How £102m is being spent to improve 16 Somerset GP surgeries Thousands of additional GP appointments can soon be offered across Somerset as 16 local surgeries begin to benefit from £102m of government…

Here's how £102m of #NHS funding is being spent to improve 16 GP surgeries across #Somerset: www.somersetcountygazette.co.uk/news/2595596... #LDReporter #Taunton #Bridgwater #Crewkerne #Wincanton #Wiveliscombe #Martock #Glastonbury #Highbridge #CastleCary #Axbridge #Wedmore #Edington

24 empty homes near A303 could finally be occupied later this year Somerset Council and Stonewater have been working hard to solve a legal issue surrounding 24 empty homes on Foldhill Lane in Martock

24 empty homes near the #A303 in #Martock could finally be occupied by the end of the year as #Somerset Council and Stonewater work to resolve ongoing legal issues: www.somersetcountygazette.co.uk/news/2594744... #LDReporter

Non-verbal Somerset child unable to move into new home near A303 Indie Polson, who has autism, cannot move into her new Stonewater home in Martock with her family due to unresolved legal issues with Somerset…

An autistic five-year-old from #Yeovil can't move into her new home in #Martock because of outstanding "legal issues" with a new housing development: www.somersetcountygazette.co.uk/news/2588663... #LDReporter #Somerset

Bruce MacKinnon: Brutal ICE keeps skiers north of the border Bruce MacKinnon's cartoon for The Chronicle Herald

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#Canada #USA #ICE
#Martock #CapeSmokey #Wentworth #skiing #MontTremblant #montsainteanne

Merger of seven Somerset GP surgeries delayed by legal issues Seven Somerset medical centres were expected to formally merge in mid-January, but delays in the necessary legal processes have pushed this back

A planned merger of seven #Somerset doctors surgeries has been pushed back due to "legal issues": www.somersetcountygazette.co.uk/news/2579515... #LDReporter #Martock #NHS #SouthPetherton #Crewkerne #Somerton #Ilchester #StokesubHamdon

35 homes approved in growing Somerset village after Supreme Court ruling Plans for 35 homes on Lyndhurst Grove in Martock have been delayed by the phosphates crisis in Somerset - until the Supreme Court intervened

35 new homes will be coming to the small #Somerset village of #Martock following the recent Supreme Court ruling on #phosphates: www.somersetcountygazette.co.uk/news/2573058... #LDReporter #DutchN

Seven Somerset GP surgeries to merge after Christmas The NHS Somerset integrated care board has given the green light for seven doctors' surgeries in rural Somerset to be run under a single contract

Seven #Somerset GP surgeries will officially merge in January 2026 following approval by #NHS commissioners: www.somersetcountygazette.co.uk/news/2565177... #LDReporter #Crewkerne #Ilchester #SouthPetherton #Somerton #Martock #StokesubHamdon

Picture of a grassy hill with colourful trees in the fall. The sky is cloudy, but the blue sky can be seen in the horizon

Fall colours #martock

In #Martock a developer appears to flout a planning condition while Somerset Council sit on their hands. Why no enforcement?
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Medical centres merging to 'offer more choice to patients' Seven Somerset medical centres are expected to merge in the coming months in a bid to "offer more choice to our patients" and provide a…

Seven GP surgeries in #Somerset could merge contracts in September in a bid to offer a wider range of #NHS services to patients: www.chardandilminsternews.co.uk/news/crewker... #LDReporter #Ilchester #Somerton #Crewkerne #Martock #SouthPetherton #StokesubHamdon

Textural #plantcombo in green!
Cyperus and Ligusticum at Yews Farm opened yesterday for National Garden Scheme in #Martock, Somerset.
Thank you Fergus and Louise Dowding, you have an exceptional #garden!

Great to meet Jim Gordon #Martock Postmaster yesterday & to discuss the Govt’s upcoming Green Paper on the Post Office's future at the Postmaster event I hosted in Parliament. Post Offices are essential for Glastonbury & Somerton & communities across Somerset - I’ll ensure their voices are heard.

Somerset GP surgeries to share £1m for expansion plans The improvements will be delivered within the next 12 months

ICYMI, here's all the GP practices in #Somerset which will be expanding over the next 12 months: www.somersetlive.co.... #LDReporter #NHS #Bridgwater #Beckington #Crewkerne #Martock #Taunton #Wincanton #Wiveliscombe #Glastonbury #Street #Highbridge #BishopsLydeard

Somerset GP surgeries to share £1m for expansion plans The improvements will be delivered within the next 12 months

If you live in #Somerset and are struggling to get a doctors' appointment, here's some good news: www.somersetlive.co.... #LDReporter #NHS #Bridgwater #Taunton #Glastonbury #Langport #Highbridge #Martock #Street #Wiveliscombe #Wincanton #BishopsLydeard #Crewkerne #Beckington

Somerset GP surgeries to share £1m for expansion plans The improvements will be delivered within the next 12 months

16 #Somerset GP surgeries will share just over £1m from the government to expand their premises, making it easier to offer more appointments & treat more patients: www.somersetlive.co.... #LDReporter #NHS #Bridgwater #Taunton #Crewkerne #Langport #Highbridge #Martock #Glastonbury #Beckington

Posed staff safety photograph, captioned 'approaching danger', showing a railwayman riding on a steam locomotive's steps as two railway lines converge. He is in danger of being crushed against the wagons on the converging line.

#OnThisDay 1925 Great Western Railway shunter J Bailey was killed at #Martock, #Somerset, #England.

Riding on the footboard of a wagon being shunted out of the cattle pens siding, he failed to noticed the pen gate was open.

He was crushed between gate & wagon.

#Railway200

Treasurer's House is a small house in Martock dating back to the reign of Edward I, and now owned by the National Trust. It was built in 1293, though the kitchen and great hall were added in the 15th century. #Martock #NationalTrust...