YEOVIL NEWS: Official opening for Premier Inn and Beefeater
Posted: 1st April 2015
THE Mayor of Yeovil, Cllr Mike Lock, and members of Yeovil Town FC will be on hand later today (Wednesday, April 1, 2015) to officially open the new Premier Inn and Beefeater facilities in the town. Cllr Lock is due to be joined by the Glovers’ acting manager Terry Skiverton and players – as well as the club’s Jolly Green Giant mascot – for the ceremonial ribbon-cutting…
EASTER 2015: More than 1,000 children converge on Yeovil Country Park
Posted: 1st April 2015
COUNTRYSIDE rangers and volunteers were amazed when more than 1,100 children attended an Easter Egg Hunt yesterday (Tuesday, March 31, 2015) at Yeovil Country Park. Families took part in the fun-filled Easter Eggstravaganza between 10am and 2pm at the park better known locally as Ninesprings. They had to follow a special trail through the woods to find an Easter bunny…
SOMERSET NEWS: Charity unicyclist pedals through Europe
Posted: 1st April 2015
UNICYCLIST Ed Pratt is making good progress during the opening weeks of his amazing round-the-world adventure on one wheel. Ed, 19, of Curry Rivel, set off on the 18,000-mile journey back on March 15 and having travelled from Somerset to Weymouth and crossing the English Channel by ferry he made his way up through France. He has now crossed the border into Belgium before…
SOMERSET NEWS: Millions of pounds of investment for schools
Posted: 31st March 2015
NEARLY £20million of capital investment has been agreed to build, expand and renew Somerset schools and settings for young children in 2015-16. Somerset County Council will commit £6.5million for a new primary school in Yeovil, over £6.5million for new classrooms at existing schools, and £5million for schools’ and children’s centres structural repairs and maintenance…
SOUTH SOMERSET NEWS: Extra police backing for Community Speedwatch
Posted: 31st March 2015
VOLUNTEERS in South Somerset Community Speedwatch teams will be given a boost after Easter with support from police units at dozens of checks. Police will be providing staff from local beat teams, the Speed Enforcement Unit and Road Policing Units to back-up the committed volunteers in places they regularly work to help reduce the danger from speeding vehicles. Local…
YEOVIL NEWS: Kitchen fire in Westfield Place
Posted: 31st March 2015
A NEIGHBOUR alerted the Fire Service to the smell of smoke coming from a home in Yeovil. The alarm was raised at just after 1.45pm to the incident in Westfield Place and two fire engines from Yeovil were mobilised. Firefighters confirmed smoke alarms activating at the property and that the home was smoke logged when they arrived at the scene this afternoon (Tuesday…
YEOVIL NEWS: Dangerous chemicals stolen in factory burglary
Posted: 31st March 2015
POLICE are appealing for the public's help following a burglary at a factory in Yeovil. Between 9pm and 9.20pm last night (Monday, March 30, 2015), two offenders broke into South West Metal Finishing on Limber Road, Yeovil, on the Lufton Trading Estate. During the burglary, the suspects removed a large quantity of metal from chemical trays within the building. PHOTO -…
SOUTH SOMERSET NEWS: Thatch roof fire near Chard
Posted: 30th March 2015
FIREFIGHTERS from across the area have tonight (Monday, March 30, 2015) been fighting a thatch roof fire at a property near Chard. Eight fire engines from Chard, Ilminster, Crewkerne, Axminster, Honiton and Taunton were sent out just after 7.15pm when the alarm was raised of a fire at the small hamlet of Cuttiford’s Door. Various specialist vehicles were also mobilised…
SOUTH SOMERSET NEWS: Have your say on the future of the district's leisure facilities
Posted: 30th March 2015
PEOPLE in South Somerset are being given the opportunity to have their say about leisure, play and youth facilities in the district. South Somerset District Council’s community health and leisure team is inviting local councils, clubs, organisations, schools and members of the public to attend a series of consultation events in Castle Cary, Yeovil and Chard. These…
SOMERSET NEWS: Enterprise centre officially opens
Posted: 29th March 2015
A NEW £1.16million flagship enterprise centre has been officially opened in Somerset. There was ‘standing room only’ as entrepreneurs joined Somerset County Council’s Highbridge Enterprise Centre team including Heart of the South West Local Enterprise Partnership and South West Business Centres, for the event. Highbridge Enterprise Centre, based near…
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