SOUTH SOMERSET NEWS: More leaders trained for Healthy Walks

SOUTH SOMERSET NEWS: More leaders trained for Healthy Walks

Posted: 7th April 2015
A FREE training event organised by South Somerset District Council means that newly-trained volunteers will be able to lead Health Walks in Wincanton, Ilminster, Yeovil, Langport, Martock and Ash. The popular Health Walk leader training day was fully booked and volunteers received information on everything they needed to know to lead a successful walk - including details…

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YEOVIL NEWS: Waterloo Music provides the sounds at the Vintage Market

YEOVIL NEWS: Waterloo Music provides the sounds at the Vintage Market

Posted: 5th April 2015
WATERLOO Music is coordinating live music at the Yeovil Vintage Market which is held monthly in the town centre. The new music shop in Hendford officially opened on March 28, 2015, and has been an instant hit with local musicians. The store is a venture between the Emporium’s Dawn Woodward and local musicians Ryan Leese and Simon Evans. It already acts as a box office…

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YEOVIL NEWS: 41 years, 3 months and 28 days – farewell Acorn Music!

YEOVIL NEWS: 41 years, 3 months and 28 days – farewell Acorn Music!

Posted: 5th April 2015
A PIECE of Yeovil’s shopping history came to an end yesterday (Saturday, April 4, 2015) in a fitting finale. Acorn Music, which had been going for more than four decades, closed for the final time yesterday – but it certainly went out with a bang. A succession of bands and musicians played outside the music shop in Glovers Walk throughout the day while Acorn Music’s…

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SOMERSET NEWS: More flood prevention work set to start

SOMERSET NEWS: More flood prevention work set to start

Posted: 5th April 2015
PHASE Two of a major scheme to prevent flooding on the Somerset Levels is due to start on Tuesday (April 7, 2015). The works are being led by Somerset County Council and will see four new culverts installed under the A372 at Beer Wall, to the east of Langacre Rhyne, which runs alongside the River Sowy. This stretch of the A372 was closed for several weeks early last year…

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SOMERSET NEWS: Nominate now the county's Star Volunteers!

SOMERSET NEWS: Nominate now the county's Star Volunteers!

Posted: 5th April 2015
NOMINATIONS are now officially open for this year’s Somerset Star Volunteer Awards. The Somerset County Council-backed awards celebrate individuals and groups, young and old, who volunteer in their communities and have a positive impact on people’s lives. Working with ‘Somerset You Can Do’ and the local volunteer networks, Somerset County Council is once again throwing…

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EASTER 2015: Annual duck race in South Petherton

EASTER 2015: Annual duck race in South Petherton

Posted: 4th April 2015
THE annual Duck Race to help raise funds for South Petherton Carnival will be held on Easter Sunday (April 5, 2015). The “competitors” will line-up at 3pm at Sheepwash in Hele Lane at the back of Burnworthy House before they are let loose down the course. Ducks cost £2 each or three for £5 and can be bought from N&D News, the Brewers Arms and on the day from the start…

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EASTER 2015: Tesco staff offer chocolate goodies to children’s ward

EASTER 2015: Tesco staff offer chocolate goodies to children’s ward

Posted: 4th April 2015
STAFF from the Tesco store in Ilminster have delivered more than 60 Easter Eggs to the children’s ward at Musgrove Park Hospital in Taunton. The staff and children were delighted with the store’s donation and hopefully it might make Easter a little bit more fun for the young patients. A Tesco spokesman said: “Thank you to all our customers who very generously donated…

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YEOVIL NEWS: Bikers support Mayor Mike’s Jurassic Jaunt!

YEOVIL NEWS: Bikers support Mayor Mike’s Jurassic Jaunt!

Posted: 3rd April 2015
FUNDS were raised today (Friday, April 3, 2015) for the special care baby unit at Yeovil District Hospital with a charity 112-mile motorbike ride through Somerset and Dorset. The event – hosted by the Mayor of Yeovil, Cllr Mike Lock, in conjunction with the Westland Classic Motorbike Club – saw bikers assemble at Yeovil Rugby Club on Dorchester Road. The wet morning…

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SOMERSET NEWS: Three to appear in court after Hinkley Point protest

SOMERSET NEWS: Three to appear in court after Hinkley Point protest

Posted: 3rd April 2015
THREE women have been summonsed to appear in court for obstructing the highway after forming a human chain across a road near the Hinkley Point power station on Thursday (April 1, 2015). Following negotiations by the Hinkley policing team, the three voluntarily called off their actions by 9.30am having begun their protest without warning less than three hours earlier. …

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SOMERSET NEWS: Police appeal over road incident near Somerton

SOMERSET NEWS: Appeal over accident near Somerton

Posted: 3rd April 2015
POLICE are appealing for any witnesses to an incident which resulted in a woman suffering serious injuries last Thursday (March 26, 2015) near Somerton. It happened at about 4.30pm on the A372 at its junction with Watts Quarry Lane and involved a silver 53 reg BMW 320 and a black G reg Ford Sierra Cosworth. If anyone has any information – please contact PC Andy Hill on…

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