The Leader of Somerset County Council, David Fothergill is calling for everyone in local government in Somerset to work together to make a success of creating a new unitary authority for the County. The number of Covid patients in Somerset’s main hospitals is doubling week-on-week. South Somerset District Council has rejected plans to build nineteen new houses in Templecombe...and more.
The Leader of Somerset County Council, David Fothergill is calling for everyone in local government in Somerset to work together to make a success of creating a new unitary authority for the County. The government announced earlier this week that its preferred choice for the future of local government in Somerset is one council to run all services. The idea of having two councils, promoted by Somerset’s District Councils, was rejected. and these councils warned that the single council plan will ‘level down’ the county and not help tackle the 'extreme poverty' that exists in some areas. They also say 300 District Council employees will lose their jobs.
The number of Covid patients in Somerset’s main hospitals is doubling week-on-week, according to NHS in Somerset. They say that on Monday this week, twelve patients were being treated for Covid in local hospitals. This compares to five patients the previous Monday.
South Somerset District Council has rejected plans to build nineteen new houses in Templecombe. The homes would have been built on the site of the former Knights Templar Nursing Home, close to Templecombe railway station. The Council says the developer’s refusal to build affordable homes was one reason why the application was turned down.
A husband and wife team in Norton-sub-Hamdon have retired after twenty years of fundraising for a local children’s charity. Carol and Doug Rogers launched the Smokestack Country Music Club in 2001, raising £165,000 for the Children’s Hospice South West.
Labour’s Clare Moody is the new Police and Crime Commissioner for Avon and Somerset. Somerset Council is looking to buy the Glovers Walk Shopping Centre in Yeovil, including Yeovil Bus Station. One of the biggest events in Yeovil’s outdoor calendar, the Abbey Hill Steam Rally, starts today...and more.
Voting is taking place today to elect a new Police and Crime Commissioner for Avon and Somerset. NHS Somerset says the hyper-acute stroke unit at Yeovil Hospital will stay open until a new replacement unit is built in Dorchester. A supermarket worker has retired after spending 52 years working at the same store in Ilminster...and more.
SUEZ, the company that collects Somerset’s waste is warning it may cease operations. Twenty thousand pounds is being spent cleaning red paint off the front of County Hall in Taunton following a series of pro-Palestinian demonstrations. An occupational therapist at Yeovil Hospital has won an award for her smart appearance at work...and more.
Somerset Council is taking legal action to remove an arms company from one of its commercial properties. Waste collection days across Somerset are set to change next month due to two impending bank holidays. An archaeological survey has begun on the proposed site of a new skate park in Bruton... and more.
Somerset’s busiest speed camera in 2023 has been revealed as the camera on the westbound carriageway of the A303 between the Podimore Roundabout and the Hazelgrove Roundabout. Bus campaigners are calling on Somerset Council to keep the public toilets open at Yeovil bus station. The funeral has taken place in Yeovil of D-Day veteran, Bill Tolley, who has died at the age of 97...and more.
A man has been arrested in Castle Cary and charged with stalking, harassment and making threats to kill. The NHS in Somerset says its staff retention rate has improved over the past two years. A farmer in South Petherton is preparing to cycle 1,000 miles to raise money for charity...and more.
The NHS is offering spring COVID-19 vaccines to people in Somerset who are at increased risk of serious illness from the virus. A new way of making roads safer for children in Somerset has started this week. A Yeovil-based apprentice has been named as a winner in the JTL Regional Awards. Haselbury Mill near Crewkerne has been put up for sale...and more
Yeovil Town FC have sent a strongly worded letter to the Football Association asking for plans to end FA Cup replays to be dropped. A Somerset woman who's spent the last 32 years living with Hepatitis C, says better support is needed for those affected by the contaminated blood scandal. A new school of musical theatre has opened in Chard...and more.
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