YEOVIL NEWS: Police target drug dealers in Yeovil

YEOVIL NEWS: Police target drug dealers in Yeovil

Posted: 20th July 2018
POLICE carried out arrest warrants at a number of addresses in Yeovil on Thursday (July 19, 2018) as officers continue to tackle the impact of so-called County Lines in the town. County Lines sees drug-dealers from outside the Avon and Somerset force area travel to a location to carry out criminality and often includes exploiting vulnerable people. This action, carried…

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YEOVIL NEWS: Celebrating community life – the new Yeovil Press newspaper

YEOVIL NEWS: Celebrating community life – the new Yeovil Press newspaper

Posted: 20th July 2018
THE first-ever edition of the new Yeovil Press community newspaper is now available to be picked-up for FREE from outlets in and around the town. The new publication – which will come out every other month - has been well-supported by local groups and businesses with advertising and is packed with news and photos from Yeovil and the immediate surrounding area. Steve…

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YEOVIL NEWS: Man charged with murder in Yeovil

YEOVIL NEWS: Man charged with murder in Yeovil

Posted: 18th July 2018
A MAN is due before Yeovil Magistrates charged with the murder of Joseph Jennings. Kristian William Bailey, 27, of Yeovil, was charged with the offence on Wednesday (July 18, 2018) afternoon and is due in court on Thursday (July 19, 2018). The charge follows the death of Mr Jennings, 33, who was found with stab wounds in the stairwell of a block of flats in Great Western…

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YEOVIL NEWS: Stab victim named as police given more time to question suspects

YEOVIL NEWS: Stab victim named as police given more time to question suspects

Posted: 16th July 2018
DETECTIVES from the police’s major crime investigation team are continuing to investigate the death of a man in Yeovil on Saturday (July 14, 2018). Police were called to Great Western Terrace by the ambulance service at about 11.15pm after a man was found with stab wounds in the stairwell of a block of flats. While the man has not yet been formally identified, police…

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YEOVIL NEWS: Man stabbed to death – three men in custody

YEOVIL NEWS: Man stabbed to death – three men in custody

Posted: 15th July 2018
THREE men are in police custody today (Sunday, July 15, 2018) following the death of a man in Yeovil. Police were called to Great Western Terrace by the ambulance service at about 11.15pm on Saturday (July 14, 2018) where they found an ambulance crew dealing with a man with stab wounds in the stairwell of a block of flats. A police spokesman, speaking on Sunday, said:…

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SOMERSET NEWS: Round-the-world unicyclist Ed is coming home!

SOMERSET NEWS: Round-the-world unicyclist Ed is coming home!

Posted: 10th July 2018
AMAZING round-the-world Somerset unicyclist Ed Pratt will be completing his epic adventure when he arrives back at the place where it all started for him over three years ago. Ed, 22, who had the ambition of being the first person ever to unicycle around the world, is set to arrive back at the headquarters of the School in a Bag charity at Chilthorne Domer, near Yeovil…

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YEOVIL NEWS: Making a splash at Buckler’s Mead Year 11 Prom

YEOVIL NEWS: Making a splash at Buckler’s Mead Year 11 prom Photo 1

Posted: 5th July 2018
IT was definitely a warm night for the annual Year 11 Prom for school leavers at Buckler’s Mead Academy – so much so that one on-looker decided (probably not intentionally) to go for a paddle. Students from the Yeovil school had been arriving at Haselbury Mill near Crewkerne in an assortment of vehicles and dressed in smart suits and dazzling dresses in readiness for the…

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YEOVIL NEWS: Yeovil Amateur Operatic Society hits right note with Yeovil Freewheelers

YEOVIL NEWS: Yeovil Amateur Operatic Society hits right note with Yeovil Freewheelers

Posted: 3rd July 2018
MEMBERS of the Yeovil Amateur Operatic Society have presented the Yeovil Freewheelers charity with a fantastic donation of £750. The money was raised during the run of the Irving Berlin musical Top Hat which was performed by YAOS at the Octagon Theatre in Yeovil from March 13-20, 2018. Next up for YAOS will be the amazing musical adaptation of the bloodthirsty tale of…

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YEOVIL NEWS: Appeal for information after robbery at Yeovil shop

YEOVIL NEWS: Appeal for information after robbery at Yeovil shop

Posted: 28th June 2018
POLICE are appealing for information following a robbery at a shop in Yeovil in which a man threatened staff with a knife. The incident happened at Crofton Stores in Yeovil on Wednesday, June 6, 2018, at 11.30am. Police would like the public’s help to identify the man in the CCTV image. The man is described as white, around 5ft 6ins, slight build, in his 20s with dark…

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SOUTH SOMERSET NEWS: Chard Reservoir attack victim on TV Crimewatch Roadshow

SOUTH SOMERSET NEWS: Chard Reservoir attack victim on TV Crimewatch Roadshow

Posted: 11th June 2018
THE brutal attack on a woman walking at Chard Reservoir will be featured on BBC TV later this week. Tracey Howard was left with serious head injuries following the attack on August 4, 2017, when she was out walking her dog. She has now bravely posted this photograph of herself – taken in hospital following the assault – on Facebook in the hope that it might lead to new…

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