News & Sport
News
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Friday 13th June
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.
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Thursday 12th June
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.
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Wednesday 11th June
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.
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Tuesday 10th June
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
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Monday 9th June
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
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Friday 6th June
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.
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Thursday 5th June
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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Wednesday 4th June
Somerset Council states that gas canisters were responsible for igniting six fires at local sorting facilities last year. A leading medical academic in the South West says vaccine fatigue could be the reason why so many vulnerable people are not having a COVID-19 spring booster jab. Avon and Somerset Police say the waiting time for calls to be answered to the non-emergency number 101 has been cut to an average of 11 seconds...and more
Community & Charity News
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Somerset Levels, a National Landscape
There’s been a call for the Somerset Levels to be designated a National Landscape.
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Rural England Prosperity Fund
A one-million-pound fund has been launched to support businesses and community projects in rural Somerset.
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Adrian Dening's Stars Over Somerset
Monday 16th to Sunday 22nd June 2025
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False Fire Alarms
Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service says it’s dealing with an increase in false alarm calls.
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Dog DNA
Avon and Somerset Police are encouraging dog owners to protect their pets from theft by entering their details into a DNA doggy database.
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Adrian Dening's Stars Over Somerset
Monday 9th to Sunday 15th June 2025
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Mobile Phones in Vehicles
Somerset County Council’s road safety team is working with partners to urge drivers to keep their fixed eyes on the road.
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Car Free Route
The Curry Rivel Active Travel Group has been working for several years to create a link within the village to a planned car-free route across the Somerset Levels
Today's Weather
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Yeovil
Light rain shower
High: 20°C | Low: 11°C
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Chard
Light rain shower
High: 20°C | Low: 10°C
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Crewkerne
Light rain shower
High: 20°C | Low: 10°C
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Somerton
Light rain shower
High: 21°C | Low: 11°C
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Wincanton
Light rain shower
High: 21°C | Low: 10°C
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