SOMERSET NEWS: Road closed due to mysterious white substance
Posted: 26th June 2014
FIREFIGHTERS were called out to deal with a mysterious white substance found on a main road running through Somerset. The Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service received a call at just after 2pm to the incident on the A39 at Nether Stowey, near Bridgwater. One fire engine from Nether Stowey was called out along with the environmental protection unit from South…
SOMERSET NEWS: Vehicle on its roof
Posted: 26th June 2014
A VEHICLE landed on its roof this evening (Thursday, June 26, 2014) following an accident near Cheddar. The incident happened at 7.40pm on the A371 at Draycott and one fire engine from Cheddar was mobilised. Officers found that nobody was trapped inside the vehicle and they made the area safe. A spokesman for the Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service told the Yeovil…
SOUTH SOMERSET NEWS: Woman taken to hospital after crash
Posted: 26th June 2014
A WOMAN has been taken to hospital this evening (Thursday, June 26, 2014) following an accident in Crewkerne. Firefighters from Crewkerne, Ilminster and Yeovil were mobilised following the incident in South Street at just before 7.45pm. Officers found one female trapped and they worked to release her from the vehicle. Paramedics and police also attended the scene and…
SOUTH SOMERSET NEWS: Car fire at Ilchester
Posted: 26th June 2014
FIREFIGHTERS were called out this afternoon (Thursday, June 26, 2014) to deal with a car fire. The alarm was raised at just before 2.45pm to the incident in Central Avenue, Ilchester. A spokesman for Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service said: “The engine compartment of the car was damaged by fire.”
GLASTONBURY 2014: Crime so far down on last year
Posted: 26th June 2014
POLICE have said that crime at Glastonbury Festival – compared to this time last year – is 50 per cent down. There have been 12 arrests so far for drugs-related offences and thefts. There have been fewer reports of mobile phones being stolen, but police have said there has been an increase in cash thefts. Around 200,000 people will be at the Glastonbury Festival site at…
GLASTONBURY 2014: Man seriously ill after taking Ketamine drug
Posted: 26th June 2014
A MAN has been taken to Bristol Royal Infirmary with a “life threatening condition” after taking the drug Ketamine. Police have said that it is understood the festival-goer suffered an adverse reaction to the banned Class B drug early this morning (Thursday, June 26, 2014). A police spokesman, speaking on social networking Twitter, said: “A man is seriously ill in…
GLASTONBURY 2014: Woman dies of natural causes
Posted: 26th June 2014
POLICE have confirmed that a 67-year-old woman died at the Glastonbury Festival site on Wednesday (June 25, 2014) night. It is understood that she died from natural causes and her death is not being treated as suspicious by police. Around 200,000 people will be at the festival at its peak. PHOTO - TOP: This aerial picture of the "tented city" of Glastonbury was taken…
YEOVIL NEWS: Flying through the air for Flying Colours!
Posted: 26th June 2014
DARING sky divers have raised more than £4,000 for the Flying Colours Appeal at Yeovil Women’s Hospital. Amanda Schofield, Annette Poulton, Daniel Middlemass, Kym Greenslade, Liam Pitchers, Lottie Napier, Maggie Foot, Paige Pope, Steven Fudge and Mark Saxton fell through the air last weekend at Dunkeswell Airfield. Sarah Cherry, of the Flying Colours Appeal, told the…
SOUTH SOMERSET NEWS: New Digs for Dogs appeal reaches first milestone amount
Posted: 26th June 2014
THE New Digs for Dogs appeal at a South Someret animal sanctuary has just topped a whopping £50,000. The Ferne Animal Sanctuary recently launched its £1m project to build a new enhanced kennel block, improved grooming and veterinary care room, information hub, social unit, offices, reception and purpose-built rehoming centre at its site in Wambrook, near Chard. While…
YEOVIL NEWS: Summer fete at Sherborne House care home
Posted: 26th June 2014
THE Mayor and Mayoress of Yeovil, Cllrs Mike and Pauline Lock, were the special guests on Saturday (June 21, 2014) at a summer fete held at the Sherborne House care home. There were a number of stalls for residents and visitors to enjoy in the garden of Sherborne House in Sherborne Road, Yeovil, which was bathed in glorious sunshine. Resident Ronald Stickland, who will…
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