YEOVIL NEWS: Bucklers Mead Academy students do it in style

YEOVIL NEWS: Bucklers Mead Academy students do it in style

Posted: 4th July 2014
MILITARY vehicles, a double-decker bus and a cavalcade of stretched limousines – just some of the modes of transport used by school-leavers at Bucklers Mead Academy for their Year 11 Prom. The students put on their finest attire for the party at Haselbury Mill on Thursday (July 3, 2014) night and they were joined by headteacher Sara Gorrod and teaching staff for their…

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SOMERSET NEWS: Family pay tribute to crash victim

SOMERSET NEWS: Family pay tribute to crash victim

Posted: 4th July 2014
THE family of a teenage girl who was killed as a result of a car accident last week in Somerset have paid tribute to her. Ellie Clare, 19, died after the VW Polo she was travelling in last week left the A39 at Rush Hill near to Farrington Gurney on Friday (June 27, 2014) evening. Another occupant in the car – George Stott, 21, of Glastonbury – also died in the accident…

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YEOVIL NEWS: Westlife singer concert cancelled at Westlands

YEOVIL NEWS: Westlife singer concert cancelled at Westlands

Posted: 4th July 2014
A CONCERT featuring Westlife singer Shane Filan at Westlands leisure complex in Yeovil has been cancelled. The venue’s website has announced that the event – set to be held later this month on July 18, 2014 – has been called off. PHOTO - TOP: The forthcoming concert at Westlands leisure complex in Yeovil featuring Shane Filan has been cancelled. The singer will also be…

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YEOVIL NEWS: Project Search success at hospital

YEOVIL NEWS: Project Search success at hospital

Posted: 4th July 2014
CELEBRATIONS were held last week at Yeovil District Hospital for interns who have completed their placements and graduated from the Project Search initiative. The Trust was delighted to have launched Project Search within the hospital, in partnership with Yeovil College and Somerset County Council, providing internships for local young people with a learning disability…

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YEOVIL NEWS: Family thanks people for their kindness

YEOVIL NEWS: Family thanks people for their kindness

Posted: 4th July 2014
THE family of former Yeovil Mayor, Clive Davis, have sent out a heartfelt “thank you” to everyone who has been so kind to them following his untimely death. The funeral service for 68-year-old Mr Davis was held at St John’s Church in the centre of Yeovil last Friday (June 27, 2014) and was attended by hundreds of mourners – people who wanted to celebrate the life of…

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YEOVIL NEWS: Get on the Trim Trail at Birchfield Park

YEOVIL NEWS: Get on the Trim Trail at Birchfield Park

Posted: 4th July 2014
THERE are no excuses not to do any exercise in the Birchfield area of Yeovil now that the new Trim Trail is up and running. South Somerset District Council and Somerset County Council have funded the Trim Trail at Birchfield Park – a great way to liven up your outdoor training and keep fit campaign. The Birchfield Park Trim Trail works on the principle of using body…

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YEOVIL NEWS: People warned - don't buy cheap phone chargers!

YEOVIL NEWS: People warned - don't buy cheap phone chargers!

Posted: 4th July 2014
THIS was the damage caused to an extension cable after a faulty phone charger started to smoulder yesterday morning at a home in Yeovil – but things could have been a whole lot worse. The smell of burning woke 18-year-old Duncan McCabe and he discovered a plugged-in iPhone charger beginning to catch alight; so he quickly averted potential disaster at his home in Magna…

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SOMERSET NEWS: Do you know anyone in this photo?

SOMERSET NEWS: Do you know anyone in this photo?

Posted: 3rd July 2014
AVON and Somerset Police are trying to locate anyone pictured in this group of ladies enjoying a hen party. A camera – with this photo on it – was lost in Bath last month and now officers are looking to return it to its owner. The Sony Cyber-shot was found in Royal Victoria Park and handed in to Bath police station on June 21. If anyone can help – please contact police…

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YEOVIL NEWS: Councillors back CCTV scheme for crime-hit underpasses

YEOVIL NEWS: Councillors back CCTV scheme for crime-hit underpasses

Posted: 3rd July 2014
COUNCILLORS have given their unanimous support to backing a project to install much-needed CCTV cameras overlooking two of Yeovil’s crime-ridden underpasses. Yeovil town centre already has a CCTV network of 24 cameras working – but the two underpasses under the main hospital roundabout leading in and out of town by Higher Kingston and Reckleford are not and have become a…

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SOUTH SOMERSET NEWS: Vehicle rolls into ditch

SOUTH SOMERSET NEWS: Vehicle rolls into ditch

Posted: 2nd July 2014
A FEMALE had to be rescued this evening (Wednesday, July 2, 2014) after the vehicle she was in had rolled over into a ditch. The alarm was raised at just before 7pm to the incident in Tengore Lane at Upton, Long Sutton. Officers stabilised the vehicle and released the female who was then left in the hands of the Ambulance Service.

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