Police inquiries are continuing after two people were stabbed in Chard at the weekend. Volunteers are needed to help clear plastic and rubbish from Somerset’s canals and waterways. People in Somerset are being asked for their views on education funding. A tree is being planted in memory of the late Queen Elizabeth II in Ilminster...and more.
Police inquiries are continuing after two people were stabbed in Chard at the weekend. It happened near the Sainsbury’s store on Holyrood Street in the early hours of Saturday. A police cordon was set up in Pig Lane and around Sainsbury's and five people were arrested. The two people who received stab injuries were taken to hospital.
A Somerset-based animal charity is asking people to consider carefully before adopting a pet. It follows a 120 percent increase in unwanted animals left with the Somerset Dogs and Cats Home. The charity says people often overlook how much it costs to look after an animal.
Volunteers are needed to help clear plastic and rubbish from Somerset’s canals and waterways. The Canal and River Trust who are making the appeal are also asking for donations to support their work.
People in Somerset are being asked for their views on education funding. £568 million is spent running schools in Somerset, supporting 70,000 children every year. Somerset Council is asking people with children, those who work in education or feel passionate about education, to take part in the consultation that can be found on the Somerset Council website.
A tree is being planted in memory of the late Queen Elizabeth II in Ilminster. The ceremony takes place at Ilminster Cricket Club’s ground at The Recreation Ground, on Wednesday, October 11th at 2 pm. Everyone is welcome to attend.
Radio Ninesprings won third prize in the Trade section at Ilminster Carnival on Saturday. In the other sections, Sid Vale Carnival Club took first prize in the Feature section with their float Ghost Riders in the Sky. In the Comic section, Nunsford Nutters won first prize with their float, Plucking.
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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