YEOVIL NEWS: Trailer with canoes cause traffic problems
Posted: 13th April 2014
A TRAILER carrying canoes through the centre of Yeovil earlier this afternoon (Sunday, April 13, 2014) caused problems for motorists. It looked as if the trailer suffered a puncture on the busy Queensway dual-carriageway and required a wheel change. It saw a section of the first lane of Queensway – heading towards the “hospital roundabout” – closed to traffic by police…
YEOVIL NEWS: Chimney fire at Broadleaze Farm
Posted: 13th April 2014
FIREFIGHTERS from Yeovil were called out this afternoon (Sunday, April 13, 2014) to deal with a chimney fire on the outskirts of town. One fire engine was mobilised at just after 2pm to the incident at Broadleaze Farm at Tintinhull. Firefighters discovered the fire involved a wood burning stove.
YEOVIL NEWS: Eight people led to safety from residential home
Posted: 13th April 2014
TWO fire engines from Yeovil were called out to deal with a blaze at a residential home in the town. The alarm was raised at just after midday to the old folks home property in Preston Road and firefighters found a fire within an oven. A spokesman for Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service said: “Crews arrived on scene and led seven residents to safety and one member…
SOMERSET NEWS: Cow falls into swimming pool
Posted: 13th April 2014
FIREFIGHTERS were called out last night (Saturday, April 12, 2014) after receiving reports that a cow had fallen into a swimming pool in Somerset. One fire engine from Shepton Mallet was mobilised along with a specialist rescue team from Bridgwater to the scene at Gurney Slade, near Wells. A spokesman for the Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service said: “Crews…
YEOVIL NEWS: Car and motorbike in collision
Posted: 12th April 2014
EMERGENCY services were called out this morning (Saturday, April 12, 2014) to deal with a road traffic collision in Yeovil. The alarm was raised at 11.15am to the incident in Lyde Road involving one car and one motorcycle. Police and ambulance personnel attended, while one fire engine from Yeovil was also mobilised. A spokesman for the Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue…
YEOVIL NEWS: Casualty flown to hospital
Posted: 12th April 2014
ONE casualty was taken to hospital by air ambulance yesterday (Friday, April 11, 2014) following a collision on the outskirts of Yeovil. The incident took place at just after 2.15pm at the junction of the A37 Dorchester Road and Netherton Lane and involved a car and an articulated lorry. Two fire engines and a rescue tender from Yeovil were mobilised along with a heavy…
YEOVIL NEWS: Cannabis factory shut down and boarded up
Posted: 11th April 2014
A MAN has been arrested and cannabis plants worth £200,000 seized as police carried out a Misuse of Drugs warrant in Yeovil. Officers found 198 plants at a detached house that had been converted to a cannabis factory in Boundary Close, in the north of the town. The warrant was carried out just after 10am today (Friday, April 11, 2014). A 33-year-old man is in custody for…
YEOVIL NEWS: 200 cannabis plants seized by police
Posted: 11th April 2014
POLICE in Yeovil have today (Friday, April 11, 2014) seized nearly 200 cannabis plants from address in the north of the town. The police have announced the news on their social networking Twitter page. When we have more details – this website will be updated.
SOUTH SOMERSET NEWS: Female driving instructor assaulted
Posted: 11th April 2014
POLICE are appealing for witnesses after a driving instructor was assaulted in Ilminster. The driving instructor drove into a layby in Ditton Street in Ilminster at about 11.30am on Monday (April 7, 2014) after another vehicle had begun driving very closely behind her, flashing its lights. The driver of the other vehicle, a burgundy coloured car, thought to be a Ford…
YEOVIL NEWS: AgustaWestland apprentices at Westminster
Posted: 11th April 2014
TWO employees from Yeovil-based AgustaWestland were in London last week to help celebrate the role apprentices play in the UK aerospace industry. Apprentices David Richards and Tom Philips, who are both currently working at AgustaWestland in Yeovil, were invited to a reception in the House of Commons organised by ADS Group, the UK aerospace trade association. The event…
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