YEOVIL AREA NEWS: Man exposes himself at Ham Hill

YEOVIL AREA NEWS: Man exposes himself at Ham Hill

Posted: 10th June 2023
POLICE are investigating reports of a man indecently exposing himself at the Ham Hill Country Park at Stoke-sub-Hamdon. Park rangers alerted the police on Thursday, June 8, after the sightings were reported to them at 1.50pm and 2.15pm. Officers attended and searched the area but did not find the suspect. Unfortunately the witnesses who spoke to park staff had not left…

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YEOVIL NEWS: The panto is such good fun we had to go and watch for a second time!

YEOVIL NEWS: The panto is such good fun we had to go and watch for a second time! Photo 2

Posted: 18th December 2022
THIS year’s pantomime show at the Octagon Theatre is so good that the Yeovil Press team went again to catch all the traditional panto magic for a second time. Editor Steve Sowden and photographer Christine Jones, having already watched the Dick Whittington show once before on December 10, went again seven days later for the matinee performance on December 17 and took…

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YEOVIL NEWS: Evolution never fails to disappoint with panto magic at the Octagon

YEOVIL NEWS: Evolution never fails to disappoint with panto magic at the Octagon

Posted: 15th December 2022
AUDIENCES are revelling in the magic and mayhem of pantomime at the Octagon Theatre in Yeovil as the story of Dick Whittington is brought to life (writes Yeovil Press editor Steve Sowden). The panto cast has filled the theatre with a wonderful warm glow of laughter and sunshine over the festive season – although the weather outside has been distinctly chilly. I have been…

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RIP QUEEN ELIZABETH II: Public invited to lay floral tributes at St John’s churchyard in Yeovil

RIP QUEEN ELIZABETH II: Public invited to lay floral tributes at St John’s churchyard in Yeovil

Posted: 9th September 2022
  THE Mayor of Yeovil, Cllr Evie Potts-Jones, laid a bunch of flowers this morning (Friday, September 9, 2022) to begin what is expected to become a sea of floral tributes in memory of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. The Queen died at Balmoral Castle in Scotland yesterday (Thursday, September 8, 2022) at the age of 96 after a staggering 70 years on the throne. Her eldest…

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RIP Queen Elizabeth II – who served the UK and Commonwealth with such distinction

RIP Queen Elizabeth II – who served the UK and Commonwealth with such distinction

Posted: 8th September 2022
IT was with great sadness that Buckingham Palace announced on the evening of Thursday, September 8, 2022, that Queen Elizabeth II, the UK’s longest-serving monarch, had died at Balmoral that afternoon at the age of 96 after reigning for 70 years. The BBC reported that her family had gathered at her Scottish estate after concerns grew about her health earlier in the day…

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UPDATE – MILFORD JUNIOR SCHOOL: Safety will always take precedence as school building is closed

UPDATE – MILFORD JUNIOR SCHOOL: Safety of children and staff always take precedence as school building is closed

Posted: 26th August 2022
  PARENTS and carers of children who attend Milford Junior School in Yeovil were told today (Friday, August 26) that the school building will need to shut indefinitely after concerns were raised during a recent survey. Regular building surveys are carried out at all Somerset schools to monitor the conditions of the buildings. A recent survey was carried out two weeks ago…

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BREAKING NEWS: Milford Junior School to CLOSE with immediate effect

BREAKING NEWS: Milford Junior School to CLOSE with immediate effect

Posted: 26th August 2022
  PARENTS of children at Milford Junior School in Yeovil have been told that the school has CLOSED with immediate effect because the buildings are unsafe. Milford Junior School in Glenthorne Avenue, off Mudford Road, has more than 400 pupils who will now have to be found somewhere new to receive their education from September. A letter has gone out to parents of pupils…

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YEOVIL NEWS: Town council backs Ukrainian refugees with financial support

YEOVIL NEWS: Town council backs Ukrainian refugees with financial support

Posted: 22nd August 2022
  YEOVIL Town Council is to make a £5,000 donation to support the Ukrainian refugees who have arrived in Somerset. Cllr Graham Oakes put forward a motion at the town council meeting held on July 6 that the authority support those Ukrainians who have fled their country because of the Russian invasion. “The war in Ukraine has led to countless deaths and injuries,” he said…

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PANTO REVIEW: Don’t miss out - Mother Goose really is a hidden gem of a pantomime!

PANTO REVIEW: Don’t miss out - Mother Goose really is a hidden gem of a pantomime!

Posted: 16th December 2021
THE magic of pantomime has once again enveloped the Octagon Theatre in Yeovil in a wonderful warm glow of smiles and laughter. The Mother Goose production is filled with all the usual laughs, corny jokes and amusing remarks about Weymouth and Chard. And the audience enjoys the traditional “we’ll have to sing it again then won’t we” moment of the ghost and the well-worn…

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YEOVIL NEWS: Working hard to get the town covered by potentially lifesaving defibrillators

YEOVIL NEWS: Working hard to get the town covered by lifesaving defibrillators

Posted: 26th November 2021
YEOVIL Town Council is getting more people interested in helping to expand the public defibrillator campaign in the area. Town clerk Amanda Card told members of the council’s buildings and civic matters committee on November 16 that they were still “working very hard on rolling out the defibs.” Defibrillators can be used on someone who has had a suspected cardiac arrest…

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