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SOUTH SOMERSET NEWS: Vandals burn down nets at cricket club

Posted: 25th September 2014
VANDALS have struck at a cricket club on the outskirts of Yeovil. The East Coker Cricket Club has reported on its social networking Facebook site that unknown people have burnt down the club’s “nets” – used by the cricketers to practice – at the Recreation Ground in Long Furlong Lane. A club spokesman said: “We would like to ask a massive favour to everyone who lives…

SOUTH SOMERSET NEWS: Thousands to be checked on Council Tax

Posted: 25th September 2014
NEARLY 25,000 Council Tax payers in South Somerset who receive a 25 per cent reduction on their bill as single occupancy residents will soon be checked to make sure that the reductions are correct. The checks form part of the council’s measures to protect the public purse by preventing and detecting fraud. It is estimated that nationally around £92 million a year is lost…

SOUTH SOMERSET NEWS: Arson attack on car

Posted: 25th September 2014
ARSONISTS are being blamed for a car fire which happened in the early hours of this morning (Thursday, September 25, 2014) in South Petherton. It was just after 3.45am that the alarm was raised to the incident in Whitehall and one fire engine from Martock was mobilised. A Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service spokesman told the Yeovil Press: “The cause of the fire…

YEOVILTON NEWS: Yeovil lad takes off with new command

Posted: 24th September 2014
A YEOVIL man has taken over the responsibility of the largest helicopter squadron in Europe – the Lynx Wildcat Maritime Force based at the Royal Naval Air Station at Yeovilton. Commander Louis Wilson-Chalen was born and educated in Yeovil and he joined the Royal Navy in January 1988. After gaining experience at sea with HMS Birmingham, HMS Ledbury and HMS Dryad he was…

YEOVIL NEWS: Police appeal after motorbikes stolen

Posted: 24th September 2014
POLICE are appealing for help to track down motorbikes stolen from a showroom in Yeovil earlier this month. The two bikes were stolen from showroom premises on Saturday, September 13, 2014. The thieves smashed through the front window and damaged other stock to take two Slam Bikes pit bikes. Both are orange and black, one an MXR140, the other MXR70. It happened at about…

YEOVILTON LIFE: Historic Sea Vixen flies home

Posted: 23rd September 2014
HISTORIC naval aviation enthusiasts at the Royal Naval Air Station at Yeovilton have had their heads up in the clouds after receiving the gift of a 1950s Royal Navy de Havilland Sea Vixen. The Fly Navy Heritage Trust was delighted to announce the news and that a spectacular presentation ceremony took place at Yeovilton last week when the classic Fleet Air Arm fighter was…

YEOVIL NEWS: Kitchen fire at Stiby Road home

Posted: 23rd September 2014
FIREFIGHTERS were called out this evening (Tuesday, September 23, 2014) to deal with an incident at a home in Yeovil. The alarm was raised at just after 6pm to the property in Stiby Road and firefighters quickly forced entry into the smoke-logged home. A spokesman for the Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service told the Yeovil Press that two fire engines from the town…

YEOVILTON LIFE: Awards for young air engineering technicians

Posted: 23rd September 2014
BRILLIANT young air engineering technicians have celebrated the successful completion of a section of their training at the Royal Naval Air Station at Yeovilton. The 23-week Phase 2b training is part of an overall 55-week long training programme to fully equip the 28 as fully qualified to maintain aircraft technicians. During the Phase 2b course these bright trainees…

YEOVIL NEWS: Milestone reached by Andrew in Royal Navy career

Posted: 23rd September 2014
AN AVIATION navigator who lives in Yeovil has achieved an important milestone in his naval career and passed what is reputed to be one of the toughest courses in the Royal Navy. Lieutenant Andrew Edwards, aged 29, and three other student observers graduated from the Basic Flying Training course at 750 Naval Air Squadron which teaches fledgling aviators the fundamentals…

FIRST WORLD WAR 100: We will remember Walter Gill Counter

Posted: 22nd September 2014
IT was 100 years ago today on September 22, 1914, that Private Walter Counter, of Yeovil, was killed in the First World War. Walter, a reservist of the Royal Marine Light Infantry, was a son of Mr and Mrs Counter of Clarence Place, Yeovil. He was on board HMS Aboukir at the time the vessel was torpedoed in the North Sea.

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