SOMERSET NEWS: Toddler gets potty stuck on head

SOMERSET NEWS: Toddler gets potty stuck on head

Posted: 30th September 2014
A TWO-YEAR-OLD little girl in Somerset had to be helped by firefighters last night (Monday, September 29, 2014) after she got a potty stuck on her head. One fire engine was mobilised at just before 7pm to a home in Windsor Crescent, Frome, to the incident. A spokesman for the Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service told the Yeovil Press: “On arrival the crew removed…

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YEOVIL NEWS: Curry night should be hot stuff for charity

YEOVIL NEWS: Curry night should be hot stuff for charity

Posted: 29th September 2014
A CHARITY curry night will be held in Yeovil next month to help raise money for the Piers Simon Appeal’s School in a Bag initiative. The PSA held its first curry night in February and it was a huge success and now organisers are hoping for another sell-out at the Signature Viceroy restaurant in Middle Street, Yeovil, on Thursday, October 30, 2014, at 7pm. It is a…

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YEOVIL NEWS: Pregnant woman and her mother assaulted

YEOVIL NEWS: Pregnant woman and her mother assaulted

Posted: 29th September 2014
A YOUNG pregnant woman and her mother were assaulted outside flats in Yeovil. Police are now appealing for the public’s help following the attack which happened at about 4pm on Thursday, September 25, 2014, outside the Fosse Park Road flats off of West Hendford. A police spokesman told the Yeovil Press: “A young pregnant woman and her mother were assaulted by another…

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SCHOOL NEWS: Westfield Academy given a good grading by Ofsted

YEOVIL NEWS: Westfield Academy given a good grading by Ofsted

Posted: 29th September 2014
THE principal of Westfield Academy in Yeovil has said that it will avoid becoming complacent - even though it has been judged "good" by Government-backed school inspectors. The Ofsted inspection was carried out earlier this month on September 11-12, 2014, and inspectors were impressed with a number of elements within the Academy and awarded it as “good” – much better…

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SOUTH SOMERSET NEWS: Results and news from Ilminster Children's Carnival

SOUTH SOMERSET NEWS: Results and news from Ilminster Children's Carnival

Posted: 29th September 2014
YOUNG people and their parents once again showed off their creativity and ingenuity on Saturday (September 27, 2014) with the ever-popular annual Ilminster Children’s Carnival. Crowds lined the streets and clapped and cheered as the parade weaved its way through the town centre. The judges were given another tough challenge to determine the winning entries in the various…

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YEOVIL NEWS: Drug offender sent to prison

YEOVIL NEWS: Drug offender sent to prison

Posted: 27th September 2014
A YEOVIL man has been sentenced to 12 months imprisonment for drug offences. Shane John Richardson, 42, was sent to prison for possessing a Class-B drug, namely amphetamine, with intent to supply and also possessing another Class-B drug, cannabis. On Thursday, March 7, 2013, whilst on a mobile patrol in Yeovil the police’s attention was drawn to a known defendant, Shane…

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YEOVIL NEWS: Lantern-making workshops for festive parade

YEOVIL NEWS: Lantern-making workshops for festive parade

Posted: 27th September 2014
LANTERN-MAKING sessions will be held for children – and adults – wanting to take part in this year’s Yeovil Lantern Parade as part of the switching-on ceremony of the town centre Christmas lights. The festive lights will be officially switched-on in the town on Saturday, November 15, 2014, unlike in previous years when the event has taken place on a Thursday evening…

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YEOVIL NEWS: Trapped in overturned vehicle

YEOVIL NEWS: Trapped in overturned vehicle

Posted: 27th September 2014
TWO casualties were left trapped in a vehicle after it overturned in the early hours of this morning (Saturday, September 27, 2014) on the outskirts of Yeovil. The alarm was raised at just after 3.30am to the incident in Stoford with the Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service getting reports of a vehicle on its roof after being in collision with parked cars and a…

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SOUTH SOMERSET NEWS: Garage fire at Bruton

SOUTH SOMERSET NEWS: Garage fire at Bruton

Posted: 26th September 2014
FIREFIGHTERS were called out after a fire broke out in a garage block in Bruton. Three fire engines from Castle Cary, Wincanton and Shepton Mallet were mobilised at just before 9pm tonight (Friday, September 26, 2014) to the incident in Priory Road, Bruton, involving one garage in a block of four. A Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service spokesman told the Yeovil…

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SOUTH SOMERSET NEWS: Man locked in churchyard

SOUTH SOMERSET NEWS: Man locked in churchyard

Posted: 26th September 2014
FIREFIGHTERS were called out tonight (Friday, September 26, 2014) to help rescue a man and his dog who had accidentally got locked in a churchyard. One fire engine was called out to St Mary’s Church just off of Chard town centre at just after 8.45pm. A Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service spokesman told the Yeovil Press: “Firefighters were able to contact the…

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