SOUTH SOMERSET NEWS: Children’s Carnival in Ilminster
Posted: 26th September 2014
EVERYTHING is set for this weekend’s Ilminster Children’s Carnival. Children and youth groups will gather tomorrow (Saturday, September 27, 2014) at the Ile Youth Centre in Ilminster in readiness for judging at 1pm. The procession will then head off from the youth centre at about 1.45pm through the town, down North Street and then back to the starting point before…
SOUTH SOMERSET NEWS: Lights, camera, action at Sunny Hill Prep
Posted: 26th September 2014
CHILDREN at Sunny Hill Prep at Bruton were given a taste of the big screen when film director Otto Bathurst visited. Otto, whose recent work includes Margot and Peaky Blinders, gave a talk to the children about the various roles and jobs required to make TV programmes and films. The girls had great fun at the film workshop and were given specific tasks to decide on…
SOMERSET NEWS: Conservatives win Frome election
Posted: 26th September 2014
RESIDENTS of the Frome North division have elected Conservative candidate Linda Oliver as their new councillor on Somerset County Council. Some 2,388 people made their way to polling stations between 7am and 10pm yesterday (Thursday, September 25, 2014) to vote – a turn-out of 33% of the local electorate. Counting began at 10pm last night after polling booths closed. The…
YEOVIL NEWS: Car fire on Ilchester Road
Posted: 26th September 2014
EMERGENCY services were called out this afternoon (Friday, September 26, 2014) to deal with a car fire in Yeovil. The alarm was raised at just before 3.45pm to the incident in Ilchester Road and one fire engine from Yeovil was mobilised. A spokesman for the Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service said: “Officers found a car well alight.” The spokesman added that…
SOMERSET NEWS: School boost from Ofsted inspection teams
Posted: 26th September 2014
TEACHERS and pupils are welcoming a boost in the number of Somerset’s primary and secondary schools being rated ‘good or better’ by Ofsted inspectors. Figures discussed at Somerset County Council’s Scrutiny Committee today (Friday, September 26, 2014) show the county now has a higher ranking among England’s 150 local authorities for both high-performing primary and…
SOMERSET NEWS: Poorly-run children’s homes to be closed
Posted: 26th September 2014
SOMERSET County Council announced today (Friday, September 26, 2014) that it was taking decisive action to start the process of closing two of its children’s homes due to poor management, sub-standard care and concerns over safeguarding. Staff and residents at the two homes – West End Cottage at Chedzoy and Appledore near West Pennard – were told of the closures…
SOMERSET NEWS: Vital repair works planned for A358
Posted: 26th September 2014
ESSENTIAL maintenance work to repair and improve the A358 in Somerset is due to take place next month. Somerset County Council’s highways team will be rebuilding and resurfacing the carriageway between Henlade and Thornfalcon, near Taunton, over a seven-week period starting on October 13, 2014. Most of the work will take place at night to minimise disruption, but some…
YEOVIL NEWS: Plenty to do on Super Saturday
Posted: 26th September 2014
SUPER SATURDAY comes to Yeovil town centre tomorrow (Saturday, September 27, 2014) with a variety of activities. Yeovil Town Council and South Somerset District Council have seized the opportunity to collaborate on the organisation of exciting events in the town. Following on from last year’s success, Yeovil Town Council with support from Brimsmore Gardens Group will…
YEOVIL NEWS: Dancing for Blue Peter!
Posted: 26th September 2014
YEOVIL student Kayleigh Andrews was yesterday (Thursday, September 25, 2014) showing off her dance moves on national television. Kayleigh, a Year Eight student from Preston School, was performing a Latin dance routine LIVE on the ever-popular children’s show Blue Peter. The show can be seen by clicking on this link:…
YEOVIL COLLEGE NEWS: Backing hospital scanner appeal
Posted: 25th September 2014
YEOVIL College staff past and present have today (Thursday, September 25, 2014) handed over cheques worth £1,300 to Yeovil District Hospital. The money will go towards the hospital’s ongoing CT scanner appeal. More than £680 came from a charity cookbook appeal, the brainchild of Debbie Guppy, while Level 1-2 business students raised £300 through enterprise projects. The…
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