Local News Wednesday 26th October

Wednesday, 26 October 2022 at 06:00

The Leader of the Conservatives on Somerset County Council, Councillor David Fothergill believes Rishi Sunack has the required financial experience and temperament to make a good Prime Minister. The NHS in Somerset is encouraging people who are eligible to get their Covid boosters and flu jabs. Police say a man’s body found on the Lynx trading estate in Yeovil is believed to be that of a missing local man. A project’s underway to plant 100 miles of hedgerow from Forde Abbey near Chard into Dorset and a Martock woman has raised £400 for a breast cancer research charity.

The Leader of the Conservatives on Somerset County Council, Councillor David Fothergill believes Rishi Sunack has the required financial experience and temperament to make a good Prime Minister. He’s calling on his Conservative colleagues to get behind the new PM. Meanwhile, Rezaul Uddin from the British Bangledeshi Association in Somerset says he believes Rishi Sunak will be inspiring for young people.

The NHS in Somerset is encouraging people who are eligible to get their Covid boosters and flu jabs. It's because there are concerns over a so-called "twindemic" with people in hospital with Covid, flu or both this winter.

Police say a man’s body found on the Lynx trading estate in Yeovil is believed to be that of a missing local man. 50-year-old Alan was reported missing over a week ago after last being seen on Watercombe Lane on October 17th. Police say they don’t believe there are any suspicious circumstances and are treating the death as unexplained.

A project’s underway to plant 100 miles of hedgerow from Forde Abbey near Chard into Dorset. The Great Big Dorset Hedge Project will use existing trails and paths for the route of the hedgerow. Members of the Dorset Climate Network have organised the project.

A Martock woman has raised £400 for a breast cancer research charity. Carol Ansell held a coffee morning at All Saints Church in Martock with all the proceeds going to Breast Cancer Now.

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