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SOMERSET NEWS: National commemorations to mark the 70th anniversary of Victory in Europe

Posted: 20th April 2015
PEOPLE in Somerset are being invited to join in national commemorations to mark the 70th anniversary of Victory in Europe (VE) Day. Friday, May 8, 2015, will mark 70 years since the Second World War ended and peace was declared. Over 60 million people were killed in the near six-year conflict. On May 8, the Union Flag will be flown at County Hall in Taunton and Somerset…

SOMERSET NEWS: Spring cleaning Yarlington staff support St Margaret’s Hospice

Posted: 20th April 2015
STAFF from Yeovil-based Yarlington Housing Group have taken the opportunity to spring clean their homes to help support St Margaret’s Somerset Hospice. Cupboards were cleared, clutter collected and clothes sorted which resulted in over 25 bags being filled by Yarlington staff ready for collection and then distribution across the St Margaret’s Hospice charity shops…

SOMERSET NEWS: Metal bar or hammer used in Glastonbury assault

Posted: 20th April 2015
POLICE are appealing for information about an unusual assault that took place last week in Glastonbury. The incident occurred at 1.45am on Wednesday, April 15, 2015, when the victim drove to Silver Street to drop off a passenger. As she pulled over to let her passenger out, a person got out of the car ahead of them and smashed the two near side windows on the…

YEOVIL NEWS: New play area is formally opened

Posted: 20th April 2015
A NEW play area in Yeovil – costing nearly £115,000 - has been given an official opening and received a big thumbs-up from users. Young people were flying down a 30-metre zip line and clambering over South Somerset’s first explorer dome climbing frame when the King Arthur Drive play area was formally opened earlier this month. The opening ceremony was the culmination of…

SOUTH SOMERSET NEWS: District council is world class!

Posted: 20th April 2015
SOUTH Somerset District Council is within the top three per cent of all 45,000 organisations that hold Investors in People accreditation. The authority has been given a gold standard rating with the IIP award recognising how an organisation develops and supports their staff to improve performance and realise their objectives. The award was achieved following a week-long…

YEOVIL NEWS: Store plans for Green Dragon site get go-ahead

Posted: 19th April 2015
PLANNING permission has been gained by developers wanting to build a convenience store on the Green Dragon pub site in Yeovil. South Somerset District Council has confirmed today (Sunday, April 19, 2015) that plans have been given the go-ahead to demolish the pub in St Michaels Avenue and replaced by a store. Developers, New River Retail Property Trust No 4, have been…

SOUTH SOMERSET NEWS: Crash on A303

Posted: 19th April 2015
FIREFIGHTERS were called out this afternoon (Sunday, April 19, 2015) to deal with a two-vehicle crash on the A303 between South Petherton and Cartgate. The alarm was raised at just after 3.45pm and firefighters from Ilminster, Crewkerne and Yeovil were mobilised to the scene on the eastbound carriageway. They discovered one vehicle on its roof and another which had left…

YEOVIL NEWS: Wessex Truck Show makes charity donation

Posted: 19th April 2015
THE Yeovil-based Wessex Truck Show team has handed over a £500 cheque to the Motor Neurone Disease Association. The money was raised during last year’s truck show held at the Yeovil Showground in August. Hundreds of trucks of all shapes and sizes will be on display again during this year’s Wessex Truck Show which will be held at the showground in Dorchester Road, Yeovil…

SOMERSET NEWS: Can you name the Best on the Beat?

Posted: 18th April 2015
COMMUNITIES across Somerset are being asked for their help in searching out the very best in local policing. Local communities from Thornbury to Yeovil, Williton to Wells and all those in between are being asked once again by Avon and Somerset Police and Crime Commissioner Sue Mountstevens and Acting Chief Constable John Long for their support in finding those who should…

YEOVIL NEWS: Man arrested over homophobic messages

Posted: 18th April 2015
A 22-YEAR-OLD man from the Yeovil area has been arrested in connection with an investigation into homophobic messages posted on social media. Police received a report of a fake Twitter account being set up which was later used to send homophobic messages and an investigation was launched. Det Insp Phil Jones said: “We take all reports of hate crime extremely seriously…

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