SOUTH SOMERSET NEWS: Oops – locked in public loos!

SOUTH SOMERSET NEWS: Oops – locked in public loos!

Posted: 11th August 2014
A MAN found himself accidentally locked in a public toilet this evening (Monday, August 11, 2014) in a South Somerset town. The man was in the public toilets at the Memorial Hall in High Street, Wincanton, when he discovered they had been locked with him still inside. A cry for help was made and one fire engine from Wincanton was mobilised at just before 6pm. A Devon and…

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SOMERSET NEWS: Gross indecency on a bus

SOMERSET NEWS: Gross indecency on a bus

Posted: 11th August 2014
POLICE have issued this photograph of a man who they would like to speak with in connection with an act of gross indecency on a bus in Somerset. The incident happened on a bus journey between Taunton and Williton on Wednesday, June 25, 2014. A police spokesman told the Yeovil Press: “The CCTV image shows a male who we believe might have some information which can help us…

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SOUTH SOMERSET NEWS: Barn goes up in flames

SOUTH SOMERSET NEWS: Barn goes up in flames

Posted: 11th August 2014
FIREFIGHTERS have been working throughout the afternoon and evening today (Monday, August 11, 2014) following a barn fire near Yeovil. The alarm was raised at just before 2.30pm to the incident at a farm in Fairhouse Road, Barwick, where a barn packed with straw was well alight. Two fire engines from Yeovil were initially mobilised and on arrival officers asked for a…

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YEOVIL NEWS: Have you lost a child's mountain bike?

YEOVIL NEWS: Have you lost a child's mountain bike?

Posted: 11th August 2014
IF anyone has lost a child’s mountain bike in the Rosebery Avenue area of Yeovil – please get in touch with the police. Local officers have been using social media to try and locate the owners of the lost bike. Those interested should phone police on 101 for more information.

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YEOVIL NEWS: Anyone lost some false teeth - at Huish Park?

YEOVIL NEWS: Anyone lost a pair of false teeth - at Huish Park?

Posted: 11th August 2014
  FOOTBALL fans across the land love to chatter away before a game – but on Saturday (August 9, 2014) a Yeovil Town supporter must have been talking so much they lost their false teeth! A pair of dentures were found in the supporters’ marquee bar at Huish Park this afternoon ahead of Yeovil Town’s 3-0 defeat at home to Doncaster Rovers in the Sky Bet League One. The…

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SOUTH SOMERSET NEWS: A37 into Yeovil to close for resurfacing

SOUTH SOMERSET NEWS: A37 into Yeovil to close for resurfacing

Posted: 10th August 2014
MOTORISTS are being reminded that the A37 in and out of Yeovil is scheduled to close for a week as of tomorrow (Monday, August 11, 2014) for much-needed resurfacing work. The key road, which was badly damaged by the severe winter weather, will be closed from Ilchester to the Halfway House at Chilthorne Domer. The A37  Ilchester Road suffered from considerable potholing…

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SOUTH SOMERSET NEWS: Arson attack on barn

SOUTH SOMERSET NEWS: Arson attack on barn

Posted: 10th August 2014
ARSONISTS are being blamed for a fire which completely destroyed a barn at a farm in South Somerset. The alarm was raised at just after 3am this morning (Sunday, August 10, 2014) to the incident in Torbay Road, Castle Cary. Fire engines from Castle Cary, Wincanton and Shepton Mallet were mobilised to attend along with a water carrier from Yeovil. A Devon and Somerset…

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SOUTH SOMERSET NEWS: Major thatched roof fire

SOUTH SOMERSET NEWS: Major thatched roof fire

Posted: 10th August 2014
FIREFIGHTERS from across the county have been dealing this afternoon (Sunday, August 10, 2014) with a thatched roof fire at a home in South Somerset. Eight fire engines from Somerton, Yeovil, Taunton, Bridgwater and Ilminster along with the aerial ladder platform from Taunton and the water carrier from Bridgwater were initially mobilised to reports of a fire at just…

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WESSEX TRUCK SHOW 2014: Big thumbs up from truckers and visitors!

WESSEX TRUCK SHOW 2014: Big thumbs up from truckers and visitors!

Posted: 10th August 2014
TRUCKERS and visitors have congratulated the organisers of this year's Wessex Truck Show on a job well done and have said "keep on trucking!" The Mayor and Mayoress of Yeovil were among the visitors on Day One of the show yesterday (Saturday, August 9, 2014) and were only too pleased to tell the Yeovil Press that they were giving the show a BIG thumbs-up. Cllr Mike Lock…

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YEOVIL NEWS: Flats plan for eyesore Milford Inn building

YEOVIL NEWS: Flats plan for eyesore Milford Inn building

Posted: 10th August 2014
PLANS have been unveiled to convert the former Milford Inn in Yeovil - which has fallen into disrepair and become an eyesore - into nine flats. Kevin Lake, a director of Somerset Care and Repair Ltd, has submitted to South Somerset District Council a planning application for the conversion of the pub in Milford Road into nine “residential units.” The pub closed its doors…

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