A new school for children with special needs has opened at Ash on the outskirts of Yeovil. One hundred Ash trees in Ham Hill Country Park are to be felled due to Ash dieback disease. The South Western Ambulance Service is holding its Annual Members Meeting in Ilminster next week...and more.
A new school for children with special needs has opened at Ash on the outskirts of Yeovil. Hill View School on Main Street provides places for 60 students, rising to 120 by 2026 and catering for girls and boys with social, emotional and mental health needs.
A hundred Ash trees in Ham Hill Country Park are to be felled due to Ash dieback. The disease has weakened the trees meaning they now pose a safety risk to the public.
The South Western Ambulance Service is holding its Annual Members Meeting in Ilminster next week. It’s open to everyone, and takes place on Wednesday, September 18th, at Monks Yard in Ilminster, starting at 10 am.
It's National Air Ambulance Week with our local service, the Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance, looking to raise much-needed funds. The charity says each call out of its helicopter costs around three and a half thousand pounds.
The Brewer's Arms in South Petherton recently reverted to charging 1994 prices to celebrate landlord Duncan Webb's 30 years behind the bar, selling pints for just £1.55.
Yeovil Town are back in action tonight when they take on Solihull Moors in a National League fixture at Huish Park, kick-off is at 7.45.
Police are appealing for witnesses to a three-vehicle crash in Sherborne. The jobs of housing maintenance staff at Somerset Council could be outsourced to a private contractor. A pie throwing event is taking place in Chard today for Red Nose Day ... and more
Farmers in Somerset say they're struggling after a doubling in the price of red diesel. Yeovil MP Adam Dance has criticised Donald Trump over his comments about people with learning disabilities. A Somerset woman whose father was killed in a crash on the M5 is running the London Marathon to raise money for South West Ambulance...and more
The murder of a two-week-old baby by his father at Yeovil Hospital could not have been predicted, according to a new report. A road in Ilminster is to close to traffic for eleven days later this month. A new Post Office counter is to open in Somerton... and more
The government is being asked to help fund Somerset's carnivals. Bridgwater Town Council wants more trains to stop at the town’s railway station. A fund raising pie throwing event is taking place for Red Nose Day in Chard... and more
Drivers are being told that it could take several more weeks yet before Hendford Hill in Yeovil reopens to traffic. A new bus service between Glastonbury and Castle Cary railway station is to start on a trial basis. Children in Chard are being given free reading books as part of a scheme founded by Dolly Parton... and more
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