SOMERSET NEWS: Thieves steal bike-mad Leo’s pride and joy
Posted: 22nd May 2014
A SCHOOLBOY has been left gutted after thieves stole his off-road bike from his Somerset home. The father of 12-year-old Taunton boy Leo Partridge is now appealing for information to get the bike back. Leo’s 140cc 4 Stroke Pit Bike, given to him as a Christmas present, was stolen from a garage at their home in Grange Walk sometime between Sunday, May 11, and Wednesday…
SOUTH SOMERSET NEWS: Elderly people suffer head injuries
Posted: 22nd May 2014
TWO elderly people were taken to hospital this afternoon (Thursday, May 22, 2014) with head injuries following a crash on the A303. They were in a car which was in collision with a lorry on the busy A303 close to the turn-off for Yeovilton. Firefighters from Yeovil and Somerton were mobilised at around 3.15pm, while a crew from Clyst St George were initially in…
SOMERSET NEWS: Police appeal to find missing Phoebe Lock
Posted: 22nd May 2014
POLICE are appealing for help in finding a 13-year-old girl who has gone missing from her Somerset home. Phoebe Lock was last seen at her home in Leigh-on-Mendip, near Frome, at around 9pm last night (Wednesday, May 21, 2014) and was reported missing earlier today. Police have said that Phoebe (pictured above) has links with Bridgwater and has family in the Bath area. A…
SOMERSET NEWS: Ring stolen from Cash Converters
Posted: 22nd May 2014
POLICE have issued a new photo of a man and a woman they would like to speak with about the theft of a ring from a Somerset shop. The £500 ring was stolen from Cash Converters in Eastover, Bridgwater, on Friday, May 9. If anyone recognises the people in the photo – please call PC Edward Woolmington on 101 and quote reference 46207/14. PHOTO - TOP: The man and woman…
YEOVIL NEWS: Microwave oven starts fire
Posted: 22nd May 2014
FIREFIGHTERS were called out this morning (Thursday, May 22, 2014) to deal with an incident at commercial premises on the Lufton Trading Estate in Yeovil. The alarm was raised at just before 10.30am and three fire engines were mobilised to the premises in Lufton Way. Firefighters found a first-floor corridor smoke-logged and further investigations revealed there had been…
SOMERSET NEWS: Two people taken to hospital after crash
Posted: 22nd May 2014
TWO people were taken to hospital this morning (Thursday, May 22, 2014) following a crash in Somerset. The alarm was raised at just before 6.30am to the incident on the A37 Emborough near Wells. The Fire Service received a call from ambulance personnel and two fire engines from Shepton Mallet and a rescue tender from Glastonbury were mobilised. Officers found one male…
YEOVIL NEWS: Car fire after crash
Posted: 22nd May 2014
FIREFIGHTERS were called out last night (Wednesday, May 21, 2014) to deal with a car fire in Yeovil. The alarm was raised at just before 11pm to the incident in Lyde Road which had happened following a two-vehicle collision. One fire engine from Yeovil was mobilised. The crash had led to a fire in the engine bay of one of the two vehicles involved. A spokesman for Devon…
EURO ELECTIONS: Voting for a party - not a candidate
Posted: 21st May 2014
PEOPLE will be going to the polls tomorrow (Thursday, May 22, 2014) to cast their vote in the European Elections. Polling stations will be open from 7am to 10pm and people registered to vote should have had their polling card delivered through the post. Forty-eight candidates, representing eight different party groups, will contest the South West’s Euro Parliament seats…
SOMERSET NEWS: Two-vehicle crash at Minehead
Posted: 21st May 2014
FIREFIGHTERS were called out this evening (Wednesday, May 21, 2014) to deal with a two-vehicle road collision at Minehead. The alarm was raised at just after 7.30pm to the incident at Mallard Road in the Alcombe area of the town and one fire engine from Minehead was mobilised. Officers found all persons involved in the incident were free and clear of the vehicle. But a…
SOMERSET NEWS: Man tricks his way into home of pensioner
Posted: 21st May 2014
A HANDBAG was stolen after a man tricked his way into a Somerset home and now police are appealing for help in catching the offender. The burglary happened between 6pm and 9pm on Monday evening (May 19, 2014) in Wellington. Someone called at the home of a woman, who is in her 70s, and asked for a cup of water and then to use the toilet. While he was in the house he stole…
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