Police appeal for witnesses over A37 five-vehicle smash
Posted: 21st March 2014
POLICE are appealing for witnesses following a five-vehicle road traffic collision in which a man was seriously injured. The collision happened at about 7.50am on Tuesday (March 18, 2014) on the main A37 northbound, near to the A303, at Ilchester. A Renault Clio was slowing down, approaching queuing vehicles on the A37, followed by a VW transporter van and ambulance. The…
Seat Toledo charity auction: If something sounds too good to be true it usually is
Posted: 20th March 2014
THERE is an old adage that if “something sounds too good to be true it usually is” and that would appear to be the case – sadly – for the top bid in the online auction for the sunken Seat Toledo of Muchelney. The much-publicised auction on eBay closed tonight (Thursday, March 20, 2014) with a top bid of £101,100. But Hubert Zajaczkowski, who works as an apprentice at…
Wessex Truck Show 2014 promises to be trucking good!
Posted: 20th March 2014
PLANS for this year’s Wessex Truck Show at the Yeovil Showground are motoring into the fast lane. The show will be held on August 9-10, 2014, and organisers are predicting it will be bigger and better than last year’s first-ever event. Hundreds of trucks of all shapes and sizes will be on show as well as a funfair, camping facilities, stalls and live evening…
Kerching! Winning six-figure amount for sunken Seat Toledo
Posted: 20th March 2014
A MASSIVE surge in bids in the online charity auction for the wrecked Seat Toledo has closed tonight (Thursday, March 20, 2014) with the top offer being set at a whopping £101,100. The online auction on eBay closed at 8.10pm with car owner Hubert Zajaczkowski selling the car – which remained submerged on the flooded road to the “island” of Muchelney for two-and-a-half…
Piers Simon Appeal backs Rotary's Flood Relief appeal in Somerset
Posted: 20th March 2014
THE Piers Simon Appeal has turned its attention much closer to home – donating £1,500 to help with an appeal for those people affected by the flooding in Somerset. This is the first time that funds from the PSA – which was formed following the death of Chilthorne Domer man Piers Simon in the Asian Tsunami of 2004 – have been used to support a project within the UK. The…
Ammonia put through letterbox of flat
Posted: 20th March 2014
A MAN is being questioned by police in Yeovil after being arrested on suspicion of putting ammonia through the letterbox of a flat. The incident happened at around 10.15am today (Thursday, March 20, 2014) at the Old Printing Works in Selwood Road, Frome. A man and two women inside the flat called police – thankfully they were not hurt. A 27-year-old man was arrested, on…
SOMERSET NEWS: Man, 89, dies nearly a month after road accident
Posted: 20th March 2014
POLICE are appealing for witnesses after an 89-year-old man died this week as a result of a road traffic collision which happened back in February. An ambulance was travelling along the A39 Bristol Road in Wells when it was in collision with a car at the crossroads junction of Old Bristol Road at about 3.10am on February 23, 2014. A police spokesman said: “A patient in…
50-plus jobs planned for new B&M store in Yeovil
Posted: 20th March 2014
MORE than 50 jobs will be created with the forthcoming opening of a new retail store in Yeovil. The national retailer B&M will be occupying the former PC World and Allied Carpets units on Lysander Road. B&M has more than 370 stores and employs 17,000 staff around the UK and attracts around three millions customers through its doors each week with a wide selection of…
Car doesn't go, but sunken Seat Toledo auction moves into fast lane
Posted: 20th March 2014
THE online auction to buy the famous sunken car of the Somerset Floods ends later today (Thursday, March 30, 2014) with the winning bid already topping £30,000! Media interest has heightened and at the time of writing – 10.20am – the top current bid for the forlorn-looking 1999 Seat Toledo stood at an amazing £31,100 for a car which Hubert Zajaczkowski bought for £600…
One person taken to hospital after road collision near Chard
Posted: 20th March 2014
ONE person has been taken to hospital this morning (Thursday, March 20, 2014) following a road accident near Chard. The two-vehicle incident happened at around 6am this morning near Kent Road in Perry Street, South Chard, Tatworth. Police are reporting that the road is currently blocked both ways as recovery work is underway. Two fire engines and a rescue tender were…
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