SOUTH SOMERSET NEWS: Patients reminded to leave hospital A&E to most seriously injured over Christmas
Posted: 19th December 2016
GPs at Yeovil Health Centre, the walk-in service on the first floor of Boots store in Middle Street, are reminding local people and visitors to think twice before they head off to a busy district hospital Accident & Emergency department with only minor ailments or injury over the Christmas and New Year holiday. Lisa Tabner, practice manager at Yeovil Health Centre, said:…
CHRISTMAS 2016: Recycle your real Christmas tree after the festive season
Posted: 19th December 2016
RESIDENTS in South Somerset will be able to leave their natural Christmas trees ready to be shredded and recycled at various sites across the district. From Boxing Day, specific locations will have areas set aside for residents to leave their Christmas trees which will be shredded later in the month January: In Yeovil people can leave their “real” Christmas trees at…
CHRISTMAS 2016: Recycle your real Christmas tree after the festive season
Posted: 19th December 2016
RESIDENTS in South Somerset will be able to leave their natural Christmas trees ready to be shredded and recycled at various sites across the district. From Boxing Day, specific locations will have areas set aside for residents to leave their Christmas trees which will be shredded later in the month January: In Yeovil people can leave their “real” Christmas trees at…
SOMERSET NEWS: Foster carers needed for asylum seeking children in Somerset
Posted: 19th December 2016
CARING and committed foster families are being sought to provide safe homes for unaccompanied asylum seeking children being resettled in Somerset. Somerset, like all local authority areas across the country, is taking part in the resettlement of Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Children (UASC) - young people aged under 18 who are applying for asylum and have no relative or…
SOMERSET NEWS: Foster carers needed for asylum seeking children in Somerset
Posted: 19th December 2016
CARING and committed foster families are being sought to provide safe homes for unaccompanied asylum seeking children being resettled in Somerset. Somerset, like all local authority areas across the country, is taking part in the resettlement of Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Children (UASC) - young people aged under 18 who are applying for asylum and have no relative or…
SOMERSET NEWS: Vandals smash up Christmas spirit at historic hotel
Posted: 18th December 2016
MINDLESS vandals have gone on the rampage and smashed up a Christmas display at a historic Somerset hotel. Management at the Swan Hotel in Wells described the vandalism on Sunday (December 18, 2016) as a “sad day.” “Christmas spirit smashed,” they said on social media as they looked at clearing up the mess left behind by the culprits who caused damage to the festive…
SOMERSET NEWS: Vandals smash up Christmas spirit at historic hotel
Posted: 18th December 2016
MINDLESS vandals have gone on the rampage and smashed up a Christmas display at a historic Somerset hotel. Management at the Swan Hotel in Wells described the vandalism on Sunday (December 18, 2016) as a “sad day.” “Christmas spirit smashed,” they said on social media as they looked at clearing up the mess left behind by the culprits who caused damage to the festive…
SOMERSET NEWS: Man arrested after serious sexual assault
Posted: 18th December 2016
A 23-YEAR-OLD man was arrested in connection with a serious sexual assault which is alleged to have happened in Bridgwater on Friday (December 16, 2016). Police are appealing for witnesses to the assault which took place shortly before midnight close to a block of garages off Silver Street. A police spokesman said: “A 23-year-old man was arrested in connection with this…
FLASHBACK: Winter Wonderland 2015
Posted: 18th December 2016
THE Shrubbery Hotel in Ilminster is once again being turned into a Winter Wonderland on Sunday (December 18, 2016) to get people into the Christmas mood. There will be an amazing Santa’s Grotto for people to enjoy between 11am and 3pm and lots of other festive activities – plus lots of snow. It will cost £5 per person to enter the magical Santa’s Grotto. It is the second…
CHRISTMAS 2016: Elves on tour provide some festive cheer
Posted: 17th December 2016
TESCO staff at Ilminster went on tour on Friday (December 16, 2016) to present Christmas goodies to elderly residents in the town. The community-spirited staff dressed as elves and delivered a whole stack of gifts to residents at Hazelwell Lodge Care Home in Station Road and the Vaughan Lee House in Orchard Vale. Tesco Ilminster’s community champion, Helena Jones, said…
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