Small businesses in South Somerset are reporting a return to confidence following the easing of lockdown restrictions. People in South Somerset are needed to take part in a new Covid vaccine trial. A caravan has been damaged by fire in Buckland St Mary. Dog owners are being reminded to keep their dogs on a lead when walking on farmland. Town and parish councils in South Somerset are being asked to register open spaces as town or village greens...and more.
Small businesses in South Somerset are reporting a return to confidence following the easing of lockdown restrictions. A survey by the Federation of Small Businesses has shown that business owners believe the recovery has started.
People in South Somerset are needed to take part in a new Covid vaccine trial. It’s looking at whether a new type of vaccine called VLA2001 is safe to use. Professor Adam Finn is Leading the trial and is aiming to recruit up to 4,000 volunteers for the trials.
A caravan has been damaged by fire in Buckland St Mary. It happened on Sunday night with crews from Ilminster and Yeovil in attendance. The fire service says they’re treating the cause as suspicious. Also, a pizza oven has been blamed for causing a shed to catch fire in Yeovil. It happened at a property on Ritchie Road in the early hours of yesterday (26-04). A shed in an adjoining garden was also destroyed in the blaze.
Dog owners are being reminded to keep their dogs on a lead when walking on farmland. It follows another incident of a lamb being attacked and killed by a dog, this time in East Coker. Local farmer, Joe Dunning has made a public appeal for information about the attack.
Town and parish councils in South Somerset are being asked to register open spaces as town or village greens. It's part of a new campaign by the Open Spaces Society called "Grant a Green" aimed at protecting open spaces from being built on.
Yeovil Town are in action tonight. They’re playing Solihull Moors at Huish Park, the kick-off is at 7 pm. Yeovil lost to Solihull Moors at the weekend, the score was 5 - 1.
The first of the new medium lift helicopters being built by Leonardo in Yeovil for the RAF will be delivered in 2031. Somerset Council has launched a public consultation on planned new charges at its two hundred public car parks. More women in Somerset are said to be taking up walking football... and more
A Yeovil headteacher says he’s concerned about plans to stop giving school holiday food vouchers to families on low incomes. The owner of Yeovil Town is calling on fans to be patient as he continues his overhaul of the National League side. A high voltage fault is being blamed for plunging 1700 homes into darkness in the Ilminster area... and more
Plans have been submitted to convert two properties in Yeovil into houses of multiple occupation. A new court date has been announced for a Yeovil man charged with attempted murder. An engineer who has worked at the Leonardo factory in Yeovil for 40-years has won a top industry award... and more
Police say a fire at the former Oscar Mayer food factory in Chard was started deliberately. Yeovil College says it would have been adversely affected had Leonardo not won the contract to build new medium-lift helicopters. A seven-foot dragon will be visiting towns and villages in our area during the next few weeks to promote Somerset Day... and more
Two Wildcat helicopters from 815 Squadron at RNAS Yeovilton have arrived in Cyprus to help protect RAF Akrotiri from further Iranian drone strikes. New figures show that 40 people were killed on Avon and Somerset’s roads in the last 12-months. A Somerset man has been recalling the day 60-years ago when he was a passenger on the last train on the Somerset and Dorset Railway... and more
Defence Minister Luke Pollard has been explaining why it took the government so long to confirm a contract for the Leonardo in Yeovil to build new medium lift helicopters for the RAF. Police are investigating a break in at a pet shop in Ilminster. Somerset Council is to stop using red ink on council tax reminder letters... and more
Two military helicopters from RNAS Yeovilton are being sent to Cyprus to help bolster UK’s defences amid the US-Israel war with Iran. Yeovil Town Council is seeking legal advice over the closure of the hyper acute stroke unit at Yeovil Hospital. Flood warnings have been lifted on the Somerset Levels... and more
A man has died in a fire in Wincanton. Somerset Council is planning further cuts of twenty-one million pounds to help balance its books. A campaign to raise £30,000 for a minibus has been launched in Chard... and more
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