Monday 3rd March

Monday, 3 March 2025 05:00

By Steve Haigh

A woman from Crewkerne has been fined £280 for assaulting two emergency workers. Plans have been announced to open new NHS dental surgeries in Chard and Crewkerne. A Yeovil man has been thanked for raising £10,000 for the cardiac charity Heartbeat...and more

A woman from Crewkerne has pleaded guilty to assaulting two emergency workers. Appearing before local magistrates, Rebecca Tuck, aged 22, of Park View, in Crewkerne was fined £280 and told to pay compensation of £400. Tuck also pleaded guilty to damaging a police vehicle but was not given a separate penalty.

Somerset Council’s 110 elected councillors are in line for a pay rise. Councillors are paid a basic allowance for performing constituency duties, dealing with correspondence and attending meetings. If approved at a budget meeting of the Council on Wednesday, the basic allowance that councillors are paid will increase to £16,135, up from £15,500.

It could soon be much easier to find an NHS dentist in South Somerset. This follows the announcement that Chard and Crewkerne will be provided with new NHS dental surgeries.

Vaughan Lee House care home in Ilminster has been rated "good' following an inspection by the Care Quality Commission. After an inspection last year, the home was found to be in breach of a number of regulations, including safeguarding from abuse, and good governance. But the new report says monitoring systems have been improved and the home is no longer in breach of the regulations.

An animal rescue centre in Somerset is offering cats as companions to people who live alone. St Giles Animal Rescue Centre says a cat in a house can help with loneliness and feelings of isolation.

A Yeovil man has been publicly thanked by the cardiac charity, Heartbeat, for his outstanding fundraising efforts. Nigel Brown, who, with his wife Diana, stayed at Rotary Heartbeat House in Southampton while their son, George, was undergoing life-saving heart surgery, has raised £10,000 for Heartbeat in the 20 years since George had his operation.

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A formal planning application has been made to carry out significant improvements to Yeovil’s Octagon Theatre, costing £15 million. The Halifax Bank in King George Street in Yeovil could be converted into 17 flats. A new young people’s centre opens in Chard early in the New Year...and more.
Tuesday 23rd December

NHS Somerset reports a strong uptake of flu jabs, but some eligible people for free vaccinations haven’t come forward. Police are appealing for witnesses to an accident on the A303 in which a pedestrian was killed. A Crewkerne woman has gone viral on TikTok after being trapped inside a Lidl store in the town... and more.
Monday 22nd December

Somerset Bus Partnership has welcomed a £24.7m boost for the county's bus services. Outline planning permission has been granted to build up to 100 new homes in Ilminster. An Ilminster man has been banned from keeping animals for seven years. Residents in Chiselborough have set up a group to try and re-open the village pub...and more.
Friday 19th December

Crewkerne Community Hospital is to lose half its inpatient beds. A review will be conducted of a project to make Bridgwater more pedestrian and cyclist-friendly. Chard Methodist Church is offering residents a free lunch on Christmas Day. Yeovil-based Screwfix is opening a new outlet in Minehead...and more.
Thursday 18th December

Yeovil MP Adam Dance has warned that delays in ordering 30 new medium lift helicopters for the RAF is putting the future of Somerset’s defence industries at risk. Somerset's farmers are being urged to convert more cow manure into biogas to heat homes. A new visitor centre has opened at Ham Hill country park...and more
Wednesday 17th December

Parcel business, Evri, has been criticised by Glastonbury and Somerton MP Sarah Dyke over what she claims have been ‘widespread delivery failures’. Demand for mental health support provided by South Western Ambulance Service is running at record levels. A nine-year-old Somerset boy has completed 100 days of litter picking for charity...and more
Tuesday 14th December

New data shows that crime in the Avon and Somerset police area is at an all-time high. Ferne Animal Sanctuary near Chard has issued a warning to prospective pet owners ahead of Christmas. The owner of four pubs in Somerset has warned that many could be forced to shut unless the government reconsiders business rates...and more.
Monday 15th December

Toolstream in Yeovil has been put into administration, threatening the jobs of dozens of employees. NHS Somerset has issued a last chance call for people to get a flu jab after hospital admissions increased by 76% in a week. Police are investigating the theft of a bike valued at £7,000 in Sherborne... and more