run site won national recognition at the Grounds Management Association’s Industry Awards for its sustainability projects, beating Premier League club Leicester City into second place.
Yeovil Town fell to yet another defeat playing at home to Dorking yesterday. The one-nil scoreline in Dorking’s favour has left Yeovil six points adrift of safety in the National League with just four games remaining. Mathematically Yeovil can still avoid relegation but it will need Torquay and Aldershot to lose games for them to survive. The Glovers are next in action next Saturday when they play away against Solihull Moors. Their other remaining games are away to Wrexham at home against Oldham; with their last game of the season away to Boreham Wood.
People in Somerset are being asked to take part in a new survey about alcohol use. Yeovil's MP Adam Dance will lead a debate in Parliament today on NHS dentistry. A Yeovil runner has been selected to represent England at a national endurance championship... and more
It's claimed the increasing availability of drugs such as ketamine and cocaine has normalised drug use among young people in Somerset. The trial of a man accused of killing his one-month-old son in Chard begins today at Bristol Crown Court. A stone pillar outside the Langport Arms Hotel in Langport has been replaced after it was destroyed in a car crash... and more
Sir Keir Starmer has paid tribute to the three aircrew from RNAS Yeovilton who died in last week's helicopter crash in Devon. Two men have been arrested and stolen vehicles seized following a major multi-agency operation in South Somerset. An event highlighting opportunities for women in the aerospace industry has been held in Yeovil... and more
The public will be consulted on how best to spend fifty million pounds of government funding to tackle flooding in Somerset. Avon and Somerset Police are backing a new road safety campaign aimed at reducing motorcycle fatalities. New welcome signs have been installed at entrances to the Mendip Hills National Landscape... and more
The government has announced a £50 million investment to strengthen Somerset’s flood defences. A woman from Stoke-sub-Hamdon has been banned from driving for 14 months after admitting drink-driving. Somerset Council has been told it must improve its adult social care services... and more
Plans for a new railway station in Langport remain stalled in Whitehall, according to Somerset Council. Plans to build 50 new homes in Broadway, near Ilminster, have been refused. The new water fountains in Yeovil’s Triangle, in Lower Middle Street, are being switched off during very hot weather because of safety concerns... and more.
A new NHS dental practice in Crewkerne says it won’t start operating at full capacity until July due to staff shortages. Somerset Council says it has no plans to show England matches in the World Cup on the Big Screen in Yeovil town centre due to safety concerns. A Somerset family has been thanked after completing a 73-mile walk raising money for a third world charity... and more
An investigation continues today into the crash of a Royal Navy helicopter, based at RNAS Yeovilton, in which all three aircrew were killed. Somerset Council has confirmed that a new operator will take over several leisure centres across the county. The new live-action Masters of the Universe movie, filmed in Somerset, is released this week...and more
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