Local News Tuesday 15th November

Tuesday, 16 November 2021 06:00

Trudi Grant, Director of Public Health at Somerset County Council

Somerset’s Director of Public Health is asking local schools to keep their Covid precautions in place to ensure that nativity plays and carol concerts in schools this Christmas go ahead. It’s claimed building a new McDonald's drive-thru near Ilminster would create up to 65 jobs. A prominent member of South Somerset District Council is stepping down after 20 years of service. Police are appealing for the public's help in connection with a recent assault in Yeovil. A school near Wincanton has applied for permission to build a conservation pond within the school grounds...and more.

Somerset’s Director of Public Health is asking local schools to keep their Covid precautions in place to ensure that nativity plays and carol concerts in schools this Christmas go ahead. Trudi Grant says that although hospital admissions of people with Covid have decreased locally, South Somerset, in particular, remains a hotspot for contracting the infection.

It’s claimed building a new McDonald's drive-thru near Ilminster would create up to 65 jobs. McDonald’s wants to build the outlet just off the Southfields roundabout by the Ilminster by-pass on the A303.

A prominent member of South Somerset District Council is stepping down after 20 years of service. Councillor Linda Vijeh, Conservative ward member for Neroche ward, will leave the role at the end of December. Councillor Vijeh is also giving up her role as County Councillor for the Ilminster ward.

Police are appealing for the public's help in connection with a recent assault in Yeovil. The incident happened in Yeovil bus station in Glovers Walk on Thursday, October 28th at around 4.30 pm. Anyone who witnessed the attack is asked to call the police non-emergency number 101.

A school near Wincanton has applied for permission to build a conservation pond within the school grounds. The Meadows School in Cucklington has submitted a planning application to South Somerset District with a decision expected early in the New Year.

Ilminster Town Ladies football team have been drawn at home against Southampton Ladies in the Second Round Proper of the Women’s FA Cup. The game will be played at the Archie Gooch Stadium in Ilminster on Sunday, November 28th. Ilminster Ladies beat Sherborne 3-0 at the weekend to progress to the second stage of the Women’s FA Cup.

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Monday 16th June

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.
Friday 13th June

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.
Thursday 12th June

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.
Wednesday 11th June

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.
Tuesday 10th June

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
Monday 9th June

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
Friday 6th June

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.
Thursday 5th June

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.