The Government is to look at the circumstances behind the decision to close the maternity unit at Yeovil Hospital. The Royal Bath and West Show opens this week with concerns being raised about the spread of Blue Tongue disease in farm animals. An 86-year-old Somerset man is preparing for his fourth skydive to raise money for the Alzheimer's Society...and more.
The Government is to look at the circumstances behind the decision to close the maternity unit at Yeovil Hospital. The baby ward closed suddenly last week due to safety concerns raised in an inspection report by the Care Quality Commission. Somerset NHS Foundation Trust, which runs Yeovil Hospital, says the unit will remain closed for six months while a review is conducted. Expectant mothers due to give birth in Yeovil have been asked instead to attend the Royal Hospital in Bath, County Hospital in Dorchester or Musgrove Park Hospital in Taunton. The government’s promise to intervene follows a public protest against the closure and a question asked of the Prime Minster by Yeovil MP Adam Dance in the House of Commons.
The Royal Bath and West Show gets underway this week, with concerns being raised about the spread of Blue Tongue disease, which affects farm animals. The show states that it has procedures and rules in place to protect against the spread of the disease, including a ban on cattle from affected areas.
Trains that run through Yeovil, Sherborne and Crewkerne stations have become the first in the country to be brought back into public ownership. South Western Railway, who operate services on the Exeter to Waterloo line, was transferred at the weekend to Great British Railways, a company wholly owned by the government.
A woman who fatally stabbed her husband at their home in Baltonsborough near Street last year has been jailed for a minimum of 15 years. Christine Kekkonen claimed she hadn't intended to injure 41-year-old Henri Kekkonen but was convicted of his murder following a trial at Bristol Crown Court.
A Somerset florist is celebrating after winning gold at last week’s Chelsea Flower Show. Georgie Newbery of Common Farm Flowers in Charlton Musgrove was awarded the top prize as a member of the Farewell Flowers Collective for their interpretation of a funeral scene, which featured flower displays and a wirework sculpture of a man and his dog visiting a graveyard.
An 86-year-old Somerset man is getting ready to do his fourth skydive to raise money for the Alzheimer's Society. Brian Standring will be jumping from 15,000 feet for the charity, which he started supporting after his close friend Alan was diagnosed with dementia in 2012. He says despite the potential risks of skydiving at his age, supporting the Alzheimer’s Society is what is important.
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