A town centre building in Yeovil, once used as a charity shop by the British Heart Foundation, could be demolished because it's unsafe. Police are appealing for witnesses to an accident involving a van and a pedestrian in Ilminster. A new campaign has been launched in Somerset to attract volunteers to work in the NHS. The new Bishop of Bath and Wells, the Right Reverend Michael Beasley has been speaking about his hopes for 2023...and more.
A town centre building in Yeovil, once used as a charity shop by the British Heart Foundation, could be demolished because it's unsafe. The property in Middle Street is currently being supported by scaffolding that is impeding progress on work to regenerate the town centre. South Somerset District Council says lorries are unable to use Middle Street because of the scaffolding and that unless it is taken down along with the building the costs of the Yeovil Refresh Project will rise by a further £324,000.
Police are appealing for witnesses to an accident involving a van and a pedestrian in Ilminster. It happened outside the Spar shop and garage on Station Road at around 5:15 pm on Tuesday the 10th of January. If you saw what happened or have dashcam footage you’re asked to call the police non-emergency number 101.
A new campaign has been launched in Somerset to attract volunteers to work in the NHS. The roles include working in hospitals and also GP surgeries. Since the pandemic ended, eleven thousand volunteers, who helped deliver the vaccination rollout have gone on to work full-time in the NHS.
A Somerset woman has launched a fundraising appeal to help pay for her travel to the World Transplant Games in Australia.
Keely John has won a place in Team GB at the games in Perth in April and needs to raise four thousand pounds to pay for the trip.
The new Bishop of Bath and Wells, the Right Reverend Michael Beasley has been speaking about his hopes for 2023. Bishop Michael became Head of the Bath and Wells diocese in November, having moved to live in Somerset from Hertford. He’s hoping that with the end of lockdown, that 2023 will see communities brought back together again.
Yeovil Town are back in action tonight. They play Barnet away in a National League fixture, kick-off is at 7.45 pm.
A father has been found guilty of murdering his two-week-old son at Yeovil Hospital. From Monday, no trains will be stopping at Crewkerne until further notice. Experts say the dry weather has created ideal conditions for wasps to multiply in significant numbers across Somerset. A rare railway carriage from the 1880s, believed to have been built in Somerset, is being given a new lease of life...and more.
Tourism leaders in Somerset are hoping to reverse last year’s downturn in visitor numbers now that the six-week-long school summer holiday is underway. A Chard woman who was driving a van without insurance that crashed has been given a 16-month driving ban. A Somerset hedgehog rescue centre says a lack of rain and hard ground conditions are making it difficult for hedgehogs to survive this summer...and more.
Somerset Council is planning to open twelve new Special Educational Needs units in mainstream schools. Yeovil Hospital is participating in a trial that could revolutionise the treatment of sepsis within the NHS. A 55-acre site in Chard, with plans approved to build 295 homes and a new football ground, has been put up for sale...and more
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.
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