Local News Wednesday 1st June

Wednesday, 1 June 2022 06:00

Police are investigating a break-in at a school in Thorncombe, near Chard. Police are investigating a break-in at a school in Thorncombe, near Chard. The South West Officer of the National Education Union has backed calls for the government to expand the free school meals programme to all families on Universal Credit. Organisers of the Shindig Festival held last weekend on the Dillington Estate near Ilminster are celebrating a record crowd...and more.

Police are investigating a break-in at a school in Thorncombe, near Chard. A fire door was reportedly forced open, triggering the intruder alarm, following the break-in at St Mary's Primary School on Chard Road, between 9 am and 9:30 am on Sunday, May 29th. Police are asking anyone with information to call the non-emergency number 101.

A scheme to help military patients and their families in Somerset is expanding. The NHS in Somerset has teamed up with the Defence Medical Welfare Service charity to support patients at Yeovil Hospital.

The South West Officer of the National Education Union has backed calls for the government to expand the free school meals programme to all families on Universal Credit. The government has put extra money into providing free school meals but Robin Head says that ministers need to go further.

Organisers of the Shindig Festival held last weekend on the Dillington Estate near Ilminster are celebrating a record crowd. They say 10,000 revellers attended the three-day event, which was being staged after a gap of two years due to Covid.

A local football team that raised six thousand pounds to take part in an international soccer tournament fly to Barcelona today. The South West Cerebral Palsy Football team play their first game in the competition tomorrow.

A man from Chard has qualified to represent Great Britain with his German Shepherd at a dog training competition in the Czech Republic. Aidan Jackson and his five-and-a-half-year-old German Shepherd, Brody, will represent GB at the All-Breed World Championships in September.

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Tuesday 28th April

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Monday 27th April

A former school in Sherborne has been badly damaged by fire. A care home in Yeovil has been rated outstanding. ublic spaces in West Coker owned by Somerset Council are being handed over to the parish council. Mendip Golf Club has presented a cheque for £12,000 to Mind in Somerset... and more
Friday 24th April

Plans have been submitted to turn a property on Preston Road in Yeovil into a House in Multiple Occupation. Yeovil’s Marlie Packer has been recalled to the England Red Roses starting line-up for tomorrow’s Women’s Six Nations game against Wales. Three sisters from Yeovil will be running the London Marathon this weekend in support of Guide Dogs UK... and more
Thursday 23rd April

Helicopters from RNAS Yeovilton have completed six weeks of sorties, protecting Cyprus from attacks by Iran. People in Somerset who use domestic heating oil are calling on the government to regulate the oil supply industry. Patients are being invited to register at a new NHS dentist in Crewkerne... and more
Wednesday 22nd April

Expectant mothers are using Yeovil Hospital once again to give birth following the reopening of the maternity unit. A Yeovil man has been jailed for four years for committing sexual offences against two young girls. Plans have been approved to convert a pub in Milborne Port into housing... and more
Tuesday 21st April

NHS Somerset has delayed closing the hyper-acute stroke unit at Yeovil Hospital. A former Avon and Somerset Police officer has been jailed for making indecent images of children. A Somerset man has been fined after pleading guilty to hunting a wild animal with dogs... and more
Monday 20th April

Nearly one hundred roads in Somerset will be surface dressed this summer to prevent further damage. Almost all children starting primary school in Somerset in September have been offered a place at one of their top three school choices. People in Somerset are being asked to record wild mammals in gardens and other green spaces over the summer... and more