Five men have been arrested on suspicion of murder in connection with a missing Yeovil man. The purchase of Glover’s Walk has been successfully completed by Somerset Council. A new ‘silent book club’ is coming to Chard next month. A special school is celebrating 20 years of being rated as Ofsted 'Outstanding'...and more.
Five men have been arrested on suspicion of murder in connection with a man from Yeovil, who remains missing. Concerns were raised with the Police over resident, Michael Wheeler’s welfare last Monday. There has been a public appeal for any sightings of Mr Wheeler since August 24th. His disappearance is now being treated as a murder enquiry.
The purchase of Glover’s Walk in Yeovil has been successfully completed by Somerset Council. Buying the site marks the start of the final phase of the town’s Yeovil Refresh project. The premises will now be demolished and redeveloped and subject to public consultation, turned into a combination of new flats and commercial space.
A new ‘silent book club’ is coming to Chard next month. The Chard Community Hub is bringing the new venture to the Boden Centre in the town, telling us that there is no assigned reading, that all reading levels are welcome and that the regular meets are held in a warm space, free of charge.
A special school in Yeovil is celebrating 20 years of being rated as outstanding by Ofsted. Fiveways School held a special in-house celebration yesterday, recognising the efforts of staff and pupils over the years. Headteacher Swavek NowakIewicz says that the connection between staff and pupils and the dedication of the teachers over the years has been recognised.
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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