A Yeovil man has become one of the first in England to have a new weight loss device called a gastric balloon fitted. Somerset Council is dealing with a backlog of applications to add footpaths to the official map of Somerset. The Princess Royal, Princess Ann, is visiting Sherborne next month...and more.
A Yeovil man has become one of the first in England to have a new weight loss device called a gastric balloon fitted. The balloon, filled with water to make the patient feel fuller was inserted into his stomach in February. Dave Pulford says since then he has lost nearly five stone.
Somerset Council is dealing with a backlog of 370 applications to add footpaths or rights of way to the official map of Somerset. Nationally, 8,000 such applications are waiting to be processed, with fears that if they are not dealt with, the routes could be lost forever.
The Princess Royal, Princess Ann, is visiting Sherborne next month. She’s attending a musical event in the Methodist church in Cheap Street in her role as Patron of Save the Children Fund on Friday, September 13th. Tickets to the concert, featuring the choral scholars of St John’s Cambridge with proceeds going to Save the Children Fund, can be bought from Winstone’s bookshop in Cheap Street, Sherborne.
An information book detailing the life of Harry Patch written by Alan Williams of Shepton Mallet has been presented for safekeeping to Wells Museum. Harry Patch, who lived to be 111 and was nationally recognised as the last surviving British Tommy from the First World War, lived for more than forty years in Westbourne Grove in Yeovil.
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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