Work has begun building an extension to the A & E department at Yeovil Hospital. Somerset County Council has approved its budget for the next financial year. Farmers in Somerset are being encouraged to speak about their mental health and Yeovil professional boxer Dean Dodge is making final preparations for the biggest fight of his career.
Work has begun building an extension to the A and E department at Yeovil Hospital. The development will double the capacity of the department's services, increasing the number of cubicles for assessment and treatment. The extension, costing just over one-million pounds, is due to be completed by the early summer.
Somerset County Council has approved its budget for the next financial year, including an almost 5% increase in its share of council tax. It will add £64 a year to the bill for an average Band D home. The budget also includes significant funding increases for adult social care and children’s services, both of which have subjected to additional pressure during the pandemic.
Farmers in Somerset are being encouraged to speak about their mental health. The Farm Safety Foundation has launched a new campaign, Mind Your head. It's as a new research project led by the universities of Reading, Sheffield and Exeter.
Yeovil professional boxer Dean Dodge is making final preparations for the biggest fight of his career. Dean is taking on Danny Carr, current holder of the South of England Super-featherweight title, at the University of Bolton Stadium tomorrow, Friday. The fight will only go ahead if Dean and his opponent test negative for Coronavirus. Dean, who fights under the name El Diablo, has been on a special diet and says that if he wins, he will dine out on a giant pizza.
The Leader of Somerset Council has repeated his call for a reform of the way that councils are funded. Crimestoppers is stepping up efforts to help tackle violent crime in Somerset. A new radar satellite is playing a crucial role in collecting data about flooding in Somerset...and more
Somerset Council has approved a seven-and-a-half percent increase in council tax. People are being asked to return boxes of paracetamol bought from Boots Chemists in Somerset. It’s been revealed that five members of staff at Somerset Council are being allowed to work from home outside the UK...and more
Somerset Council has been told that hundreds of millions of pounds in loans taken out by former district councils, including South Somerset, have to be paid back. A Somerset charity says it needs more volunteers to help with research into new treatments for dementia. A local shop owner has welcomed Somerset Council’s decision to scrap plans to charge for parking after 6 pm...and more.
The population of Somerset has reached record levels with nearly one in ten born outside the UK. Stanchester School in Stoke-sub-Hamdon has been rated as ‘requiring improvement’. Experts have been called in to appraise a 15th-century piece of artwork in Sherborne...and more.
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 local man has been charged after allegedly driving a tractor while under the influence of alcohol. One hundred bikes, collected with household waste in Somerset, have been donated to charity. The junction of the A37 Ilchester Road and Stiby Road in Yeovil will again shut this evening for resurfacing...and more.
Fourteen hundred people have added their names to a petition against Somerset Council's plans to scrap free car parks. St Margaret’s Hospice has won a share of £25 million of government funding. A man from Charlton Adam is preparing to visit Ukraine as an Aid Worker for a tenth time...and more
A local man has been charged with possessing an air weapon following an incident in Yeovil town centre. The Labour government has removed funding to the Amulet Theatre in Shepton Mallet that the previous Conservative government had allocated. Entries are now open for this year’s Minster Miles 10K fun run with organisers aiming to exceed last year’s number of runners...and more.
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