Yeovil MP Adam Dance says closing the maternity unit at Yeovil Hospital is a disaster for the town. A Somerset transport company that supplies supermarkets says it’s being held to ransom by cyber hackers. NHS Somerset says 70% of people in the highest risk groups have yet to get their Covid-19 spring booster jab...and more
Yeovil MP Adam Dance says closing the maternity unit at Yeovil Hospital is a disaster for the town. The birthing and special baby care unit at Yeovil Hospital was closed on Monday due to concerns about safety and staff shortages. Expectant mothers have been told to go to the Royal United Hospital in Bath, County Hospital in Dorchester or Musgrove Park Hospital in Taunton to give birth. Speaking during a demonstration against the closure held outside Yeovil Hospital, Mr Dance called on NHS managers to order the immediate re-opening of the maternity unit.
A Somerset transport company that supplies supermarkets says it’s being held to ransom by cyber hackers. Peter Green Transport in Evercreech delivers foodstuff to Tesco, Sainsbury, and Aldi. The Black Farmer, Wilfred Emmanuel-Jones, uses Peter Green Transport to distribute his sausages. He says the attack is having a significant impact on his business.
NHS Somerset says 70% of people in the highest-risk groups have yet to get their COVID-19 spring booster jab. Anyone who’s immunosuppressed, undergoing chemotherapy or cancer treatments, organ transplant recipients, or has a condition like HIV is at significantly higher risk of serious illness from COVID-19. The spring vaccine programme runs until Tuesday, June 17th.
A 4-bedroom house could be built on land used as a beer garden at The Podymore Inn at Yeovilton. Plans submitted to Somerset Council show the house on the eastern side of the pub, with the children’s play area and beer garden, moved to a new location.
The fire service says they still don’t know what caused Monday’s major shop fire in Yeovil. A safeguarding review is being carried out into the case of Daniel Gunter, who was found guilty at Bristol Crown Court last week of murdering his two-week-old baby son at Yeovil Hospital. National convenience store chain, Costcutter, has taken over the empty YMCA charity shop in Middle Street in Yeovil for a new store...and more
Parents in Somerset are being advised not to leave their children unsupervised with pets. Somerset Council says it's dealing with a backlog of sixteen hundred planning applications. Ninety thousand pounds has been raised so far for Somerset Community Foundation’s appeal supporting people affected by last week’s coach crash in West Somerset...and more
A boat used for sightseeing trips on the River Parrett at Langport has sunk after being vandalised. A union representing firefighters in Somerset says former retained staff are missing out on pension payments. Thirty-nine new affordable homes are to be built in Merriot...and more
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
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