News & Sport
News
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Friday 3rd May
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.
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Thursday 2nd May
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.
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Wednesday 1st May
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.
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Tuesday 30th April
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.
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Monday 29th April
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.
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Friday 26 April
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.
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Thursday 25th April
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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Wednesday 24th April
Yeovil Town FC have sent a strongly worded letter to the Football Association asking for plans to end FA Cup replays to be dropped. A Somerset woman who's spent the last 32 years living with Hepatitis C, says better support is needed for those affected by the contaminated blood scandal. A new school of musical theatre has opened in Chard...and more.
Community & Charity News
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Phosphates
Building new homes in Somerset has been held up by the phosphates crisis, with developers needing to secure additional mitigation to prevent any increase in phosphates on the Somerset Levels
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Universal Credit
People in receipt of certain benefits are being asked to sign up for the new system of benefits payments called Universal Credit.
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New Public Health Website
Leading a healthy life has just got a little easier, thanks to a new website launched by Somerset Council’s Public Health Team.
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Adrian Dening's Stars Over Somerset
Monday 6th to Sunday 12th May 2024
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Dog DNA
Avon and Somerset Police are encouraging dog owners to protect their pets from theft by entering their details into a DNA doggy database.
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Adrian Dening's Stars Over Somerset
Monday 29th April to Sunday 5th May 2024
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Mobile Phones in Vehicles
Somerset County Council’s road safety team is working with partners to urge drivers to keep their fixed eyes on the road.
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Clean up our Countryside
Two new litter-pick stations have been installed, equipped with litter pickers and reusable bags for anyone to borrow and do their own two-minute clean-up at countryside sites across South Somerset.
Today's Weather
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Yeovil
Sunny intervals
High: 16°C | Low: 5°C
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Chard
Sunny intervals
High: 16°C | Low: 5°C
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Crewkerne
Sunny intervals
High: 16°C | Low: 5°C
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Somerton
Sunny intervals
High: 17°C | Low: 6°C
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Wincanton
Sunny intervals
High: 17°C | Low: 5°C
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