SOUTH SOMERSET NEWS: Yobs go on rampage in town centre

SOUTH SOMERSET NEWS: Yobs go on rampage in town centre

Posted: 16th November 2014
YOBS went on an early morning rampage through Chard town centre today (Sunday, November 16, 2014) vandalising cars and smashing shop windows. It was around 4.30am when the hooligans ran amok and vandalised parked cars, smashed windows, set shop alarms off and damaged security shutters on the Morrisons convenience store in Fore Street and Gordon Stoker and Son jewellers…

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SOUTH SOMERSET NEWS: Mankini taken from roundabout cancer awareness project!

SOUTH SOMERSET NEWS: Mankini taken from roundabout cancer awareness project!

Posted: 16th November 2014
A GREEN mankini hung up on a Chard roundabout by the town’s Deputy Mayor to help raise cancer awareness has mysteriously vanished. The Yeovil Press reported earlier this week that the roundabout island leading to the Tesco supermarket store at the junction of East Street, Crewkerne Road and Victoria Avenue had become home to a range of bras and pants and other underwear…

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YEOVIL NEWS: Young Flying Colours Appeal collector verbally abused

YEOVIL NEWS: Young Flying Colours Appeal collector verbally abused

Posted: 16th November 2014
A TEN-YEAR-OLD lad who was helping with a street collection in aid of the Flying Colours Appeal in Yeovil town centre last night (Saturday, November 15, 2014) was – unbelievably – the victim of verbal abuse by a passer-by. The youngster was with a party from Pen Mill FC who had volunteered to support the Mayor of Yeovil, Cllr Mike Lock, and help raise funds for his…

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YEOVIL NEWS: Vehicle fire after crash

YEOVIL NEWS: Vehicle fire after crash

Posted: 15th November 2014
FIREFIGHTERS were called out this afternoon (Saturday, November 15, 2014) following an accident in Yeovil. The Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service reported that the alarm was raised at just after 5.30pm to reports of a road traffic collision at West Street off of Huish. A Fire Service spokesman told the Yeovil Press: “One fire engine from Yeovil was mobilised and…

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SOUTH SOMERSET NEWS: Kitchen fire at Bruton home

SOUTH SOMERSET NEWS: Kitchen fire at Bruton home

Posted: 15th November 2014
AN ambulance was called out this evening (Saturday, November 15, 2014) following a fire at a home in Bruton in which an elderly woman suffered smoke inhalation. The Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service reported that three fire engines from Castle Cary, Wincanton and Shepton Mallet were mobilised to reports of a property fire at just after 5.15pm in Park Road…

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CHRISTMAS 2014: Hundreds attend festive lights switch-on in Yeovil

CHRISTMAS 2014: Hundreds attend festive lights switch-on in Yeovil

Posted: 15th November 2014
HUNDREDS of people gathered in the Quedam Shopping Centre in Yeovil this evening (Saturday, November 15, 2014) for the annual switching-on of the Christmas lights. The Mayor of Yeovil, Cllr Mike Lock, was joined by a host of invited guests to press the button to illuminate the town centre and get the countdown to Christmas well and truly started. “I would like to wish…

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SOUTH SOMERSET NEWS: Empty home in Crewkerne seized by council

SOUTH SOMERSET NEWS: Empty home seized by council

Posted: 15th November 2014
A PROPERTY which has been empty since 2006 has been seized by South Somerset District Council as part of its work to help tackle a housing crisis in England. The home had just been left to rot and had become an overgrown eyesore not far from the centre of Crewkerne. The council has an ongoing strategy to deal with empty properties. As part of that strategy, owners of…

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SOMERSET NEWS: Clearing away fallen trees from roads

SOMERSET NEWS: Clearing away fallen trees from roads

Posted: 15th November 2014
HIGHWAYS teams at Somerset County Council were kept busy this week when high winds and rain caused several trees to fall onto roads. Tree surgeons were quickly on the scene at around noon on Thursday (November 13, 2014) when two large trees blew over and blocked the A38 White Ball Hill at Sampford Arundel near Wellington. The first was thought to weigh around seven…

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SOUTH SOMERSET NEWS: Can you identify Co-op theft man?

SOUTH SOMERSET NEWS: Can you identify Co-op theft man?

Posted: 15th November 2014
POLICE are appealing for the public’s help in identifying a man who they believe may have information about two thefts from the Co-op store in Merriott. A man entered the store on Knapp on two occasions, selected several items and left without paying on Monday, October 20, 2014. The man is described as white, between 28 and 29 years of age, about 5ft 8in tall, medium…

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SOMERSET NEWS: Gold reindeer taken from Taunton store

SOMERSET NEWS: Gold reindeer taken from Taunton store

Posted: 15th November 2014
POLICE are asking for help in identifying two men who may have information about the theft of a gold reindeer from a Taunton store. The incident happened on Monday, October 27, 2014, when the reindeer, priced at £250, was taken from Homesense on the Priory Fields Retail Park. A police spokesman said: “CCTV shows two men who we believe might have some information which…

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