There’s more evidence that the shortage of NHS dentists in Somerset is worsening. Revised plans have been submitted to build fifty new homes near Ilminster. Demand for surplus food from supermarkets is growing according to a food waste volunteer in Chilthorne Domer near Yeovil. In cricket three Somerset players have been named in the England Lions squad to take on South Africa...and more.
There’s more evidence that the shortage of NHS dentists in Somerset is worsening. New figures have shown that last year 165 children aged under eleven were admitted to hospital to have teeth removed due to a lack of NHS dentists. The British Dental Association claims having teeth removed is now the most common reason for children being admitted to hospital.
Revised plans have been submitted to build fifty new homes near Ilminster. Developers, Galion Ltd, applied to develop land north of Broadway Hill in March 2021. Following a public consultation, the number of homes to be built has been reduced from fifty to forty-nine. Five of the homes will be sold as first homes at a discounted price and twelve made available for social renting.
Demand for surplus food from supermarkets is growing according to a food waste volunteer in Chilthorne Domer near Yeovil. Keith Brownhill collects food items from Tesco in Yeovil and hands them out through an app called Olio. Keith says the demand the service is overwhelming but that he tries to be fair to everyone.
Tickets have gone on sale for a visit by The John Lawson Circus to Chard. The family-run circus will be in Jocelyn Park, performing two shows each day, beginning Thursday, July 14th to Sunday, July 17th.
In cricket three Somerset players have been named in the England Lions squad to take on South Africa in two fifty-over matches in Taunton later this month. Tom Abell will captain the side, with Tom Banton and Will Smeed also included in the thirteen-strong group.
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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