YEOVIL NEWS: Hospital chief exec is one of the best in the country

YEOVIL NEWS: Hospital chief exec is one of the best in the country

Posted: 29th March 2015
CHIEF executive at Yeovil District Hospital, Paul Mears, has been named as one of the top 50 NHS chief execs in the country. The listing, published by the Health Service Journal, set out to recognise exceptional leaders of high performing NHS organisations that are patient-centred and have consistently excellent clinical outcomes. Judges included Dr Maureen Baker, chair…

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YEOVIL NEWS: Quality award for hospital’s Macmillan Unit

YEOVIL NEWS: Quality award for hospital’s Macmillan Unit

Posted: 29th March 2015
THE Macmillan Unit at Yeovil District Hospital has been awarded the seal of approval for achieving excellence in providing cancer care services. The unit has become accredited by healthcare quality organisation, CHKS, to show that it meets the highest standards of performance. As part of the accreditation process the hospital had to meet more than 300 separate measures…

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EASTER 2015: Free activities at Yeovil Recreation Centre

EASTER 2015: Free activities at Yeovil Recreation Centre

Posted: 29th March 2015
QUALIFIED coaches will invite young people to run, shoot and smash to their heart’s content when top drawer athletics, hockey and tennis coaching comes to Yeovil Recreation Centre during the Easter holidays. Kids Go Free days will give budding Rory McIlroys the opportunity to try out the Mini Golf and Pitch & Putt courses on Mondays and Fridays while younger visitors are…

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YEOVIL NEWS: Good luck to all the runners in Half Marathon 2015

YEOVIL NEWS: Good luck to all the runners in Half Marathon 2014

Posted: 29th March 2015
HUNDREDS of runners will gather at Huish Park this morning (Sunday, March 29, 2015) in readiness for the fifth annual Yeovil Half Marathon. The race will get underway at 9am and the first of the runners will arrive shortly after an hour later – last year’s winning time was 1hr 7m. Although many spectators will gather at Yeovil Town FC for the start and finish of the run…

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AIR DAY 2015: Fantastic display teams to take to the sky

AIR DAY 2015: Fantastic display teams to take to the sky

Posted: 29th March 2015
WORLD-CLASS display teams from three nations will headline RNAS Yeovilton Air Day's flying display later this year. Joining the RAF Red Arrows on Saturday, July 11, 2015, are the Spanish Air Force's Patrulla Águila and the Royal Jordanian Falcons - just part of the international line-up planned to wow visitors to the show. Patrulla Águila were formed in 1985, so are this…

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EASTER 2015: Town centre activities at Yeovil Market

EASTER 2015: Town centre activities at Yeovil Market

Posted: 29th March 2015
TEST your hunting and hat making skills this Easter when Yeovil Market hosts an Easter egg hunt on Good Friday (April 3, 2015) and Easter hat competition on Friday, April 10, 2015. TEST your hunting and hat making skills this Easter when Yeovil Market hosts and Easter Egg Hunt and an Easter Hat competition. Some of the stall holders at Yeovil Market and the surrounding…

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YEOVILTON LIFE: Triumphant homecoming for Return to Base team

YEOVILTON LIFE: Triumphant homecoming for Return to Base team

Posted: 28th March 2015
FOUR members of the 815 Naval Air Squadron returned to RNAS Yeovilton on Friday (March 27, 2015) having raised more than £5,000 for charity. The Return to Base team of Lieutenant Danielle Welch, Petty Officer Stuart McAllister, Leading Aircraft Engineering Technician Billy Evans and Aircraft Engineering Technician Kelly Turner flew off on Monday (March 23, 2015) by…

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YEOVIL NEWS: Waterloo Music hits the right note

YEOVIL NEWS: Waterloo Music hits the right note

Posted: 28th March 2015
A NEW music shop officially opened in Yeovil today (Saturday, March 28, 2015) and was an instant smash hit with customers. Waterloo Music has opened in one of Yeovil’s oldest town centre buildings in Hendford – a Grade Two listed building dating from the late 1700s and in times gone by has been home to The Cottage Café and Modelkits. It had been closed for a number of…

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YEOVIL NEWS: Best foot forward at Tesco - every little step helps!

YEOVIL NEWS: Best foot forward at Tesco - every little step helps!

Posted: 28th March 2015
STAFF members at the main Tesco store in Yeovil have been putting their best foot forward for charity this weekend. The Tesco team have been taking it in turns to get on a treadmill yesterday (Friday, March 27, 2015) and today (Saturday, March 28, 2015) to pound out the miles in aid of their chosen charities for the year – Diabetes UK and British Heart Foundation. They…

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SOMERSET NEWS: LibDems call for resignations over damning Ofsted inspection

SOMERSET NEWS: LibDems call for resignations over damning Ofsted inspection

Posted: 28th March 2015
A CALL has been made for the leader of Somerset County Council to resign after the authority received a damning report from Ofsted which branded children’s services in the county as “inadequate.” Children’s Services at County Hall have been deemed inadequate since June 2013. Now the Liberal Democrat group at County Hall has said the council’s Conservative leadership has…

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