People in Somerset are being encouraged to get their cholesterol checked to cut the risk of heart attacks and strokes. A Chard man has appeared in court charged with using threatening behaviour. A gardener from Somerset has won a silver award at the Chelsea Flower Show... and more
People in Somerset are being encouraged to get their cholesterol checked to cut the risk of heart attacks and strokes.
A Chard man has appeared in court charged with using threatening behaviour. Steffan Ayres, aged 51, of Fore Street in Chard was found guilty of committing the offence in Taunton in February. Ayres was fined £180 and told to pay compensation of £300.
A new team of Marie Curie volunteers has been recruited to work at Yeovil Hospital. The charity, that provides end of life support, plans to start seeing patients before the end of the month.
A team of volunteers in the Mendips have stepped-in to help keep their local pub open. The Waldegrave in East Harptree lost its tenant manager last month, threatening it with closure.
A gardener from Somerset has won a silver award at the Chelsea Flower Show. Georgie Newbery owns Common Farm Flowers, near Bruton. Flower farming has only just been recognised by the government as an industry in its own right.
A road in Chard will close to traffic for half a day next week. Lordsleaze Lane will shut on Tuesday, May 26, from 9.30 am to 3.30 pm, to allow Wessex Water to carry out reinstatement works. No alternative route.
Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service says July has been its busiest month ever for emergency calls. Police have recovered a 1970s Austin Mini pick-up stolen in Shepton Mallet. A specialist spinal injuries service at Yeovil Hospital has treated three hundred patients in its first year... and more
The Environment Agency has declared a drought across Somerset as the hot weather takes its toll on the county's water supplies. Police are appealing for witnesses following a fatal road traffic accident near Crewkerne. A bowls player from Yeovil has won a silver medal at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow...and more
Police have arrested two suspects in connection with a series of moped thefts in Chard. A combine harvester has been destroyed in a farm fire at Forton, near Chard. A bowls player from Yeovil has won a silver medal at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow... and more
The former Beales department store in Yeovil could be brought back into use as part of a wider masterplan for the future of the town. A yellow heat health alert is in place across Somerset from nine o’clock this morning until nine o’clock on Friday morning. A Somerset farmer says this year is the driest on his land since 1976... and more
Gooch and Housego, based in Ilminster and one of the town’s biggest employers, has been sold in a multi-million-pound deal to an American private equity firm. A father who shook his four-week-old baby to death at a house in Chard has been sentenced to life in prison. A doctor who works for the Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance is one of five people to have jointly set a new world record for rowing around Great Britain... and more
Avon and Somerset Police are warning people to watch out for scammers posing as Amazon. The CEO of the company that provides Somerset's recycling is warning of a major incident if people continue to put used batteries in waste bins. A former Yeovil pub could be demolished to make way for a major hotel expansion.
The West Country is officially one step closer to being declared in drought. Somerset Council says it's remodelling its service after a children's home was closed following an inspection. A new McDonald's planned off the M5 at Bridgwater could create up to 120 local jobs... and more
Two men have been jailed for stealing electrical items and cash from a property in Yeovil. Somerset Council has defended its use of Yeovil’s new performance area in The Triangle, in Lower Middle Street. Tintinhull Primary School, near Yeovil, has won a top national award for outdoor play... and more
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