Police have secured a closure order on a house in Yeovil linked to drug offences and antisocial behaviour. A verdict of accidental death has been recorded at the inquest into the death of 15-year old Iris Goldsmith. The Royal College of Nursing in the South West is asking NHS managers to hold discussions with staff who haven't had a Covid vaccine. Parish and town councillors in South Somerset are being offered training to see how they can help tackle climate change...and more.
Police have secured a closure order on a house in Yeovil linked to drug offences and antisocial behaviour. The property in Millbrook in Yeovil has been closed for three months with no one allowed to use it. Police say anyone experiencing similar issues in their neighbourhood should contact the police so action can be taken if needed.
A verdict of accidental death has been recorded at the inquest into the death of 15-year old Iris Goldsmith who died when the quad bike she was driving overturned near Bruton in July of 2019. The inquest was told the vehicle flipped as it was zig-zagged across an open field at the family farm at North Brewham. Iris, the daughter of the financier Ben Goldsmith was left trapped under the vehicle and died from the neck injuries she sustained.
The Royal College of Nursing in the South West is asking NHS managers to hold discussions with staff who haven't had a Covid vaccine. It follows the Health Secretary’s announcement that all frontline NHS workers need to be fully vaccinated by next Spring unless they have a medical exemption.
Parish and town councillors in South Somerset are being offered training to see how they can help tackle climate change. The training is being funded by Somerset County Council as part of the target for Somerset to become carbon neutral by 2030.
A new restaurant has opened in South Petherton in a building previously used as a bank. Called Holm it’s run by the London-based restaurant chain Levan and Larry’s and is their first restaurant venture outside of the Capital.
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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