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a zebra crossing leading to the main entrance of yeovil district hospital with the hospital's name in purple lettering above an automatic door with a security guard outside. The rest of the hospital building is yellow brick or clad in grey and turquoise panels

Yeovil Hospital children's services rated 'inadequate'

Children being treated at the hospital are not being kept safe due to a shortage of doctors.

Cartgate Lodge Cafe. It is a large wooden clad shed with tall windows. There are three picnic benches and parasols outside on the paved area, and trees dotted around.

Local service station opposes Welcome Break plans

Staff at the independent station "feel threatened" by plans to build a Welcome Break next door.

An artists impression of the services with cars at charging units and lorries parked in the background.

New service station planned for busy A-road

The new food, drink and rest faciities could provide up to 90 jobs for local people.

Alan, which has grey hair, is stood behind his scales and till, wearing a blue apron. He is stood in front of a big window which has houses and a road in the background.

Man's return to shop saves it from closure 50 years on

Alan Sheppard worked in the shop as a child in the 1960s, before becoming an engineer.

Burnt items are lying on a floor next to a door. They are black and charred. The white wall has black specks on it.

Football club fire 'a devastating blow'

Police want to hear from any witnesses of the incident and anyone who may have information.

A police custody photo of a bald man with grey stubble and wearing an orange sweatshirt. The photo is taken against a plain grey backdrop and he is looking, unsmiling, at the camera.

Psychiatric nurse jailed over sex with patient

Psychiatric nurse Adam Culverwell is sentenced to seven years in prison.

A selfie of Michael Wheeler wearing a white polo shirt and dark rectangular sunglasses. He is clean shaven and his hair is brown with grey strands through it.

Men jailed for killing friend in identity mix-up

Mark Roberts and David Garland get life sentences for killing Michael Wheeler.

A country road with grass and bushes lining it.

Man in his 90s dies in crash

Police are appealing for anyone who saw the car before the crash to get in touch.

A female consultant standing in front of a computer monitor in scrubs

Shorter use of drugs to treat sepsis being trialled

The trial, involving patients in Yeovil and Taunton, is looking at reducing courses of antibiotics.