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.
Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service says July has been its busiest month ever for emergency calls. Police have recovered a 1970s Austin Mini pick-up stolen in Shepton Mallet. A specialist spinal injuries service at Yeovil Hospital has treated three hundred patients in its first year... and more
The Environment Agency has declared a drought across Somerset as the hot weather takes its toll on the county's water supplies. Police are appealing for witnesses following a fatal road traffic accident near Crewkerne. A bowls player from Yeovil has won a silver medal at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow...and more
Police have arrested two suspects in connection with a series of moped thefts in Chard. A combine harvester has been destroyed in a farm fire at Forton, near Chard. A bowls player from Yeovil has won a silver medal at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow... and more
The former Beales department store in Yeovil could be brought back into use as part of a wider masterplan for the future of the town. A yellow heat health alert is in place across Somerset from nine o’clock this morning until nine o’clock on Friday morning. A Somerset farmer says this year is the driest on his land since 1976... and more
Gooch and Housego, based in Ilminster and one of the town’s biggest employers, has been sold in a multi-million-pound deal to an American private equity firm. A father who shook his four-week-old baby to death at a house in Chard has been sentenced to life in prison. A doctor who works for the Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance is one of five people to have jointly set a new world record for rowing around Great Britain... and more
Avon and Somerset Police are warning people to watch out for scammers posing as Amazon. The CEO of the company that provides Somerset's recycling is warning of a major incident if people continue to put used batteries in waste bins. A former Yeovil pub could be demolished to make way for a major hotel expansion.
The West Country is officially one step closer to being declared in drought. Somerset Council says it's remodelling its service after a children's home was closed following an inspection. A new McDonald's planned off the M5 at Bridgwater could create up to 120 local jobs... and more
Two men have been jailed for stealing electrical items and cash from a property in Yeovil. Somerset Council has defended its use of Yeovil’s new performance area in The Triangle, in Lower Middle Street. Tintinhull Primary School, near Yeovil, has won a top national award for outdoor play... and more
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