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SOMERSET NEWS: Raising the roads to avoid future flooding

Posted: 6th March 2014
FLOOD-STRICKEN roads in Somerset could be raised as part of a £10m grant from the Government to tackle flooding issues on the roads. The A361 road between East Lyng and Burrowbridge, the main route into the “island” of Muchelney and the notoriously flood-prone A372 at Seven Bends between Othery and Aller could all be raised to try and avoid a repeat of the disruption…

SOMERSET NEWS: Flood Action Plan is formally unveiled

Posted: 6th March 2014
A 20-YEAR Flood Action Plan has been formally unveiled today (Thursday, March 6, 2014) to try and help prevent Somerset from suffering similar devastating flooding as it has done in recent months. Environment Secretary Owen Paterson announced the Plan in the House of Commons – and immediately it was backed up by a £10m investment from the Department for Transport with a…

Perfectly named Time is Precious charity to support Yeovil children's ward

Posted: 6th March 2014
A CHARITY set-up in memory of a brave little boy who died from a brain tumour is to support the children’s ward at Yeovil District Hospital. The Time is Precious charity was set up in 2011 by Neil and Nicky Halford in memory of their five-year-old son Ben after he passed away in their arms in October 2010 after fighting for his life for almost four years. The…

MP is highly dubious of plans to close Yeovil stroke unit

Posted: 6th March 2014
YEOVIL MP David Laws has said he is “highly dubious” of proposals to move stroke services away from Yeovil District Hospital to Taunton. Mr Laws last week met with Somerset Clinical Commissioning Group chairman David Rooke and managing director David Slack about the controversial proposals to set up a specialist stroke unit at Musgrove Park Hospital and close the…

Another blow for night-time economy in Yeovil town centre?

Posted: 6th March 2014
THERE are fears that the night-time economy of Yeovil town centre may have taken another massive knock yesterday (Wednesday, March 5, 2014) after planners gave the go-ahead for a new pub restaurant to be built out-of-town. Members of South Somerset District Council’s Area South committee agreed to give planning permission for buildings at the Ashleys of Yeovil…

Wow - what a sunset!

Posted: 5th March 2014
KEEN photographer Bob Healey took this amazing sunset photo TONIGHT (Wednesday, March 5, 2014) from his home on the outskirts of Yeovil. Bob took the photo from the back garden of his home in Barwick looking towards Dorchester Road. The building is part of the Keyford Farm site. If anyone takes an amazing photo they would like to see used on the Yeovil Press website…

Council defends cutting back vegetation in Yeovil

Posted: 5th March 2014
GREEN-FINGERED council staff have defended their actions over what could be described as "environmental vandalism" on the outskirts of Yeovil. There have been a number of concerns and complaints made by people on social networking Facebook about work being carried out along Bluebell Road on the outskirts of Yeovil at Brympton close to the Airfield Tavern pub. Workmen…

Vehicle collision near Crewkerne

Posted: 5th March 2014
FIREFIGHTERS were called out this morning (Wednesday, March 5, 2014) to deal with an incident near Crewkerne. Fire engines from Ilminster and Crewkerne, plus a rescue tender from Taunton, were mobilised at just before 10am to reports of a road traffic collision near North Lodge in Dinnington. Officers found the incident involved two vehicles, but nobody was trapped…

Low speed collision at Yeovil Hospital car park

Posted: 5th March 2014
FIREFIGHTERS have given more information about the incident earlier this morning (Wednesday, March 5, 2014) which happened at Yeovil District Hospital. Two fire engines from Yeovil and a rescue tender from Taunton were sent out at just after 9am to reports of a collision at the hospital’s car park in Higher Kingston. On arrival the firefighters found that it had been a…

Student Charlotte receives scholarship award

Posted: 5th March 2014
A YEOVIL student has been presented with a prestigious scholarship award from the University of Lincoln. First year undergraduates from across the university’s three academic colleges attended an awards ceremony hosted by Vice Chancellor Professor Mary Stuart where nine Excellence Scholarships and the flagship Vice Chancellor’s Scholarship were presented. Together, the…

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