YEOVIL NEWS: It was a tough job, but someone had to look after the Miss World ladies!

YEOVIL NEWS: It was a tough job, but someone had to look after the Miss World ladies!

Posted: 27th November 2014
A YEOVIL-BORN tour guide was the envy of his work colleagues today (Thursday, November 27, 2014) when he discovered who his passengers would be for a private tour of the London sights – the Miss World 2014 contestants! Phil Harris, who went to Preston School in Yeovil from 1978-83, has been working as a tour guide for the past 14 years. Only recently he was grabbing a…

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SOMERSET NEWS: Woman, 73, left shaken after two men force way into her home

SOMERSET NEWS: Woman, 73, left shaken after two men force way into her home

Posted: 27th November 2014
  POLICE are appealing for information on two males who forced entry into the home of an elderly resident in the Bower area of Bridgwater. The incident happened at around 6pm on Monday, November 24, 2014. The men knocked on the door and asked to use the telephone. The woman, 73, refused and the men forced entry into the property. One man was described as well built…

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SOUTH SOMERSET NEWS: Knife attack in Wincanton assault

SOUTH SOMERSET NEWS: Knife attack in Wincanton assault

Posted: 27th November 2014
POLICE are appealing for the public’s help in identifying a man who they believe may have information about a knife attack in Wincanton. The incident happened on Angel Lane at around midnight last night (Wednesday, November 26, 2014). A police spokesman said: “A man was attacked by another man who assaulted him with a knife. He sustained injuries to his leg which…

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YEOVIL NEWS: Red Berry Recruitment team need your animal treats for Christmas appeal

YEOVIL NEWS: Red Berry Recruitment need your animals treats for Christmas appeal

Posted: 27th November 2014
THE Yeovil-based Red Berry Recruitment firm is still looking for people to donate to its 2014 Christmas collection - items which can be used at the Ferne Animal Sanctuary. The sanctuary, based near Chard, is open seven days a week and cares for more than 300 animals as well as helping to re-home cats, dogs and even horses. Helen Lacey, of Red Berry, said: “This year we…

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AIR DAY 2015: Celebrating 75 years of RNAS Yeovilton

AIR DAY 2015: Celebrating 75 years of RNAS Yeovilton

Posted: 27th November 2014
THE annual International Air Day at RNAS Yeovilton next year will take place on Saturday, July 11, 2015, and planning is well under way for the popular event. The Air Station was commissioned as HMS Heron on June 18, 1940, and Air Day 2015 offers the perfect opportunity to celebrate 75 glorious years of RNAS Yeovilton. In the early days the Air Station was a base for…

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SOUTH SOMERSET NEWS: MP welcomes progress report on The Beacon

SOUTH SOMERSET NEWS: MP welcomes progress report on The Beacon

Posted: 27th November 2014
PROGRESS being made to repair The Beacon road at Ilminster has been welcomed by Yeovil MP David Laws. The much-needed work to repair the B3168 road began on October 27, 2014, and South Somerset Highways Office announced that it was scheduled to take seven weeks, meaning the road would be open in time for Christmas. Although there has been some bed weather recently, the…

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SOUTH SOMERSET NEWS: Refurb work at leisure centres

SOUTH SOMERSET NEWS: Refurb work at leisure centres

Posted: 27th November 2014
THREE gyms at leisure centres in South Somerset are to undergo a major refurbishment thanks to investment from the 1610 leisure trust which manages the centres. Preston Sports Centre in Yeovil, Stanchester Sports Centre at Stoke-sub-Hamdon and Caryford Leisure Centre at Castle Cary are to have new gym equipment and technology installed to enable users to get the most of…

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SOMERSET NEWS: Family pays tribute to motorbike crash victim

SOMERSET NEWS: Family pays tribute to motorbike crash victim

Posted: 27th November 2014
THE family of a Somerset motorcyclist who died in a collision last week have paid tribute to him. Adrian Roy Barber (pictured above), 64, of Bridgwater, died following the incident on the A396 on a downhill section of Cutcombe Hill in the Timberscombe area of Minehead at approximately 2.45pm on November 19, 2014. A joint family statement read: "Adrian was a devoted…

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SOUTH SOMERSET NEWS: Tree falls on home

SOUTH SOMERSET NEWS: Tree falls on home

Posted: 27th November 2014
FIREFIGHTERS from across the area were called out early this morning (Thursday, November 27, 2014) after a tree had fallen onto a home near Ilminster. Fire engines from Ilminster, Chard and Yeovil along with a specialist rescue team from Bridgwater were mobilised at just after 4.15am to reports from police about the problem at Cricket Malherbie with the occupant unable…

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YEOVIL NEWS: Alloys stolen from car

YEOVIL NEWS: Alloys stolen from car

Posted: 27th November 2014
POLICE are appealing for information after the alloys from a car were stolen in Yeovil. A police spokesman, speaking on social networking Twitter, said: “Alloys from this car (pictured) were stolen from Yeovil. “Seen them? Offered them for sale? Call us on 101.” The reference number is 113487/14.

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