YEOVIL NEWS: Police hunt for Maplin thief

YEOVIL NEWS: Police hunt for Maplin thief

Posted: 1st July 2014
POLICE have released this CCTV picture of a man they want to interview about a theft from the Maplin Electronics store in Yeovil. A male entered the Maplin store on the Houndstone Business Park at Western Avenue on Tuesday, June 10, 2014, at 1.40pm. A police spokesman today (Tuesday, July 1, 2014) told the Yeovil Press: “This male picked up a graphics card and proceeded…

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YEOVIL NEWS: Cartgate roundabout crash

YEOVIL NEWS: Cartgate roundabout crash

Posted: 1st July 2014
FIREFIGHTERS were called out this morning following a traffic collision on the A303 Cartgate Roundabout on the outskirts of Yeovil. The incident happened at just before 10am and firefighters from Martock and Yeovil were mobilised. They discovered there had been a collision between a lorry and a highways vehicle, but nobody was trapped within the vehicles.

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SOMERSET NEWS: Flat suffers flooding

SOMERSET NEWS: Flat suffers flooding

Posted: 1st July 2014
A FLAT suffered flooding problems this morning (Tuesday, July 1, 2014) when water started pouring through the ceiling. The Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service received a call at just after 8am to the problem at Wardleworth Way in Tonedale, Wellington. A spokesman said: “Fire crews confirmed water coming through the ceiling of a property from the bathroom of a flat…

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SOMERSET NEWS: Woman rescued from lift

SOMERSET NEWS: Woman rescued from lift

Posted: 1st July 2014
ONE elderly woman was rescued this morning (Tuesday, July 1, 2014) after getting stuck in a lift at a home in Somerset. Two fire engines from Burnham-on-Sea attended the scene in Rectory Road in the town at just after 8am. Firefighters released the woman uninjured from the lift by using small tools.

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SOMERSET NEWS: Woman suffers injuries in crash

SOMERSET NEWS: Woman suffers injuries in crash

Posted: 1st July 2014
ONE woman suffered chest and arm injuries last night (Monday, June 30, 2014) following a traffic crash in Somerset. The incident happened at just after 10pm at Parsonage Road in Berrow, near Burnham-on-Sea, involving two vehicles. The Fire Service received a call from ambulance staff and firefighters from Burnham and neighbouring Weston-super-Mare attended. They found…

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SOMERSET NEWS: Camper van destroyed near Glasto site

SOMERSET NEWS: Camper van destroyed near Glasto site

Posted: 1st July 2014
A CAMPER van was severely damaged by fire yesterday (Monday, June 30, 2014) evening in Somerset. The alarm was raised at just before 5.30pm to the incident in Pylle Road, Pilton, near to the Glastonbury Festival site. Two fire engines from Shepton were mobilised, but could not do anything to save the van from being destroyed. A spokesman for the Devon and Somerset Fire…

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SOUTH SOMERSET NEWS: Fire at church

SOUTH SOMERSET NEWS: Fire at church

Posted: 1st July 2014
FIREFIGHTERS were called out yesterday (Monday, June 30, 2014) to deal with a fire at a church. Three fire engines were mobilised at 2.30pm to the church in Abbey Street, Crewkerne, where firefighters found a small fire in the area of the pews. A spokesman for the Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service said: “Crews used hand tools to cut away an area of the pews to…

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YEOVIL NEWS: Crash at Mudford

YEOVIL NEWS: Crash at Mudford

Posted: 1st July 2014
TWO fire engines from Yeovil were called out to deal with a two-vehicle road collision on the outskirts of the town. The alarm was raised at just after 5pm on Sunday (June 29, 2014) to the incident at Hill View in Mudford and firefighters found that all persons were free and clear of the vehicles. But a spokesman for the Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service said:…

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YEOVIL NEWS: Castaways wow the O2 audience!

YEOVIL NEWS: Castaways wow the O2 audience!

Posted: 30th June 2014
THE Yeovil-based Castaway Theatre Group did the town HUGELY proud yesterday (Sunday, June 29, 2014) when they performed in a show at the O2 Arena in London. The Castaways – under the leadership of Lyn Lee Brown and her trusted team of lieutenants including Tammie Lloyd, Andrea MacLauchlan, Kirsty Beaumont plus others – joined a number of theatrical and musical groups…

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GLASTONBURY 2014: When Harlequin’s Andy met Dermot O’Leary!

GLASTONBURY 2014: When Harlequin’s Andy met Dermot O’Leary!

Posted: 29th June 2014
  NOT content with having his photo taken with BBC presenter Alex Jones earlier in the week, Harlequin Carnival Club member Andy Bennett has gone even bigger in the celeb-stakes at Glastonbury Festival. Andy has now grabbed a “selfie” with the one and only TV and radio presenter Dermot O’Leary – he of X Factor hosting fame. The photo comes courtesy of the social…

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