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An encounter with a Siberian Eagle Owl who was making a special visit to St Benedict’s Nursing Home in Glastonbury has brought about an unexpected change of heart from one of the residents who live there.
Spring lambs were among the strokable visitors putting smiles on the faces of residents at a Wellington dementia care home when a local petting farm came to visit recently.
A bingo evening at Yeovil’s Quicksilver Mail Pub raised £1100 in aid of the residents’ fund for people living at specialist dementia care home, Chestnut Lodge.
Residents at The Rectory care home in Taunton have been making the most of the spring sunshine, spending time socialising, gardening and relaxing in the home’s outdoor spaces.
Amy Hoskins has joined St Cecilia Care Home in Shepton Mallet as the home’s new deputy manager. Amy (35) has worked in the care sector for 15 years, including a period in a home’s finance office which has given her a sound understanding of the logistics of running a care home.
National law firm Clarke Willmott has renewed its long-standing partnership with Somerset County Cricket Club.
National law firm Clarke Willmott is urging retailers to take immediate steps to update employment policies, prepare staffing plans and train managers ahead of new family-friendly and sick leave entitlements coming into effect in April.
The team at Chestnut Lodge Nursing Home in Yeovil has been boosted with the arrival of a new head chef, Jithin Chacko, who has previously worked in various hotels in the Middle East and in a number of care homes in the UK.
A retired yachtsman chose the dementia care home where his wife now lives, Camelot House and Lodge in Wellington, as the venue for a donation of specialist kit and clothing to the charity Wimbleball Sailability, which provides access to sailing programmes for those living with disability.
The hospitality sector is “craving some consistency” from the government following recent changes to the business rates regime, according to a leading lawyer.
Thousands of rugby clubs across England are onto a winner thanks to a major new alliance between England Rugby and Regency Purchasing Group.
Pledging to love and care for the toy animal they chose as their pet was part of the fun ‘adoption’ process created for residents at a Wellington dementia care home by the team who organise their activities.
Elderly residents at a dementia care home in Yeovil have been doing their bit for the environment by employing for their craft activities items which would otherwise have been recycled.
The British Book Awards 2026 Independent Bookshop of the Year Award, sponsored by book wholesaler Gardners, celebrates stores that are at the centre of local communities, bringing passion and knowledge to the shop floor.
Love was clearly in the air over the weekend as residents at The Rectory care home in Taunton celebrated Valentine’s Day with their partners at a special, intimate lunch.
Octagon Music Hub (OMH) has launched a series of short stakeholder surveys to help shape the future of music education across Dorset and Somerset.
Council Leaders and Directors of Public Health from every local authority in the South West have united to demand the immediate passage of the Tobacco and Vapes Bill.
