Somerset Waste Partnership is warning of delays collecting household and business waste after Christmas. Somerset County Council is asking people to stay safe and be sensible this Christmas. A partnership in which firefighters work with ambulance crews in Somerset has been extended. An 11-year old girl from Somerset has become the first patient in the country to have a blockage removed in her kidney using special 3D equipment and a lost episode of the Morecombe and Wise TV Show has been found at a house in North Dorset.
Somerset Waste Partnership is warning of delays collecting household and business waste after Christmas. SWP is coping with staff absences due to Covid, a situation that it fears is likely to worsen during early January.
Somerset County Council is asking people to stay safe and be sensible this Christmas. Covid infection rates locally have increased in recent days. The County Council says anyone needing help should call the Coronavirus Hotline on 0300 790 6275
A partnership in which firefighters work with ambulance crews in Somerset has been extended. Since the start of the pandemic, the fire service has been working with South Western Ambulance. With the winter pressure now on the NHS, together with a surge in Omicron cases, the arrangement will continue to operate for a further six months.
An 11-year old girl from Somerset has become the first patient in the country to have a blockage removed in her kidney using special 3D equipment. By using 3D imaging, which is usually used for brain surgery, surgeons at the Bristol Children’s Hospital were able to get a better view of the problem and perform the operation faster, and with greater accuracy.
A lost episode of the Morecombe and Wise TV Show has been found at a house in North Dorset. It was filmed in 1970 and is being shown over Christmas on ITV. Eric Morecambe's son, Gary, who lives near Bruton, says he found the film in his mother’s attic.
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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