SOUTH SOMERSET NEWS: Darts players come up trumps for Somer

SOUTH SOMERSET NEWS: Darts players come up trumps for Somer

Posted: 26th May 2014
DARTS players in South Petherton have helped to raise £1,700 for a little girl who has suffered brain damage. The players decided to stage a 24-hour darts marathon at the Pavilion at South Petherton Recreation Ground to help recoup charity money stolen during a break-in at the Emphasis Hair Design salon in the village. The salon in Market Square was broken into last…

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SOUTH SOMERSET NEWS: New champion of the Yard of Ale at Brewers Arms

SOUTH SOMERSET NEWS: New champion of the Yard of Ale at Brewers Arms

Posted: 26th May 2014
THERE was a new champion of the Yard of Ale competition yesterday (Sunday, May 25, 2014) at the award-winning Brewers Arms in South Petherton. Carl Marcantonio, of Yeovil, who was celebrating his birthday, drank the “yard” – two-and-a-half pints – in a time of six minutes and 47 seconds. It did not break any records, but Carl took things steady to complete the challenge…

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SOUTH SOMERSET NEWS: Cricket match is a winner for charity

Cricket match is a winner for charity

Posted: 26th May 2014
AN amazing day of fundraising and cricket held yesterday (Sunday, May 25, 2014) in Ilminster helped to raise £1,221 for the Beacon Centre in Taunton and Breast Cancer Research. Players past and present from Ilminster CC – with teams captained by Craig Rice and Adrian Sims - took part in a charity match at the Recreation Ground in Canal Way. The bar at The Shed was open…

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SOMERSET NEWS: Man in court over child abduction charge

SOMERSET NEWS: Man in court over child abduction charge

Posted: 26th May 2014
A MAN is to appear in court today (Monday, May 26, 2014) charged with abduction of a child. Davinder Singh, 28, of Churchdown, Gloucestershire, will appear at Taunton Deane Magistrates Court today. He has been charged with abduction, sexual activity with a child under the age of 18 and sexual grooming. Singh was arrested in Great Western Way, Swindon, on Saturday (May…

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YEOVIL NEWS: Pals go and visit rope swing accident victim Jordan

YEOVIL NEWS: Pals go and visit injury victim Jordan

Posted: 25th May 2014
YEOVIL student Jordan Williamson got a special visit in hospital yesterday (Saturday, May 24, 2014) when some of his pals went to check on his progress. Jordan, 13, of Buckler’s Mead Academy, is currently in the Bristol Children’s Hospital after suffering serious leg and foot injuries after falling awkwardly while playing on a rope swing in the area of the Yeovil Country…

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SOMERSET NEWS: County has plenty of panto prowess – o yes it does!

SOMERSET NEWS: County has plenty of panto prowess – o yes it does!

Posted: 25th May 2014
THE annual Cinderella Awards earlier this month once again showed that Somerset has a wonderful array of pantomime magic to be proud of. A total of 27 pantomime groups from around Somerset competed in the awards with the presentation ceremony held at the Winter Gardens in Weston-super-Mare. The awards are organised each year by the Somerset Fellowship of Drama and are…

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YEOVIL NEWS: Four taken to hospital after Cartgate crash

YEOVIL NEWS: Four taken to hospital after Cartgate crash

Posted: 25th May 2014
FOUR people were taken to hospital last night (Saturday, May 24, 2014) following a two-vehicle crash on the outskirts of Yeovil. The A3088 Cartgate link road between Yeovil and the A303 was closed after the collision took place just after 6pm. Three fire engines and a rescue tender from Yeovil attended the scene, along with police officers and ambulance personnel. A…

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SOMERSET NEWS: Missing teenager Phoebe Lock found safe - man arrested on suspicion of abduction

SOMERSET NEWS: Missing teenager Phoebe Lock found safe - man arrested on suspicion of abduction

Posted: 25th May 2014
MISSING Somerset teenager Phoebe Lock has been found safe and well tonight (Saturday, May 24, 2014) in Swindon. Phoebe, 13, had been missing since Wednesday (May 21, 2014) when she was last seen in the Leigh-on-Mendip area near Frome. But police have announced in the past hour (timed at midnight Saturday/Sunday) that she has been found safe. A police spokesman said: “We…

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SOMERSET NEWS: Woman given medical help after fire

SOMERSET NEWS: Woman given medical help after fire

Posted: 24th May 2014
A WOMAN needed medical help this morning (Saturday, May 24, 2014) after suffering from smoke inhalation at a fire in a Somerset home. Three fire engines from Burnham-on-Sea and Bridgwater, along with a water carrier, were mobilised at just before 11am to the incident at a property in Church Road, West Huntspill, near Burnham. The blaze was within the utility room of the…

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SOMERSET NEWS: Police appeal for missing Phoebe to contact her family

SOMERSET NEWS: Police appeal for missing Phoebe to contact her family

Posted: 24th May 2014
MISSING Somerset 13-year-old Phoebe Lock has been asked to contact her family to let them know she is okay. Police are continuing their search for Phoebe who has now been missing since Wednesday (May 21, 2014) night when she was last seen in the Leigh-on-Mendip area near Frome at around 9pm. Police have today (Saturday, May 24, 2014) appealed for the teenager to contact…

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