So close in name, but so far apart on thinking

So close in name, but so far apart on thinking

Posted: 18th March 2014
YEOVIL Town Council and Yeovil Town Football Club could not get any closer if they tried in their listings in the Phone Book – but they are miles apart on their views on proposals to develop a large chunk of the Glovers’ Huish Park stadium site. Members of Yeovil Town Council’s planning and licensing committee met last night (Monday, March 17, 2014) to discuss the…

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SOMERSET NEWS: Victim of taxi collision tragedy is named

SOMERSET NEWS: Victim of taxi collision is named

Posted: 18th March 2014
THE name of the pedestrian who died after being hit in a collision with a taxi in Taunton has been released. He has been officially named by police as Ross Patterson, 23, of the Taunton area. Ross was in collision with a taxi at about 3am on the A358 at Obridge Viaduct in the Priorswood area of Taunton on Sunday (March 16, 2014) morning. He died at the scene. A police…

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Move over Lord Sugar! Pittards are tops for Apprentices!

Move over Lord Sugar! Pittards are tops for Apprentices!

Posted: 18th March 2014
YEOVIL-BASED firm Pittards has been congratulated at the 2014 Somerset Apprenticeship Awards. Apprentices and employers from across the county were recognised at the awards ceremony held at the Holiday Inn in Taunton. The ‘Grow Somerset Talent’ group, a collaboration of local colleges and training providers including Somerset Skills & Learning, co-hosted the ceremony as…

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98 per cent of drivers break speed limit along main road in Yeovil

98 per cent of drivers break speed limit along main road in Yeovil

Posted: 18th March 2014
A WHOPPING 98 per cent of motorists who drive along the main A30 West Coker Road in Yeovil are breaking the speed limit. A total count of 38,406 traffic movements were recorded during February 11-23, 2014, and the average speed was found to be 48mph – way above the 30mph speed limit. Just 732 of those movements were found to be driving under the speed limit, while 3,442…

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UPDATED: A37 closed due to accident

A37 closed due to accident

Posted: 18th March 2014
THE A37 from Yeovil to Ilchester has been closed due to an accident this morning (Tuesday, March 18, 2014). Motorists are being advised to avoid that area due to a serious accident at the Ilchester end of the A37 near the B3151 Church   Street. Reports are coming in of an Air Ambulance having flown in and landed at the site. More news on this later. Last updated 8.35am…

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Sunken Seat Toledo goes from 0 to 8,000 in three hours – pounds not mph by the way!

Sunken Seat Toledo goes from 0 to 8,000 in four hours – pounds not mph by the way!

Posted: 18th March 2014
THE sale of the famous sunken Seat Toledo of the Somerset Floods is generating big money interest on online auction website eBay. The silver-coloured five-door 1999 Toledo was recovered from its watery grave on the road to Muchelney last week by owner Hubert Zajaczkowski, 21, who works as an apprentice at AgustaWestland in Yeovil. In a way of helping to raise money for a…

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Office evacuated due to fire

Office evacuated due to fire

Posted: 17th March 2014
A YEOVIL office was severely damaged by smoke this afternoon (Monday, March 17, 2014) after a light fitting caught fire. The alarm was raised at just before 4.45pm to office premises in Mead Avenue on the Houndstone Business Park and the building was evacuated. Two fire engines from Yeovil and one from Martock attended the incident. Officers found a fire involving a…

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Police appeal after two women assaulted in Yeovil

Police appeal after two women assaulted in Yeovil

Posted: 17th March 2014
POLICE are appealing for help after two women were sexually assaulted over the weekend in Yeovil. The incident happened at just before 6pm on Saturday (March 15, 2014) in the Glovers Walk pedestrian precinct in Yeovil as they were heading towards the bus station. Two men ran up behind them, one of whom was with a baby in a pushchair, and one of them touched the women…

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Yeovil Labour Club concert success for Somerset Floods Appeal

Yeovil Labour Club concert success for Somerset Floods Appeal

Posted: 17th March 2014
ORGANISERS have thanked everyone who attended a fundraising concert at Yeovil Labour Club yesterday (Sunday, March 16, 2014) in aid of the Somerset Floods Appeal. Dan Hamilton and his partner, Heather Barry, and a team of helpers worked tirelessly to put together a string of bands and singers to perform to help raise money for the victims of the terrible floods. PHOTO -…

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SOMERSET NEWS: Fighting housing fraud across the county

SOMERSET NEWS: Fighting housing fraud across the county

Posted: 17th March 2014
THERE are more than 16,000 people on the housing register in Somerset and homes are in high demand. But those falsely claiming a home or renting it unlawfully are making it even harder for the thousands of people on the waiting list, in genuine need of somewhere to live. Current estimates put the number of unlawfully sublet social housing dwellings in the UK at around…

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