SOUTH SOMERSET NEWS: Mechanic comes to rescue at bus fire

SOUTH SOMERSET NEWS: Mechanic comes to rescue at bus fire

Posted: 29th April 2014
FIREFIGHTERS were called out this afternoon (Tuesday, April 29, 2014) to reports of a bus on fire. The alarm was raised at 12.15pm to the incident at Buckland St Mary near Chard. Fire crews from Chard and Ilminster confirmed that there had been a small fire involving the engine compartment of a bus. But a spokesman for Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service said:…

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SOMERSET NEWS: Doctor abseils in to help woman trapped on Wells Cathedral

SOMERSET NEWS: Doctor abseils in to help woman trapped on Wells Cathedral

Posted: 29th April 2014
A SPECIALIST doctor has abseiled in to help a woman who became trapped between two turrets at Wells Cathedral after falling 30ft during a tour. The woman, understood to be in her 60s, has been left 150ft from the ground following the fall during a High Parts Tour of the cathedral. Fire engines from Wells, Shepton Mallet, Bridgwater and Street were all mobilised to the…

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YEOVIL NEWS: Fantastic funding boost for Preston School

YEOVIL NEWS: Fantastic funding boost for Preston School

Posted: 29th April 2014
THE principal of Preston School in Yeovil is celebrating with news that it has been successful in gaining a £182,000 grant to improve facilities. Following on from last year’s successful bids of £200,000, Preston – a business and enterprise academy – has announced today (Tuesday, April 29, 2014) that it has been given the thumbs-up with another bid to the Academies…

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YEOVIL NEWS: Girl power for Westland Sports Cricket Club!

YEOVIL NEWS: Girl power for Westland Sports Cricket Club!

Posted: 29th April 2014
HISTORY will be made this weekend at Westland Sports Cricket Club in Yeovil when Charlea Boucher becomes the first female to play senior cricket for the club. Charlea, 15, a student at Preston Community School in Yeovil, is a blossoming cricket talent and already represents Somerset girls at Under-15 and Under-17 level. But now she is getting ready for this Saturday when…

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YEOVIL NEWS: Walk don’t run – Walking Football!

YEOVIL NEWS: Walk don’t run – Walking Football!

Posted: 29th April 2014
  A NEW form of exercise – Walking Football – is being held in Yeovil to help those returning from injury. Walking Football takes place on Tuesday evenings from 6pm to 7pm at Bucklers Mead Sports Hall where the first session will be free. A spokesman for the council’s healthy lifestyles team said: “Walking football is great fun and has exactly the same rules as football…

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SOMERSET NEWS: Casualties after lorry and coach collision

SOMERSET NEWS: Coach and lorry in collision

Posted: 29th April 2014
A DRIVER was taken to hospital this morning (Tuesday, April 29, 2014) by air ambulance after the lorry he was driving was in collision with a coach carrying 27 passengers. Firefighters were called out at just after 10.30am to the incident on the A361 at Rodden, near Frome. Fire engines from Frome and Trowbridge attended the scene and found that the lorry driver was…

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YEOVIL NEWS: Plans to improve traffic flow moves closer

YEOVIL NEWS: Plans to improve traffic flow moves closer

Posted: 29th April 2014
A WHOPPING £12.2million scheme to improve traffic flow and provide better footpaths and cycling routes in Yeovil has passed another key milestone. Somerset County Council submitted an outline transport business case to the Local Transport Board to secure funding for highway improvements in the town. The Western Corridor scheme is designed to increase the capacity of key…

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YEOVIL NEWS: Vintage style of London coming to town

YEOVIL NEWS: Vintage style of London coming to town

Posted: 29th April 2014
LOCAL businesswoman and styling icon Leila Gregory has joined forces with Baroness Cathy Bakewell to bring the style and sophistication of a London Vintage Market to Yeovil. Baroness Bakewell, who is a member of the Yeovil Market Improvement group, was inspired by the vibrant and eclectic markets in Kensington and Covent Garden and therefore wanted to create a…

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YEOVIL NEWS: All set for B&M store opening

YEOVIL NEWS: All set for B&M store opening

Posted: 29th April 2014
MEMBERS of the Yeovil Diabetes Group will be cutting the ribbon on Saturday (May 3, 2014) to officially open the new B&M store in town. The national retailer will be occupying the former PC World and Allied Carpets units on Lysander Road with the official opening all set for 9am. The company is looking forward to opening in the town and becoming a part of the local…

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YEOVIL NEWS: Orchard Gymnastics features in new National Lottery video

YEOVIL NEWS: Orchard Gymnastics features in new National Lottery video

Posted: 29th April 2014
THE award-winning Yeovil-based Orchard Gymnastics group features in a new short animation film narrated by actor Ricky Tomlinson. The film also features Olympians Chris Hoy and Beth Tweddle and looks at what National Lottery funding can achieve and, more importantly, what life would be like without that funding support. A Lottery spokesman said: “Whoever you are…

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