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.
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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