Now Weekly

Health & Wellbeing

August 13 is International Left-Handers Day

It’s International Left-Handers Day! Some things you might not know about lefties…

AROUND 10% of people live with – often deal with – a condition not officially recognised as being a…

Determined Tim Blackburn is hitting the road for Kidney Research UK

Tim’s 200-mile cycling challenge to give back – as he continues kidney treatment

“I’VE decided to challenge myself to make a difference for people affected by kidney disease.” Those were the words of…

Bryan Shenington-Price, AAA screening practitioner at Somerset NHS Foundation Trust

NHS visiting big employers as men urged to get this ‘life-saving’ health check

MEN aged 65 and over are being urged to take part in a screening programme in Somerset – with…

MP Gideon Amos welcomes pharmacist Mo Idris, inset, after the Boots in Norton Fitzwarren, main picture, closed over a year ago. Picture: Google

Village near Taunton to welcome new pharmacy – a year after Boots closure

A VILLAGE near Taunton is welcoming back a pharmacy this week – more than a year after Boots closed…

People are being urged to Float to Live should they get into trouble in the sea. Picture: RNLI/Nathan Williams

RNLI issues single piece of life-saving advice as hot spell hits Somerset

AS SOMERSET braces itself for some of the highest temperatures of the summer – as the summer holidays get…

Wellington MP Gideon Amos, inset, says he has been assured more GPs are set to be recruited after the Luson Surgery announced it was closing. Picture: Google

More GPs coming to Wellington after shock surgery closure decision: MP

MORE GPs are set to be recruited in Wellington – after one surgery announced it was closing down. Last week,…

Beds could go at West Mendip Community Hospital. Picture: Google

Leaders call for clarity over plans to cut or repurpose beds at Glastonbury hospital

LEADERS in Street have vowed to address “deeply troubling” plans to repurpose beds at the West Mendip Community Hospital…

Parents honoured at North Somerset group celebration

NORTH Somerset parents were celebrated by a team which has worked to help them in the last 12 months. The…

The work will see part of Galmington Playing Fields fenced off. Picture: Google/Pixabay

Cable work will see section of Taunton playing fields fenced off until November

A SECTION of playing fields in Taunton will be fenced off to allow for work to improve the power…

Dr Ulrike Naumann, inset, has warned people over buying weight loss drugs online

GP issues warning over buying weight loss drugs online amid Wegovy and Ozempic surge

A DOCTOR running a new clinic in Somerset has warned people to be on their guard against fake, unsafe…