SOMERSET NEWS: Fireworks display not to blame for M5 disaster

SOMERSET NEWS: Fireworks not to blame for M5 disaster

Posted: 17th April 2014
A CORONER has ruled that smoke from a fireworks display was not to blame for the deaths of seven people in the M5 horror crash in Somerset in 2011. The seven people died in a 34-vehicle pile-up on the M5 at Taunton back on November 4, 2011 - one of the worst motorway accidents in UK history. An eight-day inquest has been held at the Shire Hall in Taunton and concluded…

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SOUTH SOMERSET NEWS: Multi-million pound project moves closer

SOUTH SOMERSET NEWS: Multi-million pound project moves closer

Posted: 17th April 2014
PLANS for a massive £20million regeneration of a town centre in South Somerset have taken another big step towards becoming a reality. A development agreement for the transformation of the former ACI/Boden Mill site in Chard has now been signed by South Somerset District Council and developers Henry Boot PLC. This is a negotiated legal agreement that paves the way for…

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SOUTH SOMERSET NEWS: Dubs at the Mill is coming for VW fans!

SOUTH SOMERSET NEWS: Dubs at the Mill is coming for VW fans!

Posted: 17th April 2014
DOZENS of Volkswagen fans will be descending on Haselbury Mill later this month for the third-ever Dubs at the Mill. The Scrumpy Dubbers VW Club will be hosting the friendly gathering of VW lovers from the local area and further afield. The Dubs at the Mill event will be held on April 25-27, 2014, and there will be trade stands, live music, and children’s entertainment…

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YEOVIL NEWS: Yeovilton Military Wives Choir to perform at Home Farm Fest

YEOVIL NEWS: Yeovilton Military Wives Choir to perform at Home Farm Fest

Posted: 17th April 2014
THE Yeovilton Military Wives Choir will be performing at this year’s Home Farm Fest in June at Chilthorne Domer in aid of the Piers Simon Appeal. Home Farm Fest takes place from Friday, June 6, 2014, to Sunday, June 8, 2014, and is a family-friendly outdoor music festival – now in its ninth year. PHOTO - TOP: Members of the Yeovilton Military Wives Choir are pictured…

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SOUTH SOMERSET NEWS: Classic cars drive up funds for MNDA

SOUTH SOMERSET NEWS: Classic cars drive up funds for MNDA

Posted: 17th April 2014
FUNDS for the Motor Neurone Disease Association were boosted last weekend with the Somerset Classic Car Show at Haselbury Mill. Dozens of classic cars were at Haselbury Mill – which is situated between Yeovil and Crewkerne – where visitors and enthusiasts were able to enjoy the fine array of four-wheeled vehicles. PHOTO – TOP: Haselbury Mill’s Roger Bastable (standing…

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YEOVIL NEWS: Calling all fans of the Mini!

YEOVIL NEWS: Calling all fans of the Mini!

Posted: 17th April 2014
THE Yeovil Mini Mania group is on the lookout for new members who have a love of the classic Mini. The Mini car enthusiasts meet on the first and third Mondays of the month at the Coopers Mill pub in Yeovil from 7.30pm onwards. They attend various events with their assortment of immaculate Minis. The Yeovil Press caught up with Yeovil Mini Mania crew at last weekend’s…

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YEOVIL NEWS: Under-17s moving up the gears

YEOVIL NEWS: Under-17s moving up the gears

Posted: 17th April 2014
THE Somerset Driving Academy will be holding another of its sessions at Yeovil Town FC on Saturday, April 19, 2014, from 10am to 4.30pm to allow young people aged from 11-17 to get behind the wheel of a car. Although learner drivers are not legally allowed to get out on the open road until they are aged 17, these learning days give youngsters an early introduction to…

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YEOVIL NEWS: Truck-tastic! Show nears its capacity

YEOVIL NEWS: Truck-tastic! Show nears its capacity

Posted: 16th April 2014
ORGANISERS of the Wessex Truck Show have announced that they have nearly reached the capacity number of vehicles for the event – although it is still four months away. Health and safety regulations mean that the show – to be held on August 9-10, 2014, at Yeovil Showground – can take a maximum of 400 trucks. And Dave Cross, of the Wessex Truck Show, said: “We’ve only got…

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SOUTH SOMERSET NEWS: Seat Toledo flood car is scrapped

SOUTH SOMERSET NEWS: Seat Toledo flood car is scrapped

Posted: 16th April 2014
HOPES that the sunken Seat Toledo car – which became an iconic image of the Somerset floods earlier this year – might raise a few quid for charity have been squashed. The Seat Toledo, which was left abandoned on the road to Muchelney by AgustaWestland worker Hubert Zajaczkowski on Christmas Eve after it got stuck in flood water, had been placed on auction website eBay…

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SOMERSET NEWS: Car transporter on fire

SOMERSET NEWS: Car transporter on fire

Posted: 16th April 2014
FIREFIGHTERS were called out this afternoon (Wednesday, April 16, 2014) after receiving reports that a car transporter – which was carrying a number of vehicles – was on fire on the Devon and Somerset border. The alarm was raised just before 2pm to the incident on the A303 at Marsh. Two fire engines from Chard, one from Honiton and a water bowser from Danes Castle were…

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