Somerset Council is warning of a cash shortage to run Adult and Children’s services. An inquest has recorded a verdict of misadventure on two people killed in a plane crash in South Somerset. A woman from near Yeovil has received a PhD in the Ukelele...and more.
Somerset Council is warning of a cash shortage to run Adult and Children’s services. The Council says it's likely they'll have to take money from reserves to keep the services going. In the current financial year, the Council has used eighteen million of reserves to fund Adult and Children’s services. Council says since the Covid-19 pandemic demand for Adult and Children’s services has risen to unprecedented levels.
An inquest has recorded a verdict of misadventure on a pilot and his passenger killed in a plane crash near Buckland St Mary in August 2021. The inquest was told the pilot, Joe Mann, lost control of the aircraft and crashed during bad weather. Both he and his passenger, Margaret Costa, died from multiple injuries. An Air Accidents Investigation Branch report said Mr Mann had not been trained or was qualified to fly in bad weather.
In a world first, a woman from near Yeovil has received a PhD in the Ukelele. Dr Samantha Muir, a classical guitarist from East Chinnock studied the qualification at the University of Surrey after falling in love with the Ukelele.
If you’ve ever fancied getting into wine-making, here’s your chance. The Curload Vineyard near Stoke St Gregory that produces Seyval Blanc and Solaris grapes is being sold at auction with a guide price of one-hundred-and-thirty thousand pounds. The auction takes place at The Shrubbery Hotel in Ilminster on Wednesday, September 27th.
A new website has been launched to support people in Somerset with mental health issues. One of Yeovil’s oldest pubs has been sold. Artwork on the theme of aviation produced by students at Yeovil College has gone on display at Leonardo Helicopters in Yeovil.A pupil at Tatworth Primary School near Chard has won a prize in a national competition for writing a book review...and more
Work laying a gas main on the A37 Dorchester Road near the Quicksilver Mail roundabout in Yeovil is to continue for a further two months. Somerset Council says the public toilets in Yeovil bus station will close at the end of the month but the waiting room will stay open temporarily. Former Yeovil Town Captain, Josh Staunton, has set up in business as a professional gardener...and more.
Somerset Council seeking to save £40 million by cutting one thousand jobs says 201 employees have so far applied to leave the authority based on voluntary redundancy. East Somerset Railway near Shepton Mallet has been used for filming the TV adaptation of Jilly Cooper's novel Rivals. An old-style red phone box in Castle Cary is being turned into Somerset's smallest museum...and more
Somerset's Chief Medical Officer says GP surgeries using healthcare professionals alongside doctors to provide treatments has freed up GP appointments. A farmer has been fined £15,000 for polluting a household water supply. Avon and Somerset’s new Police and Crime Commissioner has officially started work in the role. Chard Post Office is closed today for the handover of the business to new owners...and more.
Health inspectors have criticised Somerset's maternity services, including those at Yeovil Hospital. Somerset Council says re-opening Yeovil’s Octagon Theatre in its original form could cost up to £200,000 if a multi-million-pound upgrade of the building falls through. A film made by a Yeovil man on a budget of just five thousand pounds was screened at the prestigious British Independent Film Festival...and more.
The Ferne Animal Sanctuary near Chard says it needs an immediate injection of £100,000 to keep going. Yeovil’s Marlie Packer has returned to Yeovil Rugby Club where she began her rugby career 20 years ago. Twenty-five Town criers from across the South will be in Ilminster tomorrow competing in the annual Ilminster Town Criers' Competition...and more.
Train services through Somerset are again being disrupted today due to continued strike action by the train driver’s union ALSEF. A campaign has been launched in Somerset aimed at stopping people overdosing on opioids. A Somerset business is raising a smile with its name.‘Top Of The Clops’, a tack shop near Taunton has won a place in the top ten of the UK’s funniest business names...and more.
A woman driver has been told she faces a prison term for causing the deaths of two people in a crash on the A303. The AA says there are more potholes than ever on Somerset’s motorway network, leading to an increase in damage to vehicles. The new cancer treatment unit at Yeovil Hospital should be open before the end of the year...and more.
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