Yeovil MP Marcus Fysh is investigating complaints about two-week delays in delivering the post in Yeovil. Plans to convert a Yeovil pub into a school have been turned down. A Crewkerne couple, whose name is Mr and Mrs White-Christmas say after three years together they've got used to people poking fun at their name...and more.
Yeovil MP Marcus Fysh is investigating problems with postal deliveries in the town. It follows claims that mail is arriving up to two weeks after it should at some addresses, with important letters like medical appointments arriving too late. Royal Mail says it’s committed to improving the quality of its services in Yeovil, but union leaders claim the post is not being delivered on time due to staff shortages.
Plans have been passed to build a new diagnostics centre, providing more than 70,000 tests and outpatient appointments at Yeovil Hospital. It will be located next to the main hospital at Higher Kingston, with building work due to start in February.
Plans to change a popular Yeovil pub into a school have been turned down. Education provider, Five Rivers Child Care Ltd, had wanted to convert the Great Lyde pub on Lyde Road into a school for children with special educational needs and disabilities. One reason given by planners for the refusal was that the Great Lyde was the only pub, within reasonable walking distance of local residents
The UK’s only couple called Mr and Mrs White-Christmas, who live in Crewkerne, say the festive season is their trickiest time of the year. Kieran White and Tilly Christmas married in November 2020 and became Britain’s first couple with the name White-Christmas. They say December is difficult because when they book a meal or order takeaway, restaurants don't believe their name is for real.
The father of a one-month-old baby boy in Chard is to stand trial for the murder of his son. New figures show that just under 1300 crimes were reported to the Police in Yeovil during the final quarter of last year. A night in a prison cell is offered at Shepton Mallet Jail to those who want to be alone this Easter...and more.
Big changes are being made to where taxi ranks in Yeovil are located. Farmers are being told to keep an extra lookout for people acting suspiciously following the latest livestock theft near the Devon and Somerset border. Channel 4’s Location Location Location is coming to Somerset, with anyone looking to buy a property locally invited to apply to be in the show...and more
A 36-year-old man remains in police custody after being arrested on suspicion of a sexual assault in Yeovil. Yeovil Labour Club has had its drinks licence revoked. NHS Somerset has been taking its physiotherapy team around the county to cut waiting times for patients. A men-only cooking course has been launched in Sherborne with all ingredients and equipment provided free of charge...and more
A new banking hub has opened in Crewkerne. South Western Ambulance is asking people to only dial 999 in a life-threatening emergency over the Easter weekend. £1.8 million is being spent improving walking and cycling routes around a major new housing development at Up Mudford in Yeovil...and more
Police are appealing for witnesses to an accident in Yeovil in which a man riding an e-bike was injured and later died in hospital. Somerset Fire and Rescue Service says the number of false alarm calls it receives is on the increase. A new micro-pub opens in Chard next week...and more
Yeovil MP Adam Dance is calling for more targeted support for schools in Somerset. Police are appealing for witnesses to an accident near Wells in which a cyclist died. Plans have been approved to convert a former care home in Yeovil into a house of multiple occupation...and more
A man from Yeovil has been jailed for stabbing another man in a pub in the town. Work is underway to help minimize the flood risk at Chard Reservoir. Plans have been submitted to build thirty-six new homes at Sparkford. A new Town Crier is needed in Glastonbury...and more
Work is underway to demolish the Glovers Walk Shopping Centre in Yeovil. A Yeovil man has appeared in court charged with drink driving for a third time. Somerset Council has paid £35,000 in compensation for failing to deliver the right support to children with special educational needs. Another shop in Yeovil town centre is closing for good today...and more