Pharmacies in Somerset are reporting supply problems with a drug used to treat type-2 diabetes. Fruit growers in Somerset say the wet weather is having a devastating impact on their crops. The National Trust is celebrating the return of the Great Crested Newt at three of its properties in South Somerset. Yeovil Town Captain Josh Staunton has been speaking about his hopes for the new season...and more.
Pharmacies in Somerset are reporting supply problems with the drug Ozempic which is used to treat people with type-2 diabetes. Shortages of the drug are blamed on it being used to help people lose weight and not for treating diabetes.
Fruit growers in Somerset say the wet weather is having a devastating impact on their crops especially, black currents and cherries.
The National Trust is celebrating the return of the Great Crested Newt at three of its properties in South Somerset. Known as “cresties” big numbers of Great Crested Newts can now be found in new pond areas at Montacute House, Tintinhull Gardens and Lytes Cary Manor.
Yeovil Town Captain Josh Staunton has been speaking about his hopes for the new season. He says his players have been lifted by Martin Hellier's takeover of the Club and other behind-the-scenes changes at Huish Park.
The search is on to find someone to take on the role of Poppy Appeal Organiser in Ilminster. The voluntary post, which involves distributing poppies, crosses and wreaths in the Ilminster area, is currently on offer through the Royal British Legion.
Entries have opened for this year’s Dowlish Wake and District Flower and Produce Show. The closing date for entries is August 31st with the show being held on Sunday, September 3rd.
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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