ILMINSTER NEWS: Cottage Flowers help with Christmas Lights funds
Posted: 20th March 2017
THE Cottage Flowers team at Ilminster has presented £500 towards the town’s Christmas Lights funds. Angie Blackwell and Jacalyn Arscott, of Cottage Flowers, held a Winter Wonderland flower arranging demonstration at the Warehouse Theatre in Ilminster. More than 100 people attended on the two days that Winter Wonderland was held and they were treated to some highly…
SOMERSET NEWS: Farewell to the Lynx MK8 helicopter
Posted: 17th March 2017
THERE will be lots of “eyes to the skies” on Friday (March 17, 2017) as the iconic Lynx helicopter will make a final flypast. Four Lynx MK8 helicopters will lift off on Friday morning to say farewell to the South West which has been its home for the past 41 years. There will be two flypasts during the day. The first takes off from RNAS Yeovilton just before 10am and will…
SOMERSET NEWS: Taunton’s Junction 25 boost is welcomed
Posted: 16th March 2017
SOMERSET County Council and Taunton Deane Borough Council have welcomed news of Highways England funding boost ensuring improvements to Junction 25 of the M5 are given the green light. Funding to the tune of £4million from Highways England’s Growth and Housing Fund will enable improvements to take place at the busy motorway junction, improving traffic flow whilst…
SOUTH SOMERSET NEWS: Vehicle on its roof after crash
Posted: 16th March 2017
EMERGENCY services were called out on Thursday (March 16, 2017) afternoon following reports of a vehicle having ended up on its roof near Crewkerne. One fire engine from Taunton and one from Crewkerne were mobilised at just before 2.15pm to the scene at School Hill in Misterton. Officers found it involved just the one vehicle which was on its roof and that nobody was…
SOMERSET NEWS: Wells bids to become a City of Culture
Posted: 16th March 2017
SOMERSET County Council has given its backing to the Wells bid to become the City of Culture in 2021. Representatives from Visit Somerset told councillors on Thursday (March 16, 2017) that the recently announced bid has already created a lot of interest and excitement and would benefit tourism in the city and beyond. The county council’s cabinet agreed to formally…
SOMERSET NEWS: Hospital partnership offers solution for Somerset skin cancer patients
Posted: 15th March 2017
PLANS to close the skin service at Taunton’s Musgrove Park Hospital from April 1 this year have been avoided thanks to a partnership with University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust. Existing patients with complex dermatological disease and skin cancers, who are currently being seen in Musgrove Park Hospital, can be assured of their care over the next 12 months…
SOMERSET NEWS: Hospital partnership offers solution for Somerset skin cancer patients
Posted: 15th March 2017
PLANS to close the skin service at Taunton’s Musgrove Park Hospital from April 1 this year have been avoided thanks to a partnership with University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust. Existing patients with complex dermatological disease and skin cancers, who are currently being seen in Musgrove Park Hospital, can be assured of their care over the next 12 months…
SOMERSET NEWS: St Margaret’s recognised in end of life care at Care Awards 2017
Posted: 14th March 2017
THE Somerset-based St Margaret’s Hospice has been commended by Care Focus at its annual Care Awards. The hospice has been nominated in the ‘End of Life Care’ category and staff are looking forward to the awards evening in April. The award is one of twelve being announced on the night and staff and volunteers are crossing their fingers for success. St Margaret’s cares for…
SOMERSET NEWS: Cat put to sleep after getting caught in barbaric illegal trap
Posted: 14th March 2017
A CAT had to be put to sleep in Somerset after being found in “excruciating pain” after getting caught in a barbaric trap which had been placed in a garden. Langport Veterinary Centre reported on social media on Monday (March 13, 2017) about the “distressing case” it had to deal with last week. “A member of the public, who lives in Langport, rang our practice to report a…
SOMERSET NEWS: Cat put to sleep after getting caught in barbaric illegal trap
Posted: 14th March 2017
A CAT had to be put to sleep in Somerset after being found in “excruciating pain” after getting caught in a barbaric trap which had been placed in a garden. Langport Veterinary Centre reported on social media on Monday (March 13, 2017) about the “distressing case” it had to deal with last week. “A member of the public, who lives in Langport, rang our practice to report a…
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