SOMERSET NEWS: Have you seen missing William Evans?
Posted: 15th April 2014
POLICE are searching for an elderly man who has gone missing from his Somerset home. William Evans, 92, of Taunton, was last seen on Friday (April 11, 2014) when he went into Taunton town centre. He did not attend his regular church service on Sunday. A police spokesman said: “We are becoming increasingly concerned for his welfare because of his age and for health…
SOUTH SOMERSET NEWS: Polling cards posted out for Euro Elections
Posted: 15th April 2014
POLLING cards will be posted today (Tuesday, April 15, 2014) to residents of South Somerset in preparation for the European Parliamentary Elections being held next month. Residents are advised to keep a look out for their poll cards which will allow them to vote at the election on May 22, 2014. The poll cards will give details on polling stations and also the deadlines…
SOMERSET NEWS: Police launch investigation into sexual assault
Posted: 15th April 2014
POLICE have launched an investigation following an allegation of sexual assault in a Somerset town. The incident happened between 2.45am and 3.30am on Friday, April 4, 2014, in the Hilly Head area of Wellington. A police spokesman said: “A woman was walking on the pavement alongside the A38 when she was approached by a man who sexually assaulted her. “The incident was…
HILLSBOROUGH 25 YEARS ON: Glovers win, but April 15, 1989, was not like any other day for football
Posted: 15th April 2014
BACK in the latter stages of the 1988-89 season it was commonplace to see the names of Mickey Spencer and Guy Whittingham on the score sheet together for Yeovil Town FC. On April 15, 1989, Spencer and Whittingham were once again the heroes for the Glovers as they scored in a 2-1 success over Barnet at the old sloping pitch of Huish in the Conference. But April 15, 1989…
YEOVIL NEWS: Flood charity concert line-up changes
Posted: 15th April 2014
THE line-up of acts for a charity concert to be held in Yeovil next month in aid of Somerset’s flood victims has changed. Back in early March it was announced that Toploader, who had international success in 2000 with the single Dancing in the Moonlight, would be joined at the concert by Marc Almond, of 1980s Soft Cell fame, and Amelia Lily, who appeared on the 2011…
SOMERSET NEWS: Survey deadline looms on domestic abuse services
Posted: 14th April 2014
THERE is still time for people to have their say on domestic abuse services in Somerset by completing a survey which is available until April 25, 2014. Somerset County Council is seeking views to help draw up the Interpersonal Violence Strategy for the next three years. This strategy indicates how agencies in Somerset will tackle domestic abuse, sexual violence and other…
SOMERSET NEWS: Casualty trapped by mobility scooter
Posted: 14th April 2014
FIREFIGHTERS were called out this afternoon (Monday, April 14, 2014) to help rescue a casualty who had crashed into a wall in a mobility scooter in Somerset. Firefighters from Minehead and Williton were sent out at just after 3pm after getting reports of a mobility scooter crashing into a wall on the A396 at Dunster. The officers found that the incident had happened in…
SOMERSET NEWS: Watch new promo video about county's heritage
Posted: 14th April 2014
A NEW web video promoting Somerset’s rich history and heritage has been produced featuring the county council’s principal archaeologist Bob Croft. The video is part of a new series of one to three-minute films designed to provide an inspirational taste of what is on offer in rural Somerset and Exmoor National Park. Bob introduces and narrates a film focusing on heritage…
SOUTH SOMERSET NEWS: Two people arrested after village fight
Posted: 14th April 2014
POLICE are appealing for information about an assault in the centre of a village near Yeovil involving two groups of adult men and women. It happened at around 6pm on Thursday, April 10, 2014, in North Street, Martock, outside the shopping precinct. Officers say there were a number of members of the public in the area who would have seen the fight, and are asking them…
YEOVIL NEWS: Driver in critical condition
Posted: 14th April 2014
POLICE collision investigators are appealing for witnesses following a serious road traffic collision on the outskirts of Yeovil. The incident happened at Closworth on the A37 Dorchester Road on Friday (April 11, 2014) at about 2.15pm. A silver coloured Ford Focus was in collision with a blue HGV travelling in the opposite direction. The driver of the Ford received…
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