YEOVIL NEWS: Police appeal for witnesses after man threatened and forced into a vehicle

YEOVIL NEWS: Police appeal for witnesses after man threatened and forced into a vehicle

Posted: 22nd August 2023
  POLICE are looking for witnesses to an incident that happened in Yeovil over the weekend in which a man was threatened and forced into a vehicle. Officers were called to Lufton Way at about 8.25pm on Sunday, August 20, after the alarm was raised about the incident and it was claimed that a firearm was reportedly sighted, but not discharged. Police attended and a search…

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YEOVIL NEWS: Alan’s poetry goes into print – at the age of 86

YEOVIL NEWS: Alan’s poetry goes into print – at the age of 86

Posted: 20th August 2023
  A RETIRED painter and decorator from Yeovil has seen his poems in print for the first time at the sprightly young age of 86. Alan Bartlett, originally from Derby, moved down to Sherborne and then to Yeovil when he was just three. It was not until after his retirement that he started writing poetry and now regularly gives readings at his weekly University of the Third…

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YEOVIL NEWS: Police reassure public after armed officers arrest man in Yeovil

YEOVIL NEWS: Police reassure public after armed officers arrest man in Yeovil

Posted: 19th August 2023
  ARMED police officers responded to an incident at a property in Yeovil this morning (Saturday, August 19) in which a man was arrested. The incident happened at a home in Fosse Park Road which is off West Hendford and close to the Lidl supermarket. A police spokesman said: “We were called shortly before 5.35am to a domestic incident. The person who called was found safe…

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YEOVIL NEWS: Yeovil Celebrates free event planned to take place again in 2024

YEOVIL NEWS: Yeovil Celebrates free event planned to take place again in 2024

Posted: 15th August 2023
  YEOVIL Town Council’s promotions and activities committee has agreed that a two-day music festival will be held once again in 2024. Councillors agreed at their meeting on July 11 that next year’s event at the Yeovil Recreation Ground – better known as Mudford Rec – will take place over the weekend of May 25-26. The council’s policy, resources and finance committee…

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YEOVIL NEWS: Wonderful Wiek’s still going strong at 80 and 60 years as Dale Fender

YEOVIL NEWS: Wonderful Wiek’s still going strong at 80 and 60 years as Dale Fender

Posted: 14th August 2023
  A GLORIOUS night of music and nostalgia was held at Yeovil Town Football Club when well-known local singer Wiek Budzynski – also known as Dale Fender – celebrated his 80th birthday. And he knew how to celebrate in the best way possible by getting up and entertaining his guests with a night of music with the Dale Fender Band on July 15. Wiek also took the opportunity to…

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YEOVIL NEWS: Breast cancer unit appeal hits £2.4m – thanks to ladies that lunch!

YEOVIL NEWS: Breast cancer unit appeal hits £2.4m – thanks to ladies that lunch!

Posted: 14th August 2023
  A COMMITTEE of eight women from Yeovil and the surrounding villages put on a glamorous charity event at the Lanes Hotel in West Coker and raised £10,000 for Yeovil Hospital Charity’s Breast Cancer Unit Appeal. The fundraising took the appeal total to over £2.4 million and the ‘Ladies Lunch’ event included a three-course meal, sparkling wine, entertainment, a raffle and…

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YEOVIL NEWS: Vicar says he hopes defibrillator never has to be used for an emergency

YEOVIL NEWS: Vicar says he hopes defibrillator never has to be used for an emergency

Posted: 13th August 2023
  THE vicar of Holy Trinity Church in Yeovil said he hoped that a newly-installed defibrillator gathered dust in the years to come. Rev Dan Crouch said he was thrilled that the church had been able to link up with Yeovil Town Council to provide the public access 24-7 defibrillator machine – which can be used on somebody in the event of them having a suspected cardiac…

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YEOVIL NEWS: Growing Pains brought dance alive and left me transfixed by its creativity

YEOVIL NEWS: Growing Pains brought dance alive and left me transfixed by its creativity

Posted: 13th August 2023
FIRST and foremost I should explain that my knowledge of dancing is virtually zero and it would be fair to say that being asked to write a review of a dance show is wildly out of my comfort zone (writes Yeovil Press editor Steve Sowden). My rare foray onto the dance floor is restricted to a bit of “Dad Dancing” after a few beers and it would be an accurate assumption to…

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YEOVIL NEWS: A good teacher is like a candle and Ken Davy illuminated the classroom

YEOVIL NEWS: A good teacher is like a candle and Ken Davy illuminated the classroom

Posted: 13th August 2023
FAMILY and friends of well-known Yeovil teacher Ken Davy attended his funeral service at Yeovil Crematorium earlier this month. Mr Davy, who had been a much-respected and liked teacher at Huish School in Yeovil from the early 1970s to the 1990s, died on July 16. He was aged 89. The service – held on August 3 - was led by celebrant Tracey Reeves and there was standing…

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YEOVIL AREA NEWS: Chinnock Hollow to remain closed to traffic after £2.7million repair price tag

YEOVIL AREA NEWS: Chinnock Hollow to remain closed to traffic after £2.7million repair price tag

Posted: 12th June 2023
  SOMERSET Council has confirmed that Chinnock Hollow near Yeovil will NOT reopen to traffic after an independent report outlined it could cost up to £2.7million to make it safe.  The road, which links the villages of East Chinnock and Odcombe and had been used as a short-cut for motorists between the main A30 and Yeovil, has been closed since February 21, 2021…

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