Agency health workers in Somerset claim they have been left two thousand pounds out of pocket as a result of a pay rise given to NHS workers but not to them. Work has started building a new McDonald’s outlet at Horton Cross, near Ilminster. The go-ahead has been given to convert the village pub in Hardington Mandeville into a home...and more.
Agency health workers in Somerset claim they have been left two thousand pounds out of pocket as a result of a pay rise given to NHS workers but not to them. Community nurses and therapists, not directly employed by the NHS but who deliver services for the NHS, have not been given the government's latest pay rise award to NHS staff. The Department of Health is asking local funding organisations to urgently look into the matter.
Work has started building a new McDonald’s outlet at Horton Cross, near Ilminster. McDonald’s says the new restaurant and takeaway will create sixty-five new jobs and should be open before the end of the year.
The go-ahead has been given to convert the village pub in Hardington Mandeville into a home. In making their decision, Somerset Council said the change of use on the former Mandeville Arms will not impact adversely the vitality and viability of the village.
A Chard motorist has been banned from driving for six months and fined one hundred and twenty pounds after being caught driving without a license and insurance. Simon Hamblin of Brunel Court in Chard pleaded guilty to the charges when he appeared at Yeovil Magistrates Court.
Children with special educational needs in South Somerset will have to wait a further year for a new school to open. The Department for Education is trying to find a new academy trust to run the new special school built near Martock after the academy trust they chose to take on the school was given two inadequate Ofsted reports. It has meant that opening the school has had to be put back to September next year.
Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service says July has been its busiest month ever for emergency calls. Police have recovered a 1970s Austin Mini pick-up stolen in Shepton Mallet. A specialist spinal injuries service at Yeovil Hospital has treated three hundred patients in its first year... and more
The Environment Agency has declared a drought across Somerset as the hot weather takes its toll on the county's water supplies. Police are appealing for witnesses following a fatal road traffic accident near Crewkerne. A bowls player from Yeovil has won a silver medal at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow...and more
Police have arrested two suspects in connection with a series of moped thefts in Chard. A combine harvester has been destroyed in a farm fire at Forton, near Chard. A bowls player from Yeovil has won a silver medal at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow... and more
The former Beales department store in Yeovil could be brought back into use as part of a wider masterplan for the future of the town. A yellow heat health alert is in place across Somerset from nine o’clock this morning until nine o’clock on Friday morning. A Somerset farmer says this year is the driest on his land since 1976... and more
Gooch and Housego, based in Ilminster and one of the town’s biggest employers, has been sold in a multi-million-pound deal to an American private equity firm. A father who shook his four-week-old baby to death at a house in Chard has been sentenced to life in prison. A doctor who works for the Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance is one of five people to have jointly set a new world record for rowing around Great Britain... and more
Avon and Somerset Police are warning people to watch out for scammers posing as Amazon. The CEO of the company that provides Somerset's recycling is warning of a major incident if people continue to put used batteries in waste bins. A former Yeovil pub could be demolished to make way for a major hotel expansion.
The West Country is officially one step closer to being declared in drought. Somerset Council says it's remodelling its service after a children's home was closed following an inspection. A new McDonald's planned off the M5 at Bridgwater could create up to 120 local jobs... and more
Two men have been jailed for stealing electrical items and cash from a property in Yeovil. Somerset Council has defended its use of Yeovil’s new performance area in The Triangle, in Lower Middle Street. Tintinhull Primary School, near Yeovil, has won a top national award for outdoor play... and more
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