YEOVIL NEWS: Greengrocer sets up fruit and veg stall at hospital

YEOVIL NEWS: Greengrocer sets up fruit and veg stall at hospital

Posted: 24th October 2014
GREENGROCER Elizabeth Brettell is making it easy for patients, visitors and staff at Yeovil District Hospital to get their “five-a-day.” The hospital is working with Elizabeth Brettell, a local trader, who is now running a fresh fruit and veg stall in the main reception foyer every Wednesday and Friday from 11.30am to 4.30pm. The idea is part of Yeovil Hospital’s plans…

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SOMERSET NEWS: Motorists warned of large load delays

SOMERSET NEWS: Motorists warned of large load delays

Posted: 24th October 2014
MOTORISTS are being warned about potential traffic delays through Somerset today (Friday, October 24, 2014) due to a large slow moving convoy. Police have said that a large abnormal load will be travelling through the county which could lead to delays. The slow moving convoy is scheduled to start its journey from Sedgemoor Services on the M5 at about 10am. It will travel…

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SOMERSET NEWS: Open a book for the Big Read!

SOMERSET NEWS: Open a book for the Big Read!

Posted: 24th October 2014
BOOK lovers across the county are being invited to share their love of reading by taking part in the Somerset Big Read. Somerset County Council’s Library Services are running the county-wide initiative from November 10, 2014, to encourage adults to read, review and discuss books. The first Somerset Big Read will be The Gallery Of Vanished Husbands, the latest novel by…

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FIRST WORLD WAR 100: Display on show in empty town centre shop

FIRST WORLD WAR 100: Display on show in empty town centre shop

Posted: 23rd October 2014
A REMEMBERING display on the First World War has been set up by South Somerset District Council’s heritage team in the old Whittard’s shop next to Costa Coffee in the Quedam Shopping Centre in Yeovil. The display, designed by the Imperial War Museum, will be in the shop from today (Thursday, October 23, 2014) until Wednesday, November 12, 2014, and helps to explain how…

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SOMERSET NEWS: Nothing will stop Bridgwater Carnival!

SOMERSET NEWS: Nothing will stop Bridgwater Carnival!

Posted: 23rd October 2014
BRIDGWATER Carnival will not be disrupted – despite intensive restoration works on the town’s historic bridge being extended. A major overhaul to strengthen and repair the near-on 150-year-old Town Bridge over the River Parrett and return it to its former glory has been well underway since August. Somerset County Council hoped work would be finished before tens of…

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SOUTH SOMERSET NEWS: Work to stop flooding in Ilchester

SOUTH SOMERSET NEWS: Work to stop flooding in Ilchester

Posted: 23rd October 2014
YEOVIL MP David Laws has today (Thursday, October 23, 2014) welcomed the Environment Agency’s announcement that they will soon begin work to help prevent flooding in Ilchester. As a result of the bad weather last winter, water flooded in the area around The Mead and over the A303 itself, causing residents real distress. The flooding risk is heightened because water was…

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SOMERSET NEWS: Dog rescued from pit

SOMERSET NEWS: Dog rescued from pit

Posted: 23rd October 2014
A DOG had to be rescued yesterday (Wednesday, October 22, 2014) after it had got trapped in a pit near Bridgwater. The Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service received a call at just after 5.15pm to the incident at Woolavington. One fire engine and a specialist rescue team from Bridgwater was mobilised and officers found a dog within a field of brambles. A Fire…

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SOMERSET NEWS: Fire under investigation at flats

SOMERSET NEWS: Fire under investigation at flats

Posted: 23rd October 2014
POLICE and fire officials are investigating the cause of a fire which happened outside a block of flats in Somerset. Two fire engines attended the incident at Albert Street in Bridgwater last night (Wednesday, October 22, 2014) after the alarm was raised of smoke coming from a block of flats. A spokesman for the Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service told the Yeovil…

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YEOVIL NEWS: Football fans back Flying Colours Appeal

YEOVIL NEWS: Football fans back Flying Colours Appeal

Posted: 23rd October 2014
THE Mayor of Yeovil, Cllr Mike Lock, would like to thank everyone who donated to a collection last weekend in aid of the Flying Colours Appeal at Yeovil District Hospital. An army of more than 50 bucket collectors were at Yeovil Town’s Sky Bet League One match with Swindon Town at Huish Park on Saturday (October 18, 2014). A total of £1,136.51 was raised by the…

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YEOVIL COLLEGE NEWS: Student designs for cheese-maker calendar

YEOVIL COLLEGE NEWS: Student designs for cheese-maker calendar

Posted: 23rd October 2014
DESIGNS by 12 Yeovil College students have been chosen for Barber’s 2015 calendar - sent by the prestigious cheese-maker to customers all over the world. The family-run business has been making cheese in Ditcheat since 1833 and supplies retailers including Harrods and Fortnum and Mason, as well as specialist food outlets.  The company has customers worldwide, including…

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