SOMERSET NEWS: Oops – teenager gets stuck in swing

SOMERSET NEWS: Oops – teenager gets stuck in swing

Posted: 7th April 2014
FIREFIGHTERS were called out over the weekend to rescue a 17-year-old lad who had got stuck in a swing in a children’s playground. One fire engine from Frome was mobilised at just after 6.30pm yesterday (Sunday, April 6, 2014) to help free the lad from the child's swing at the playground in Delta Close in the town.

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SOUTH SOMERSET NEWS: Arson attack at Stoke

SOUTH SOMERSET NEWS: Arson attack at Stoke

Posted: 7th April 2014
THREE fire engines from Martock and Yeovil were mobilised yesterday (Sunday, April 6, 2014) morning to deal with an agricultural building on fire at Stoke-sub-Hamdon. The alarm was raised at just before 3am to a wooden building to be well alight at Matts Lane, High Street. Arsonists are being blamed for the blaze.

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SOUTH SOMERSET NEWS: Streetscene staff on the clean-up operation

SOUTH SOMERSET NEWS: Streetscene staff on the clean-up operation

Posted: 7th April 2014
THE clean-up operation following the floods is still ongoing and members of South Somerset District Council’s Streetscene Services team have been out in force to get the roads looking squeaky clean again. They have been cleaning, sweeping and litter picking along roads in areas which had been badly affected by the floods. Road sweepers have cleared any silt and debris…

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SOMERSET NEWS: Stay safe in Easter holidays

SOMERSET NEWS: Stay safe in Easter holidays

Posted: 7th April 2014
PARENTS and children in flood-affected areas are being urged to take extra steps to stay safe this Easter holiday. Schools in Somerset have broken up for the holiday and while the vast majority of floodwater has gone from the Levels and Moors, there are still some extra precautions that can be taken. Children should keep clear of any remaining floodwater, swollen rivers…

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SOMERSET NEWS: Council backs plans to remove branding from cigarette packets

SOMERSET NEWS: Council backs plans to remove branding from cigarette packets

Posted: 7th April 2014
THE Government’s decision to move forward with plans to remove branding from cigarette and tobacco packs in England has been backed by Somerset County Council. The news follows an independent report which found that plain standardised packaging would remove the temptation of highly designed branding in attracting young smokers. The Chantler review found that standardised…

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YEOVIL NEWS: MP welcomes bus station waiting room refurb

YEOVIL NEWS: MP welcomes bus station waiting room refurb

Posted: 7th April 2014
NEWS that a newly-refurbished waiting room has now opened at the bus station in Yeovil has been welcomed by MP David Laws. South Somerset District Council provided the funding to paint and decorate the room and install a CCTV camera to guard against the anti-social behaviour which forced them to close the waiting room before. The whole bus station has also been cleaned…

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YEOVIL NEWS: Cars vandalised in Crofton Avenue

YEOVIL NEWS: Cars vandalised in Crofton Avenue

Posted: 7th April 2014
POLICE in Yeovil are appealing for information to trace whoever was responsible for scratching the paintwork of six cars parked on Crofton Avenue in the town. The damage happened sometime between 1.30 and 4.30pm on Tuesday, April 1, 2014. Anyone who saw anything or who can help is asked to call Yeovil police on 101 quoting crime reference number 32578/14.

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YEOVIL NEWS: Pedestrian killed in road smash

YEOVIL NEWS: Pedestrian killed in road smash

Posted: 7th April 2014
POLICE are continuing to appeal for witnesses after a woman was killed when she was hit by a car while walking along Stourton Way on the Abbey Manor estate in Yeovil. The incident happened at just before 9am yesterday (Sunday, April 6, 2014) when a silver Ford Fiesta was in collision with a woman pedestrian. The woman, who was in her 40s and from the local area, suffered…

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Broken elbow for Yeovil MP

Broken elbow for Yeovil MP

Posted: 5th April 2014
OUCH! Yeovil MP David Laws fell and broke his elbow in a fall while he was out and about in the constituency. The accident happened last Friday (March 28, 2014), but Mr Laws has been trying to continue work as best as possible. “My diary and my scheduled advice centres are a little bit up in the air at the moment,” he said. “Please call my office in Yeovil on…

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DAVID LAWS COLUMN: Admiration for Wells-Burr family

DAVID LAWS COLUMN: Admiration for Wells-Burr family

Posted: 4th April 2014
YEOVIL MP David Laws has said he has “nothing but admiration” for the family of murdered South Somerset woman Catherine Wells-Burr. Mr Laws has spent time with the Wells-Burr family during the past fortnight with two trips up to London from Chard as they have campaigned to ensure that Catherine’s killers remain behind bars in this country. In the latest of his regular…

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