Yeovil’s Wilko branch looks set to close after a rescue deal collapsed. The next stage of the ongoing Yeovil refurbishment scheme will begin later this month. If you recycle in Somerset, you can be sure that your plastic has been recycled here in the UK over the last year... and more.
Yeovil’s Wilko branch looks set to close, alongside those in Bridgwater and Taunton, after a rescue deal collapsed. The owner of HMV, Doug Putman, had hoped to keep up to 300 shops open but the GMB union says all will shut by early October.
Meanwhile, the next stage of the ongoing Yeovil refurbishment scheme will begin later this month. Large parts of the town centre are already affected by the Yeovil Refresh project, with existing works along The Borough, Middle Street and the bandstand. Work, around Newton Park, Wyndham Street and the bottom of Middle Street will start by the end of the month with updated pedestrian crossing points, wider pavements and on-street parking bays promised.
If you recycle in Somerset, you can be sure that your plastic has been recycled here in the UK over the last year. Somerset Council say that the plastic bottles, tubs, pots and trays collected from households and at their recycling centres have all been sent to sites in this country to be turned into new products and packaging. The news comes ahead of next week’s Somerset Recycling Week.
The organisation which runs Martock's foodbank says it's had an amazing response to its appeal to replace items stolen last week. Thieves took hundreds of pounds worth of food and household essentials. Dave Sinclair, from Martock Christian Fellowship which runs the foodbank, says everyone has rallied around to help.
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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