A Somerset pharmacist says people are going without prescription medicines because they can't afford to pay for them. Two local teenage boys have appeared before a Youth Panel charged with causing actual bodily harm. A public meeting is being held in Yeovil to discuss plans to centralise emergency stroke care in Somerset. Another local pub has been put up for sale...and more.
A Somerset pharmacist says people are going without prescription medicines because they can't afford to pay for them. Lead pharmacist at Somerset Vale Healthcare, Fivos Valagiannopoulos says he’s seen a rise in the number of people not collecting their prescriptions, with some asking what they can "do without" altogether.
Two local teenage boys have appeared before a Youth Panel charged with causing actual bodily harm. The panel was told that the youths attacked a 13-year-old boy in Pageant Gardens in Sherborne in July last year. The pair were referred to a youth offending panel and told to pay the boy compensation.
The date of this year’s Yeovil Half Marathon has been announced. The race, which starts in Petters Way, goes out to Montecute House before returning to the finish line in the Quedam shopping centre, will take place on Sunday, 26th of March.
A public meeting is being held in Yeovil to discuss plans to centralise emergency stroke care in Somerset. The proposal could see people who’ve suffered a stroke taken to Musgrove Park Hospital in Taunton rather than Yeovil Hospital. The meeting, with questions to an NHS Somerset panel, will take place at Yeovil Rugby Club, off Dorchester Road, on Tuesday 21st of February at 2 pm.
Another of our local pubs has been put up for sale. The Walnut Tree in West Camel which includes thirteen bedrooms and a family apartment is advertised with a guide price of £575,000.
Bird flu has been found at a nature reserve in Somerset, closing part of it down. St Margaret’s Hospice in Somerset is calling for the hospice sector to be given more central funding. The Barrington Boar in Barrington has been placed 12th in The Good Food Guide’s list of 100 best pubs in Britain... and more
Police are investigating a suspected arson attack on a mobile home near Yeovil. Somerset Council is suggesting people turn their pumpkins into soup this Halloween. People in Yeovil have until Sunday to comment on controversial plans to sell off four car parks in the town centre... and more.
Plans have been submitted to build 12 new homes in Chard. A nursery in Yeovil has been rated ‘overall good' by Ofsted. A Somerset mortgage broker has achieved national recognition. A stretch of the M5 at Wellington will be shut every night this week...and more
The Unite union has announced four days of strikes by its members at Leonardo in Yeovil. One of Yeovil’s busiest roads is closed to traffic today. Staff at the Ferne Animal Sanctuary near Chard raised £3,000 taking part in a Sleeping Ruff challenge at the weekend...and more
New figures show that 500 young people were either injured or killed on roads in Somerset and Devon last year. The Old School Community Centre in Queen Camel has reopened, thanks to a donation of £10,000 from Somerset Freemasons. Two Fleet Air Arm engineers based at RNAS Yeovilton have recreated a family moment from 26 years ago...and more
Yeovil-born actress Sarah Parish is supporting efforts to reopen the Octagon theatre. Mobility scooter campaigners in Somerset have welcomed a government review of the legislation governing the use of mobility scooters on public highways. Changes are being made to the dates when garden waste is collected in Somerset...and more
A major house builder in the South West says government targets for new house building in Somerset are 'unrealistic'. Pizza Hut is closing its restaurant in Yeovil. Staff at the Ferne Animal Sanctuary near Chard will be taking part in a ‘Sleeping Ruff’ challenge tomorrow...and more
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Reckleford in Yeovil is to shut for 15 days for essential drainage works. Somerset NHS Foundation Trust has paid out compensation of £23 million for claims related to birth injuries. A Grade II listed building in Glastonbury has been converted into a health and wellbeing centre...and more
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