SOMERSET NEWS: Combine harvester on fire

SOMERSET NEWS: Combine harvester on fire

Posted: 18th August 2014
THREE fire engines were sent out this afternoon (Monday, August 18, 2014) following reports of a combine harvester on fire at a Somerset farm. The alarm was raised at just before 5.30pm to Stud Farm in Curry Mallet and fire crews from Taunton were mobilised. A spokesman for the Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service told the Yeovil Press: “The vehicle sustained about…

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YEOVIL NEWS: Jump in for aquanatal classes

YEOVIL NEWS: Jump in for aquanatal classes

Posted: 18th August 2014
MIDWIVES from Yeovil Hospital - in partnership with Goldenstones Leisure Centre - will be providing aquanatal classes for pregnant women in the area starting in September. The classes will take place every Tuesday between 11am and 12pm at Goldenstones in Yeovil and the class will be run by midwives from Yeovil Hospital. Each class is £4.10 each but concessions are…

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SOMERSET NEWS: Sexual assault in Frome

SOMERSET NEWS: Sexual assault in Frome

Posted: 18th August 2014
  POLICE in Frome are appealing for witnesses as they investigate a report of serious sexual assault on a 20-year-old woman in the town. They would like to hear from anyone with any information, or who may have seen a man and woman in the Bath Street and St John’s churchyard area late on Saturday, August 9, 2014, until the early hours of Sunday morning. Police are also…

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YEOVIL NEWS: Driving instructor offers reward to find mindless vandals

YEOVIL NEWS: Driving instructor offers reward to find mindless vandals

Posted: 17th August 2014
A DRIVING instructor is offering a reward for information leading to the identification of mindless yobs who vandalised his car tonight (Sunday, August 17, 2014) in Yeovil meaning that two learners will be unable to take their scheduled tests tomorrow. Adrian Dening, of Drive-Rite, was left furious when he discovered that vandals had smashed a side window of his…

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YEOVIL NEWS: Town has a rugby World Cup winner! We salute Marlie Packer!

YEOVIL NEWS: Town has a rugby World Cup winner! We salute Marlie Packer!

Posted: 17th August 2014
THERE will be a growing call this week for Yeovil’s very own Marlie Packer to be given Honorary Citizenship of the Town after she became a World Cup winner tonight (Sunday, August 17, 2014) with the England women’s rugby team. Marlie, 24, a former Bucklers Mead and Yeovil College student, was part of the England team which this evening beat Canada 21pts-9 in Paris to win…

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YEOVIL NEWS: Cyclists set off for Paris

YEOVIL NEWS: Cyclists pedal off to Paris

Posted: 17th August 2014
  TWELVE cyclists have set off from Chilthorne Domer today (Sunday, August 17, 2014) bound for Paris to help raise money for the Piers Simon Appeal. The dozen riders and three support crew left Home Farm in Chilthorne Domer and are expected to arrive at the Eiffel Tower in the French capital by Friday (August 22, 2014) evening. All money raised will go towards the Piers…

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SOMERSET NEWS: Grill pan fire

SOMERSET NEWS: Grill pan fire

Posted: 17th August 2014
A WOMAN was checked over by ambulance paramedics this morning (Sunday, August 17, 2014) following a fire at a flat in Somerset. The alarm was raised at 5am after the Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service received reports of smoke coming from a property in Peter Street, Shepton Mallet. Two fire engines from Shepton attended the scene and officers confirmed that there…

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SOMERSET NEWS: Paramedics give treatment

SOMERSET NEWS: Paramedics give treatment

Posted: 17th August 2014
PARAMEDICS had to give treatment to a casualty who had suffered from smoke inhalation following an incident at a Somerset home. The alarm was raised at 1am this morning (Sunday, August 17, 2014) to the problem at Danesborough View East in Williton where a fire alarm was sounding at a property. One fire engine from Williton was mobilised. A Devon and Somerset Fire and…

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YEOVIL NEWS: Meet the police in town

YEOVIL NEWS: Meet the police in town

Posted: 17th August 2014
POLICE will be holding a beat surgery at the bandstand area in Lower Middle Street, Yeovil, on Wednesday, August 20, 2014. Shoppers will be able to go and speak with police officers from between 1pm and 2pm about any issues they might have. People will also be able to get crime reduction advice and also postcode-stamp bicycles in a bid to deter bike thefts.

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YEOVIL NEWS: Driving lessons for children aged from 12

YEOVIL NEWS: Driving lessons for children aged from 12

Posted: 16th August 2014
YOUNG people aged from 12 can get some driving lessons at Yeovil College with the 2nd 2 None Driving School. Although legally you have to be aged 17 to drive on the road, driving instructors will be keen to help youngsters get behind the wheel from the age of 12 as long as they meet the minimum height requirements of 4ft 8ns tall. You don’t even need a provisional…

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