A Somerset pharmacist says people are going without prescription medicines because they can't afford to pay for them. Two local teenage boys have appeared before a Youth Panel charged with causing actual bodily harm. A public meeting is being held in Yeovil to discuss plans to centralise emergency stroke care in Somerset. Another local pub has been put up for sale...and more.
A Somerset pharmacist says people are going without prescription medicines because they can't afford to pay for them. Lead pharmacist at Somerset Vale Healthcare, Fivos Valagiannopoulos says he’s seen a rise in the number of people not collecting their prescriptions, with some asking what they can "do without" altogether.
Two local teenage boys have appeared before a Youth Panel charged with causing actual bodily harm. The panel was told that the youths attacked a 13-year-old boy in Pageant Gardens in Sherborne in July last year. The pair were referred to a youth offending panel and told to pay the boy compensation.
The date of this year’s Yeovil Half Marathon has been announced. The race, which starts in Petters Way, goes out to Montecute House before returning to the finish line in the Quedam shopping centre, will take place on Sunday, 26th of March.
A public meeting is being held in Yeovil to discuss plans to centralise emergency stroke care in Somerset. The proposal could see people who’ve suffered a stroke taken to Musgrove Park Hospital in Taunton rather than Yeovil Hospital. The meeting, with questions to an NHS Somerset panel, will take place at Yeovil Rugby Club, off Dorchester Road, on Tuesday 21st of February at 2 pm.
Another of our local pubs has been put up for sale. The Walnut Tree in West Camel which includes thirteen bedrooms and a family apartment is advertised with a guide price of £575,000.
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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