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.
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
A Yeovil man has appeared in court charged with assaulting three police officers. Somerset Council has begun legal action to recover more than £320,000 owed by housing developers. The line-up has been announced for this year’s Ilminster Midsummer Experience...and more
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