SOMERSET NEWS: Two people cut out from M5 wreckage

SOMERSET NEWS: Two people cut out from M5 wreckage

Posted: 28th June 2014
TWO people had to be released from a vehicle following a crash on the M5 motorway in Somerset. The Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service was mobilised at just after midday yesterday (Friday, June 27, 2014) after getting reports from police about a three-vehicle smash between Junctions 24-23 of the motorway. Firefighters from Bridgwater and Taunton attended and they…

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SOUTH SOMERSET NEWS: Naval Air Station Merryfield opens its doors to the community

SOUTH SOMERSET NEWS: Naval Air Station Merryfield opens its doors to the community

Posted: 27th June 2014
  THE Naval Air Station at Merryfield near Ilminster opened its gates this week to the local community. More than 1,500 people took up the offer to visit and find out what happens at NAS Merryfield and why on Wednesday (June 25, 2014). NAS Merryfield is the satellite airfield for the main Fleet Air Arm base, RNAS Yeovilton, 13 miles away near Ilchester. Much of…

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SOUTH SOMERSET NEWS: Kitchen badly damaged in fire

SOUTH SOMERSET NEWS: Kitchen badly damaged in fire

Posted: 27th June 2014
A KITCHEN of a home was severely damaged by fire this morning (Friday, June 27, 2014) in South Somerset. Two fire engines from Chard and neighbouring Axminster to the incident at a home in Alun Rees Way, Chard, at just before 10am. The fire was already out by the time the officers arrived, but the kitchen suffered extensive damage by heat and smoke. The remainder of the…

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SOUTH SOMERSET NEWS: Vehicle rolls onto its roof

SOUTH SOMERSET NEWS: Vehicle rolls onto its roof

Posted: 27th June 2014
FIREFIGHTERS were called out this morning (Friday, June 27, 2014) to an accident in South Somerset where a vehicle had rolled onto its roof. The alarm was raised at just before midday to the incident at Whitelackington near Ilminster and one fire engine from the town responded. Officers found one vehicle on its roof – but thankfully nobody was trapped inside…

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GLASTONBURY 2014: Harlequin CC members send us their Glasto selfies!

GLASTONBURY 2014: Harlequin CC members send us their Glasto Selfies!

Posted: 27th June 2014
MEMBERS of the Ilminster-based Harlequin Carnival Club have not been slow in coming forward in sending us their photos at this year’s Glastonbury Festival. The club is helping out at the festival with marshalling duties – but that does not mean the Harlequin members cannot have some fun. The Yeovil Press asked Harlequin CC members earlier today (Friday, June 27, 2014) to…

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SCHOOL PROMS 2014: Westfield Academy students put on their finest

SCHOOL PROMS 2014: Westfield Academy put on their finest

Posted: 27th June 2014
STUDENTS from Westfield Academy in Yeovil dressed to impress last night (Thursday, June 26, 2014) for the annual Year 11 Prom. The school leavers looked fantastic as the girls put on their glittering gowns and the lads wore their smart suits to party the night away at Haselbury Mill. PHOTOS – TOP AND ABOVE: Students put on their finest for the Westfield Academy Year 11…

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GLASTONBURY 2014: Man dies in hospital after alleged Ketamine reaction

GLASTONBURY 2014: Man dies in hospital after alleged Ketamine reaction

Posted: 27th June 2014
POLICE at Glastonbury Festival have confirmed this afternoon (Friday, June 27, 2014) that a man who had been taken to hospital after allegedly taking the banned drug Ketamine has died. The 26-year-old man from Berkshire was taken to hospital from the Worthy Farm site yesterday morning after falling ill. The police said early this morning he remained in a "life…

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YEOVIL NEWS: Council applies to have travellers evicted

YEOVIL NEWS: Council applies to have travellers evicted

Posted: 27th June 2014
COURT proceedings are being taken against a group of travellers illegally camped on council-owned land in Yeovil. South Somerset District Council has confirmed today (Friday, June 27, 2014) that it has applied to the courts to evict the travellers from a site in Goldcroft. A council spokesman told the Yeovil Press: “They (the travellers) have received their notices and…

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YEOVIL NEWS: Dodgy money alert!

YEOVIL NEWS: Dodgy money alert!

Posted: 27th June 2014
POLICE are warning shoppers and traders in Yeovil to be on their guard against dodgy £10 notes circulating in the town. There have been a number of incidents of the counterfeit money popping up in Crewkerne, but police have now reported that the “funny money” is in Yeovil. “Those fake £10 notes are still out there,” said a police spokesman on Twitter. “Two women tried to…

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GLASTONBURY 2014: Man remains in life threatening condition in hospital

GLASTONBURY 2014: Man remains in life threatening condition in hospital

Posted: 27th June 2014
A MAN taken to hospital yesterday (Thursday, June 26, 2014) after taking the drug Ketamine remains in a “life threatening” condition, police have revealed. Police have this morning (Friday, June 27, 2014) said that the 26-year-old man is from Berkshire. “His family have been informed and are by his bedside,” said a police spokesman. The Yeovil Press reported yesterday…

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