Yeovil’s Dunelm store has been seriously damaged by a large fire that broke out on Sunday evening. Local engineering company, Leonardo, is helping schools in Ukraine after it teamed up with the local ‘School In A Bag’ charity. Author Ian Rankin and Countdown’s Susie Dent are just two names set to appear at this year’s Yeovil Literary Festival...and more
Yeovil’s Dunelm store has been seriously damaged by a large fire that broke out on Sunday evening. Firefighters were called to the scene at the Quedam Shopping Centre shortly after 5 pm and said that the store was well alight. We’re told that the store will be closed until further notice.
Yeovil-based engineering company, Leonardo, is helping schools in Ukraine after it teamed up with the local ‘School In A Bag’ charity. The manufacturer donated smart screens, whiteboards and speakers that were no longer needed for business use that can be used for education in the country.
The RSPCA says it receives two reports of dog cruelty every day - with the county witnessing an increase. The charity's data suggests it had 831 reports last year - up thirty on the year before.
Author Ian Rankin and Countdown’s Susie Dent are just two names set to appear at this year’s Yeovil Literary Festival. The first set of events have been announced and Rankin will be appearing at St John the Baptist Church on 10th October whilst Dent will appear at the Westlands ballroom on the 26th. In addition, Paul Sinha from TV show, The Chase and presenter Kate Humble will be attending the festival on Friday 25th.
The return of the event will see authors, experts, celebrities and speakers leading talks and discussions across the town.
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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