Somerset has entered the third stage of the Covid vaccination rollout. Somerset County Council is making an extra half a million pounds available to certain businesses affected by the pandemic. A farm shop in Lopenhead near South Petherton has won a top award for the third year in a row. Two Somerset girls have embarked on walking the equivalent of four marathons to raise money for the Brain Tumour Charity.
Somerset has entered the third stage of the Covid vaccination rollout. Joint Senior Operating Officer for Covid Vaccinations in Somerset, Andy Herron, says older people will soon be offered the chance of a booster jab. Meanwhile, the Haynes Motor Museum at Sparkford is now one of Somerset's major vaccination sites. It follows the closure of the vaccination centre at the Bath and West Showground and the operation moving to the Haynes Motor Museum
Somerset County Council is making an extra half a million pounds available to certain businesses affected by the pandemic. Council says the Covid Recovery Fund is to help businesses that have yet to receive financial support from the government.
A farm shop in Lopenhead near South Petherton has won a top award for the third year in a row. The Trading Post Farm Shop has been given a Muddy Stiletto Award after being voted the Best Farm Shop and Deli in Somerset.
Two Somerset girls have embarked on walking the equivalent of four marathons to raise money for the Brain Tumour Charity. Carina Hand, aged 14, from Charlton Musgrove, and her cousin Thea Grafton, aged 15, from Charlton Mackrell, were inspired to take on the challenge after Carina’s brother, Tristan, was treated successfully for a brain tumour.
Somerset Council has decided against selling the former Wilko store in Lower Middle Street in Yeovil. There’s a treat for snooker fans with Steve Davis and Dennis Taylor coming to Yeovil. An Air Engineering Commander at RNAS Yeovilton is taking on the Jurassic Coast 100km Ultra Challenge for charity...and more
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
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