GLASTONBURY 2014: Police make 30 arrests – so far

GLASTONBURY 2014: Police make 30 arrests – so far

Posted: 27th June 2014
POLICE have reported that they have arrested 30 people so far at this year’s Glastonbury Festival. Officers have had 85 crimes reported in the first 48 hours of the festival at Worthy Farm – a 30 per cent reduction on the same period in 2013. “About half of the crimes reported are due to property thefts,” a police spokesman told the Yeovil Press mid-morning on Friday…

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GLASTONBURY 2014: Stolen phone is tracked, traced and returned!

GLASTONBURY 2014: Stolen phone is tracked, traced and returned!

Posted: 27th June 2014
POLICE successfully used tracking software to locate a phone which had been stolen at the Glastonbury Festival. The phone was reported stolen at around 5am this morning (Friday, June 27, 2014) and technology was used by officers to track its progress across the Worthy Farm site. It was eventually located in a woman’s bag in one of the camping areas. She was arrested on…

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RACE FOR LIFE 2014: Earls Girls thank everyone for donations

RACE FOR LIFE 2014: Earls Girls thank everyone for donations

Posted: 27th June 2014
A TEAM of ladies from a Yeovil-based sandwich bar have thanked everyone who supported them in last weekend’s Race for Life event. The ladies from Earls Sandwich Bar – with the great team name of Earls Girls – raised £460 during the 5k event held at Sherborne Castle last Sunday (June 22, 2014) where they joined 2,000 other women supporting Cancer Research UK. A spokesman…

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GLASTONBURY 2014: Harlequin CC members mixing with the stars

GLASTONBURY 2014: Harlequin CC members mixing with the stars

Posted: 27th June 2014
MEMBERS of the Ilminster-based Harlequin Carnival Club are at Worthy Farm this weekend with marshalling duties. And already their members have been mixing with well-known TV celebrities. Here we see Harlequin’s Andy Bennett snuggling up for a photo with presenter Alex Jones who is reporting at Glastonbury for BBC Radio Two. The photo comes courtesy of social networking…

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SOUTH SOMERSET NEWS: Distinctive 4x4 stolen

SOUTH SOMERSET NEWS: Distinctive 4x4 stolen

Posted: 27th June 2014
POLICE are appealing for information after a silver Mitsubishi L200 4x4 was stolen from the Crewkerne area. The vehicle had a picture of a deer on the side and the logo West Country Game Services. Local police have announced the theft on their social networking Twitter account this morning (Friday, June 27, 2014). Anyone with information can contact police on 101.

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GLASTONBURY 2014: Bogus police officer claims

GLASTONBURY 2014: Bogus police officer claims

Posted: 27th June 2014
FESTIVAL-GOERS are being advised that there are reports of a man wandering around the Worthy Farm site purporting to be a plain-clothed police officer. The police’s official Glastonbury Twitter account said: “There are reports of a male claiming to be a plain clothed police officer approaching people. If you are in any doubt ask for ID.” Meanwhile, police are reminding…

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YEOVIL NEWS: Final farewells to former Mayor

YEOVIL NEWS: Final farewells to former Mayor

Posted: 27th June 2014
HUNDREDS of people from all walks of life are expected to come together later today (Friday, June 27, 2014) to say their final farewells to former Yeovil Mayor, Clive Davis. Mr Davis, who served as Yeovil Mayor from 2012-13, died on Friday, May 30, 2014, and since then dozens of tributes have been paid in memory of a man who was much-loved, greatly admired and is already…

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SOMERSET NEWS: Elderly woman duped out of debit card

SOMERSET NEWS: Elderly woman duped out of debit card

Posted: 26th June 2014
A CCTV image has been released of a man the police would like to question after an elderly woman in Somerset became the victim of a fraudster. On Friday, May 16, 2014, between 11am and 2pm a man fraudulently obtained a debit card from an elderly lady in Wellington. The suspect has been described as white and between 5ft 5ins and 5ft 6ins tall. A police spokesman told…

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SOMERSET NEWS: Fraud at holiday park store

SOMERSET NEWS: Fraud at holiday park store

Posted: 26th June 2014
POLICE are appealing for information after a man defrauded £200 from the till of a store at a Somerset holiday park. The incident happened on Saturday, June 14, at the Nisa store at the Pontins Brean Sands Holiday Park near Burnham-on-Sea. A police spokesman told the Yeovil Press: “The man defrauded £200 from the till after he confused a staff member. “The CCTV image…

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SOMERSET NEWS: Police release photos of Boots shoplifting suspects

SOMERSET NEWS: Police release photos of Boots shoplifting suspects

Posted: 26th June 2014
POLICE are asking for help to identify men about two cases of shoplifting from a Boots chemists outlet in Somerset. On June 10, 2014, two men filled carrier bags with cosmetics and baby food worth £480 at the store in Street. Nine days later on June 19, 2014, they returned again and this time left with cosmetics worth £1,050. Anyone who recognises the men in these photos…

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