The Met Office has issued a yellow heat warning for Somerset, effective until Sunday evening. One person was taken to hospital with injuries following a two-vehicle crash on A3088 Cartgate Link Road. Plans to build 100 new homes in Keinton Mandeville have been given the go-ahead...and more
The Met Office has issued a yellow heat warning for Somerset, effective until Sunday evening. The UK Health Security Agency is asking us to check that elderly people are not being affected by the heat, while the RSPB in Somerset is advising pet owners to take extra care of their animals.
One person was taken to hospital with injuries following a two-vehicle crash on A3088 Cartgate Link Road, close to the turn-off to Montecute. The incident occurred at approximately 8:00 a.m. on Tuesday. The road was closed in both directions for almost an hour.
Plans to build 100 new homes in Keinton Mandeville have been given the go-ahead. Members of Somerset Council’s Area East Planning Committee voted to support the scheme by 7 votes to 5 despite concerns about over-development, loss of village character, and a lack of primary school spaces in Keinton Mandeville.
A local man, working as a psychiatric nurse, has been jailed for 7 years for having sex with a vulnerable patient. Adam Culverwell, aged 53, who lives in Hardington, near Yeovil, was charged with eight counts of causing or inciting sexual activity with a mentally disordered person. The woman was under Culverwell's care from September 2016 to December 2020 while he was working as a community psychiatric nurse with Dorset Healthcare Trust.
A new care home in Chard is set to open in August. Gillingham Grange, located on Furnham Road and run by Oyster Care Homes, has created 60 residential, dementia, and respite care places for up to 66 elderly individuals.
The first of the new medium lift helicopters being built by Leonardo in Yeovil for the RAF will be delivered in 2031. Somerset Council has launched a public consultation on planned new charges at its two hundred public car parks. More women in Somerset are said to be taking up walking football... and more
A Yeovil headteacher says he’s concerned about plans to stop giving school holiday food vouchers to families on low incomes. The owner of Yeovil Town is calling on fans to be patient as he continues his overhaul of the National League side. A high voltage fault is being blamed for plunging 1700 homes into darkness in the Ilminster area... and more
Plans have been submitted to convert two properties in Yeovil into houses of multiple occupation. A new court date has been announced for a Yeovil man charged with attempted murder. An engineer who has worked at the Leonardo factory in Yeovil for 40-years has won a top industry award... and more
Police say a fire at the former Oscar Mayer food factory in Chard was started deliberately. Yeovil College says it would have been adversely affected had Leonardo not won the contract to build new medium-lift helicopters. A seven-foot dragon will be visiting towns and villages in our area during the next few weeks to promote Somerset Day... and more
Two Wildcat helicopters from 815 Squadron at RNAS Yeovilton have arrived in Cyprus to help protect RAF Akrotiri from further Iranian drone strikes. New figures show that 40 people were killed on Avon and Somerset’s roads in the last 12-months. A Somerset man has been recalling the day 60-years ago when he was a passenger on the last train on the Somerset and Dorset Railway... and more
Defence Minister Luke Pollard has been explaining why it took the government so long to confirm a contract for the Leonardo in Yeovil to build new medium lift helicopters for the RAF. Police are investigating a break in at a pet shop in Ilminster. Somerset Council is to stop using red ink on council tax reminder letters... and more
Two military helicopters from RNAS Yeovilton are being sent to Cyprus to help bolster UK’s defences amid the US-Israel war with Iran. Yeovil Town Council is seeking legal advice over the closure of the hyper acute stroke unit at Yeovil Hospital. Flood warnings have been lifted on the Somerset Levels... and more
A man has died in a fire in Wincanton. Somerset Council is planning further cuts of twenty-one million pounds to help balance its books. A campaign to raise £30,000 for a minibus has been launched in Chard... and more
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