A new dementia care home has been officially opened in Yeovil. New sports facilities are to be included within a major housing development in Yeovil. A celebration of Chard past, present and future is being held later this month. Plans are being drawn up to hold a street party to celebrate the coronation of King Charles the Third in the aptly named Coronation Avenue in Yeovil... and more.
A new dementia care home has been officially opened in Yeovil. The town’s Mayor, Evie Potts-Jones, cut a ribbon to launch Chestnut Lodge on Hendford Hill which has accommodation for thirty-nine residents.
New sports facilities are to be included within a major housing development planned on the outskirts of Yeovil. Wyatt Homes say it will provide four football pitches and a sports pavilion alongside the one-thousand homes that it plans to build on the Brimsmore Key Site at Brimsmore.
Staff at Yeovil Hospital, who are objecting to higher charges to park at work, have won the support of Keep Our NHS Public. The campaign group has described the new charges, which will see staff pay around forty-eight pounds a month to park on the hospital site, as unacceptable, especially at a time when health workers are striking for higher pay.
A celebration of Chard past, present and future is being held later this month. The Chard Spring Festival takes place over three days beginning April the 27th. Events include a guided walking tour around Chard's former lace-making factories.
Plans are being drawn up to hold a street party to celebrate the coronation of King Charles the Third on the aptly named Coronation Avenue in Yeovil. The event, with street entertainers and live bands, is being organised by the Westfield Community Association and takes place on Monday, May 8th, two days after the King's Coronation in Westminster Abbey.
Somerset Community Foundation has launched a "Together for West Somerset Appeal" to help families affected by last Thursday's school coach crash on Exmoor. People in Somerset are being encouraged to improve their recycling of food waste. Free family cooking sessions are being held in Chard. A new children’s soft play area is soon to open in Yeovil...and more
A GoFundMe page set up to support families of last week’s Exmoor bus crash, in which a 10-year-old boy died, has raised over forty thousand pounds. A local councillor is calling for the introduction of speed cameras on the A30, from Yeovil to Sherborne. A group from a school in Ilchester have hiked 26 miles across the Jurassic Coast to fundraise in memory of a school colleague...and more
EDF has completed another milestone in constructing the new 'Hinkley C' nuclear power plant near Bridgwater. The Royal International Air Tattoo at RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire opens today with helicopters built in Yeovil on display. A road leading to Chard reservoir, shut two months ago for strengthening work to a dam wall, has re-opened...and more
Yeovil MP Adam Dance says he has serious concerns about plans that could see the closure of inpatient beds at Crewkerne Community Hospital. Ilminster residents are being asked to vote in a referendum on adopting a new neighbourhood plan for the town. An event in which people take part in a race against horses is returning to Somerset later this year...and more
A children’s play area in Ilminster has been closed on safety grounds after badger setts were found on the land. Somerset Council sold off £90m of property assets last year to help fight off bankruptcy. Crewkerne Community Hospital could be turned into a neighbourhood health centre...and more.
The fire service has blamed a discarded portable barbecue for starting a blaze at Ham Hill Country Park. A care home for people with autism and complex needs in Crewkerne has been rated 'good'. A seven-year-old Yeovil boy has set a new world record for completing the most number of consecutive sit-ups for his age group...and more
Somerset Council is warning motorists against scanning QR codes at its car parks payment meters. Chard Town Council is spending £10,000 on short-term youth provision over the summer months. Former Yeovil Town player Marcus Stewart says he wants to continue raising money towards finding a cure for motor neurone disease...and more.
A Yeovil woman has shared how she is still on the waiting list for a transplant, a year on. A Crewkerne community group saved two tonnes of food from landfill last month and gave it to residents in need. Yeovil Town have announced their fixture list for the 2025/26 season....and more.
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