Work’s finally started on improving Yeovil town centre. The director of public health in Somerset, Trudi Grant, says schools with high numbers of coronavirus cases are struggling to cope. A new Indian takeaway could soon open in Yeovil. A Langport man has completed a coast-to-coast charity walk for an outdoor equine-assisted learning centre near Ilminster. Chard Carnival takes place tomorrow night but without the usual display of illuminated floats.
Work’s finally started on improving Yeovil town centre. The Yeovil Refresh project which is running about a year behind schedule will see Westminster Street partially pedestrianized, wider pavements and tree planting in the High Street, and a public performance space created in Lower Middle Street.
The director of public health in Somerset, Trudi Grant, says schools with high numbers of coronavirus cases are struggling to cope. More than 40 schools in Somerset have been forced into re-introducing Covid restrictions, including face coverings. Some schools have moved to home learning.
A new Indian takeaway could soon open in Yeovil. Metro Kitchen has applied for a change of use to turn 67 Princes Street into a food outlet. It would join a number of other takeaways on Princes Street, including The Rising Sun and Magic Spice.
A Langport man has completed a coast-to-coast charity walk for an outdoor equine-assisted learning centre near Ilminster. Shaun Murphy and his friend Andy McMillan walked the 100-miles between St Bees in Cumbria and Robin Hood's Bay on the East Coast raising just under £2,000 for EAQ Manor Farm at Stocklinch where his daughter Ella, who suffers from Complex Regional Pain Syndrome, for provided with horse therapy.
Chard Carnival takes place tomorrow night but without the usual display of illuminated floats. Due to clubs not having the funds to build new floats because of Covid, a Celebration of Carnival Parade will be held instead, starting in the High Street at 7 pm, tomorrow.
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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