Preston Academy in Yeovil has been rated as ‘good’ by Ofsted. Ambulance workers in Somerset have called off their planned strike action this week. Fifteen million pounds is being invested at Yeovil Hospital. An Ilminster man has appeared in court charged with driving a motor vehicle when not in proper control of the vehicle and work starts this week upgrading a children’s play area in Chard.
Preston Academy in Yeovil has been rated as ‘good’ by Ofsted inspectors. Their report, based on a visit to Preston Academy in early January, rated the school as ‘good’ in all four areas of inspection. It represents a turnaround in the running of Preston Academy which in 2019 was rated as ‘requiring improvement’.
Ambulance workers in Somerset have called off their planned strike action this week after being offered additional money for this year and next year by the government. The GMB and Unison unions say it has suspended two days of planned strikes pending a satisfactory outcome to talks with health ministers.
Fifteen million pounds in NHS funding is being invested to deal with patients waiting at Yeovil Hospital. The hospital is getting a new theatre, new robotic surgery equipment, as well as an already announced new Day Ward that is due to open in the Spring.
An Ilminster man has appeared in court charged with driving a motor vehicle when not in proper control of the vehicle. Kevin Hopkins of Dowlish Ford near Ilminster was found guilty of the offence by magistrates in Yeovil and had three penalty points added to his licence and fined £285.
Work starts this week up-grading a children’s play area in Chard. The improvements to Upper Henson Park near Avishayes Community School are set to last five weeks and will see monkey bars, a climbing wall and new grassed areas introduced.
A dog, stolen in Norfolk seven years ago, has been found 200 miles away safe and well in Somerset. A man who lives in Seavington St Michael near Ilminster has been jailed after driving a car at police officers. One hundred new affordable homes could be built near Langport...and more
A Yeovil man has been fined £1,200 for sending hostile text messages to his ex-wife. A report into the performance of Avon and Somerset Police has found it doesn't answer emergency calls quickly enough. Twenty-two swimmers at the Trident Swimming Club in Chard have won places in this year’s Somerset County Swimming Championships...and more
A man has appeared in court charged with murdering a one-month-old baby boy in Chard. Kingfisher Primary School in Yeovil has been highly praised by Ofsted. Somerset Council says it’s “extremely disappointed” after its bid to form a devolved Wessex group of local councils was rejected by the government...and more.
The Liberal Democrat Leader of Somerset Council, Councillor Bill Revans, says they had no choice but to ask the government to allow them to lift the 5 percent cap on raising Council Tax. Two teenagers have been released on bail following the stabbing in Yeovil. More than six thousand pounds has been awarded to local groups by Chard Carnival Committee...and more.
Somerset has been permitted to increase its Council Tax share by 7.5 percent. An Ilminster man, forced out of his house by last week's floods, says he doesn't know when he will be able to return home. Ilminster Literary Festival has launched its annual children’s writing competition, designed to encourage local children to write creative literature...and more.
Five men have appeared in court charged with the murder of a man in Yeovil. A 16-year-old is the second person to be arrested in connection with a stabbing in Yeovil. Yeovil’s new outdoor entertainment space in Lower Middle Street has been officially opened by the town’s MP... and more.
A teenager has been arrested following a stabbing in Yeovil. Water bills in Somerset are set to go up on average by £123 from April. Yeovil MP, Adam Dance will officially open Yeovil’s new outdoor performance space later today...and more
Lloyds bank is closing its branch in Chard. A Sherborne man has been jailed after defrauding a Yeovil woman of £40,000. A volunteer group in Chard is urging people to sign up to a flood victims register. A councillor in Shepton Mallet has become the first Reform UK member on Somerset Council... and more
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