NHS Somerset is urging people who haven't had any or all of their Covid-19 vaccinations to do so. A report on delivering a new relief road in Chard won't be made public now until the late autumn. King Alfred's Tower at Stourhead is to reopen for its 250th anniversary. A labyrinth shaped like a giant snail has been cut into the grass of a hay meadow near Langport and Compton House Cricket Club, who play at Compton Park near Sherborne have been given planning permission to build a new pavilion.
NHS Somerset is urging people who haven't had any or all of their Covid-19 vaccinations to do so. People who haven't had their first, second or initial booster dose of the vaccine are being told that there's still time to get the jab this summer. Figures show that 91 percent of adults aged 18 and over have had at least one jab, meaning there are still almost one in ten who have not been vaccinated. Clinics and walk-ins are open locally for appointments for people aged five and over.
A report on delivering a new relief road in Chard won't be made public now until the late autumn. The Chard Eastern Relief Road will link the A358 Tatworth Road with the A30 Crewkerne Road and is designed to take pressure off the Convent Link junction in Chard town centre. The report from South Somerset District Council, setting out how the scheme will proceed, was due out last month, but it will now be October before people in Chard have the chance to comment on the route of the new road.
King Alfred's Tower at Stourhead is to reopen for its 250th anniversary. The landmark has been closed to visitors since the start of the pandemic.
A labyrinth shaped like a giant snail has been cut into the grass of a hay meadow near Langport. The RSPB has created the design to encourage people to visit Swell Wood nature reserve at Fivehead Meadow to see the wildflowers and insects.
Compton House Cricket Club, who play at Compton Park near Sherborne have been given planning permission to build a new pavilion. It will have three separate changing areas, a first-floor balcony, scoreboard and large function room and will replace the existing pavilion that is more than 100 years old.
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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