Tuesday 19th November

Tuesday, 19 November 2024 05:00

By Steve Haigh

Somerset Council is investigating the source of a raw sewage leak at Limington, near Ilchester. Somerset has been given £7 million to improve local bus services. Chard Road Runners have donated three hundred rolls of wrapping paper to the Chard Christmas Present Appeal...and more

Somerset Council is investigating the source of a raw sewage leak in Mill Lane at Limington, near Ilchester. Heidi Checcini has been living with the problem outside her home for over a year and says it has made it impossible for her to sell her house. She’s also concerned about the impact it is having on her family’s health.

Somerset is to receive a nearly £7 million boost in bus service funding. Somerset County Council will receive £6,849,000 over the 25-26 financial year. The government says the funding is aimed at enhancing popular bus routes, protecting rural services, and increasing bus use for shopping, socialising, and commuting to deliver London-style bus services to every corner of Somerset.

A new space has opened in Yeovil for men to meet and chat. Organised by the Andy Man Club, a suicide prevention charity, it aims to help men who struggle with anxiety. The group meets every Monday at 7 pm at Morley House in West Hendford.

The rail regulator has given the go-ahead for new train services in Somerset from the end of next year. Train operator, 'Go-op', plans to operate return weekday and weekend services between Taunton and Weston-super-mare, Taunton and Westbury, Taunton and Swindon, and Frome and Westbury.

A new nursing training centre has opened in Yeovil. The building on Preston Road, run by Bournemouth University, is aimed at attracting new entrants into nursing. It includes a simulation suite where students can learn nursing skills on-site before going on placement to local hospitals.

Chard Road Runners have donated three hundred rolls of wrapping paper to the Chard Christmas Present Appeal. The paper, together with 180 rolls of sticky tape, will be used to wrap presents for giving to local children this Christmas.

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Friday 13th June

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Thursday 12th June

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Wednesday 11th June

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.
Tuesday 10th June

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
Monday 9th June

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
Friday 6th June

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.
Thursday 5th June

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