SOMERSET NEWS: Ollie backs skin cancer campaign
Posted: 20th June 2017
A SOMERSET construction worker – who was diagnosed with skin cancer due to working in the sun without protection – has urged people to “cover up.” Twenty-three-year-old Ollie Ash was diagnosed with a malignant melanoma when he was just 17 after a friend first noticed blood seeping through the back of his t-shirt from a mole. “I went to my GP, who referred me to a…
SOMERSET NEWS: Ollie backs skin cancer campaign
Posted: 20th June 2017
A SOMERSET construction worker – who was diagnosed with skin cancer due to working in the sun without protection – has urged people to “cover up.” Twenty-three-year-old Ollie Ash was diagnosed with a malignant melanoma when he was just 17 after a friend first noticed blood seeping through the back of his t-shirt from a mole. “I went to my GP, who referred me to a…
SOMERSET NEWS: Breastfeeding Champions wanted to support Infant Feeding Groups
Posted: 15th June 2017
MUMS in Somerset are being urged to step forward to become new volunteer Breastfeeding Champions in a bid to encourage other mothers to breastfeed, continue breastfeeding and help support Infant Feeding Groups across the county. The new volunteer role launched this week by Somerset County Council is in direct response to mums saying they wanted more breastfeeding support…
SOMERSET NEWS: County stands ready to help in any way we can says council leader
Posted: 15th June 2017
THE leader of Somerset County Council has written to his London counterpart offering assistance following the horrific Grenfell tower block fire. Cllr David Fothergill sent his letter to the leader of the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea Council, Cllr Nicholas Paget-Brown, on Wednesday (June 14,2017) after a meeting of Somerset’s cabinet meeting. In his letter…
SOMERSET NEWS: Myxomatosis case announced by veterinary surgery
Posted: 15th June 2017
PET rabbit owners are being urged to make sure their animals are vaccinated against the deadly disease myxomatosis – after a Somerset veterinary surgery reported a case on Thursday (June 14, 2017). The Minster Veterinary Surgery took to social media to put out the warning about the issue after it came across a case of the disease in the Ilminster area. “Just a warning to…
SOMERSET NEWS: Myxomatosis case announced by veterinary surgery
Posted: 15th June 2017
PET rabbit owners are being urged to make sure their animals are vaccinated against the deadly disease myxomatosis – after a Somerset veterinary surgery reported a case on Thursday (June 14, 2017). The Minster Veterinary Surgery took to social media to put out the warning about the issue after it came across a case of the disease in the Ilminster area. “Just a warning to…
SOMERSET NEWS: £20m planned revamp of Brewhouse Theatre
Posted: 13th June 2017
A DRAMATIC change in the fortunes of the Brewhouse Theatre in Taunton has seen the reincarnation of the venue under new management with the venue likened to a Phoenix rising from the ashes. Now, three years after reopening, new images showing how the theatre could be transformed from an outdated venue to the talk of the town are being unveiled. Taunton Deane Borough…
GENERAL ELECTION 2017: Yeovil Constituency – Live Blog
Posted: 8th June 2017
FOLLOW the count in the battle for the Yeovil Constituency in the General Election 2017 with our LIVE BLOG. The Yeovil Constituency candidates in alphabetical order are as follows: Marcus John Hudson FYSH, Conservative Party; Ian James MARTIN, Labour Party; Katy PRITCHARD, Independent; Jo ROUNDELL GREENE, Liberal Democrats; Robert Charles WOOD, Green Party. The 2015…
ILMINSTER NEWS: Wine students taste success
Posted: 8th June 2017
THE bubbly was popped open in Ilminster as students celebrated passing their latest qualification set by the Wine & Spirit Educational Trust. The WSET Level 2 explores the major grape varieties and important wine regions in which they are grown. A number of students from the Ilminster area – under the wing of expert wine tutor Linda Piggott-Vijeh – learnt about the…
SOUTH SOMERSET NEWS: Put an ‘X’ in a box! Make sure you know how to have your say on June 8
Posted: 7th June 2017
VOTERS are being reminded to make sure they are ready to take part in the General Election on Thursday (June 8, 2017). South Somerset District Council administers the constituencies of Yeovil and Somerton & Frome at the General Election. There are 82,920 eligible registered voters for the Yeovil Constituency, while there are 84,448 registered voters for Somerton & Frome…
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