Work has begun building an extension to the A & E department at Yeovil Hospital. Somerset County Council has approved its budget for the next financial year. Farmers in Somerset are being encouraged to speak about their mental health and Yeovil professional boxer Dean Dodge is making final preparations for the biggest fight of his career.
Work has begun building an extension to the A and E department at Yeovil Hospital. The development will double the capacity of the department's services, increasing the number of cubicles for assessment and treatment. The extension, costing just over one-million pounds, is due to be completed by the early summer.
Somerset County Council has approved its budget for the next financial year, including an almost 5% increase in its share of council tax. It will add £64 a year to the bill for an average Band D home. The budget also includes significant funding increases for adult social care and children’s services, both of which have subjected to additional pressure during the pandemic.
Farmers in Somerset are being encouraged to speak about their mental health. The Farm Safety Foundation has launched a new campaign, Mind Your head. It's as a new research project led by the universities of Reading, Sheffield and Exeter.
Yeovil professional boxer Dean Dodge is making final preparations for the biggest fight of his career. Dean is taking on Danny Carr, current holder of the South of England Super-featherweight title, at the University of Bolton Stadium tomorrow, Friday. The fight will only go ahead if Dean and his opponent test negative for Coronavirus. Dean, who fights under the name El Diablo, has been on a special diet and says that if he wins, he will dine out on a giant pizza.
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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