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Posted: 15th April 2013
PLANS have been unveiled to turn a large town centre building – which incorporates the Modello bar and restaurant in Stars Lane - into 35 apartments. Intercounty Properties have applied to South Somerset District Council for planning permission to transform the large 1970s building which stands virtually opposite the entrance to Glovers Walk. The site consists of a…

South Somerset high for building site injuries

Posted: 14th April 2013
FIGURES show that South Somerset has the highest number of construction site injuries in the county. During 2011-12, three workers were killed while working in construction across Somerset, Avon, Gloucestershire and Wiltshire, and a further 131 were seriously injured. Nationally, there were 49 deaths and more than 2,800 major injuries. In Somerset there was one fatality…

Funding boost for St Margaret's Hospice in Yeovil & Somerset

Posted: 14th April 2013
THE St Margaret’s Somerset Hospice in Yeovil has won a share of a £60million Government funding handout to improve care environments and settings around the UK. A total of 176 hospices will benefit from the fund which will be used to invest in creating new spaces for patients, their families and carers, while also supporting the care hospices provides to people in their…

Parkinson's Awareness Week - Put Yourself in my Shoes

Posted: 14th April 2013
THE annual Parkinson’s Awareness Week takes place between April 15-21 with the theme ‘Put Yourself in My Shoes’ at the forefront of the campaign. The title of this year’s campaign was chosen by a person with Parkinson’s to focus on changing public attitude and increasing awareness of the day-to-day challenges faced by a Parkinson’s sufferer. Somerset Parkinson’s nurses…

Yarlington is a 'Living Wage' employer

Posted: 13th April 2013
WITH ever increasing challenges as prices rise and benefits are reformed, lifting people out of poverty is becoming ever more significant. Yeovil-based housing provider Yarlington has now become one of the first organisations in the sector to become an accredited Living Wage Employer - which ensures that every member of staff in the organisation earns not just the…

Free childcare for two-year-olds

Posted: 13th April 2013
PARENTS in Yeovil and South Somerset of toddlers turning two this April are being encouraged by the Deputy Prime Minister to check if they can get free childcare. From this September, 15 hours of free childcare a week are being made available to around 130,000 two-year-olds from lower income backgrounds across England. The first of these eligible toddlers will have their…

Arson attack in Larkspur Crescent

Posted: 13th April 2013
ARSONISTS are being blamed for deliberately setting on fire a motorbike and car in Larkspur Crescent, Yeovil, during the early hours of this morning. The alarm was raised at just before 1.30am this morning (Saturday, April 13) with reports of a motorbike on fire. One fire engine from Yeovil attended the scene and officers confirmed that the fire had spread to a nearby…

GOSSIP meeting at Yeovil Women's Hospital

Posted: 12th April 2013
RADIOTHERAPY will be discussed by the GOSSIP health promotion and support group at Yeovil Women’s Hospital on Monday, April 22. The discussion will be led by Dr Petra Jankowska, consultant in clinical oncology, from 5pm to 6.30pm. The group, which provides advice and information for women with gynaecological cancer, was founded by the gynaecological cancer specialist…

May Fair at the Quedam

Posted: 12th April 2013
THE Quedam Shopping Centre in Yeovil have announced plans to hold a May Fair on Saturday, May 18. There will be Maypole dancing, traditional coconut shy and hoopla games and, YES, even candy floss. A spokesman said: “Come on over and celebrate everything that is marvellous about May.” They declined to comment on weather predictions for May 18 – but, safe to say, they…

More news on Yeovil Library closure

Posted: 12th April 2013
MORE details have been announced about what services will be available to book-lovers when Yeovil Library closes for more than two months to allow it to move to self-service. Somerset County Council announced a few weeks ago that Yeovil is set to become the latest Somerset library to move to self-service following its successful introduction in Taunton, Burnham-on-Sea…

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