A drop-in is being held today in Podimore, offering advice to people affected by last month’s major flood event in South Somerset. People in South Somerset who haven't had their bins collected this week are being asked to be patient. The driver and passenger of a car had a lucky escape when their vehicle crashed two meters down into a garden in Ilminster...and more.
A drop-in is being held today in Podimore, offering advice to people affected by last month’s major flood event in South Somerset. A second drop-in is being held in North Cadbury on Monday. The events are organized by Somerset Council and the Environment Agency. Lead Member for Environment and Climate Change at Somerset Council, Councillor Sarah Dyke, says they’ll be gathering information to find ways of minimizing the impact of future major flood events.
People in South Somerset who haven't had their bins collected this week are being asked to be patient. Somerset Waste Partnership says some collections have been missed due to the bank holiday, to larger than normal amounts of cardboard and garden waste being left for collection, and to vehicles breaking down. SWP says extra crews are out collecting cardboard separately in some areas this week.
The driver and passenger of a car had a lucky escape when their vehicle crashed two meters down into a garden in Ilminster. One of the occupants had to be cut free by the fire service. Both were treated at the scene for shock but otherwise were unhurt.
Thousands of hospital patients in Somerset have been allowed home sooner than planned thanks to the success of a scheme launched three years. The 'Discharge to Assess' scheme is run by health and social care professionals and gives support to people at home after they have left hospital.
Strawberry growers in Somerset say this year’s crop should taste a lot sweeter. Jan Butterley from Nynehead Fruit says due to the cooler weather in early Spring that slowed the ripening process, this year's strawberries have turned out to be bigger and juicier.
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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