Somerset has been designated a drought area in line with the rest of the South West. More pubs are set to close in Somerset due to the unprecedented increases in energy costs, according to Somerset Chamber of Commerce. Great Western Railway has launched a new pay-as-you-go smartcard for travellers. Ilminster Town Council has moved to new premises and Yeovil Hospital has announced that construction work will begin later this year on a new breast care unit.
Somerset has been designated a drought area in line with the rest of the South West. The Environment Agency has added drought status to Somerset, Bristol, Dorset, south Gloucestershire and parts of Wiltshire following a summer of record levels of low rainfall.
More pubs are set to close in Somerset due to the unprecedented increases in energy costs, according to Somerset Chamber of Commerce. CEO of the Chamber, Emma Rawlings says they've joined with the big brewery companies in asking the government for urgent help for the pub sector. Meanwhile, Yeovil MP Marcus Fysh says no new policies to deal with the energy crisis will be announced until the new Prime Minister takes office next week.
Great Western Railway the train operator that runs services through Castle Cary and Bruton has launched a new pay-as-you-go smartcard for travellers. Passengers no longer need to buy a ticket before jumping on a train. The smartcard is available to use across the GWR network, Cross Country and Transport for Wales rail services.
Ilminster Town Council has moved to new premises. The Town Council has relocated its offices to the Old Magistrates Court in East Street. Ilminster Town Council is open for business between 11 am and 2 pm Monday to Friday.
Yeovil Hospital has announced that construction work will begin later this year on a new breast care unit. The new two-storey building will include waiting rooms, consultation rooms, diagnostic rooms, and counselling rooms, and is being funded in part by charitable donations of more than one million pounds.
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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