Work to fix roads in Chard destroyed by June’s flash floods will continue for another month. A Yeovil man has been jailed for 7-months after pleading guilty to possessing three knives. All 16 and 17-year-olds in Somerset should by now have had their first coronavirus vaccine dose or the chance to book a jab. Nine former young offenders from Somerset have become rappers and recorded an Extended Play CD with Sony Music...and more.
Work to fix roads in Chard destroyed by June’s flash floods will continue for another month. Two roads have been repaired, with a third set to open this week. However, repairs to Combe Lane, Reservoir Road and Holway won't be completed until September. Somerset County Council's spending around £750 thousand pounds on the repairs.
A Yeovil man has been jailed for 7-months after pleading guilty to possessing three knives. Bristol Crown Court was told that Patrick Donegan of East Coker Road was seen acting suspiciously in Pickett Lane in Yeovil last December. When Police arrested Donegan they also found him in possession of a cosh made from a sock containing a metal padlock.
All 16 and 17-year-olds in Somerset should by now have had their first coronavirus vaccine dose or the chance to book a jab. Appointments can be made through a GP or by going to an NHS walk-in centre. In the South West as a whole, more than 30,000 under 18’s have had a first jab already.
Nine former young offenders from Somerset have become rappers and recorded an Extended Play CD with Sony Music. The album tells the stories of their lives and the changes they have made. Recording the CD was made possible thanks to the charity Key 4 Life.
Police are appealing for the return of a tractor stolen in High Ham at Langport. The vehicle, a red Massey Ferguson 135, has the registration PYB 121F.
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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