Local News Tuesday 14th November

Tuesday, 15 November 2022 06:00

The Deputy Leader of Somerset County Council, Councillor Liz Leyshon, says the Council is under great financial pressure to make big spending cuts. Plans have been approved to build a new operating theatre facility at Yeovil Hospital. There’s concern among health professionals in the South West that not enough people are coming forward for a Covid booster jab. Shopworkers in Somerset have been speaking out about the abuse they’re suffering at the hands of customers...and more.

The Deputy Leader of Somerset County Council, Councillor Liz Leyshon, says the Council is under great financial pressure to make big spending cuts. The County Council is already over-spent by £20 million in the current financial year, meaning that it will need to make significant savings to balance the books for when the new financial year starts in May next year.

Plans have been approved to build a new operating theatre facility at Yeovil Hospital. The modular theatre unit, measuring 507 square meters, will be built on the site of the staff car park in Higher Kingston. It’s the second major building project at Yeovil Hospital this year with work having already begun constructing a specialist breast care unit within the hospital grounds.

There’s concern among health professionals in the South West that not enough people are coming forward for a Covid booster jab. Only 57 percent of residents in the region, who are eligible for a Covid booster, have had one.

Shopworkers in Somerset have been speaking out about the abuse they’re suffering at the hands of customers. Their union, USDAW, says 7-in-every-10 of its members working in retail have reported being abused by customers this year so far, with some experiencing threats of violence. The union is asking the public to show its members more respect.

A florist’s shop in Ilminster has raised £500 to help support the cost of this year’s Christmas lights in Ilminster. Cottage Flowers put on a demonstration of festive flower arranging at the Warehouse Theatre to an audience of more than 100 last weekend. The switch-on of the Christmas lights in Ilminster takes place this Friday at 7 pm

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