Traffic problems outside Yeovil Hospital due to accident
Posted: 5th March 2014
POLICE have reported traffic problems by Yeovil District Hospital this morning (Wednesday, March 5, 2014) with Higher Kingston partially blocked both ways. This is due to an accident at Roping Road which runs directly up from the hospital A&E Department. This story will be updated when more news is known. UPDATE: The incident has now been cleared and is understood to…
James is running in memory of his dad - a former Buckler's Mead teacher
Posted: 5th March 2014
A FUNDRAISER from Yeovil is taking on the ultimate challenge by running the Virgin Money London Marathon in April in memory of his father. James Miller, 41, from Watercombe Heights, is raising money for the charity Beating Bowel Cancer. James, a UK sales manager for Zwick Testing Machines Ltd, is running in memory of his father, Mike Miller, who passed away from bowel…
SOMERSET NEWS: Teacher quietens pupils by putting tape over their mouths
Posted: 4th March 2014
A TEACHER from a Somerset school has been suspended amid claims that they put tape over the mouths of pupils to keep them quiet. Parents told the BBC that a teacher at Danesfield School in Williton had carried out the act because, allegedly, the pupils were being too noisy. The school said that a “member of staff has been suspended while the investigation continues.” A…
BREAKING NEWS: Face of a murderer
Posted: 4th March 2014
INVESTIGATORS have said that Yeovil woman Mayurathy Perinpamoorthy was killed in a “brutal attack” with her murderer now beginning a life sentence behind bars. Gobinath Vellsamy, 36, was today (Tuesday, March 4, 2014) sentenced at Exeter Crown Court to life imprisonment with a minimum of 18 years behind bars. The murder investigation was led by Detective Inspector Tim…
BREAKING NEWS: Life imprisonment for Yeovil murderer
Posted: 4th March 2014
THE man found guilty of murdering Yeovil woman Mayurathy Perinpamoorthy has been jailed for a minimum of 18 years. Gobinath Vellasamy, 36, of Everton Road, Yeovil, was found guilty of murder earlier today (Tuesday, March 4, 2014) at Exeter Crown Court. He has this afternoon been sentenced and will now start to serve a life sentence with a minimum of 18 years imprisonment…
Preston Newshounds: Junior reporters rise to the writing challenge
Posted: 4th March 2014
BUDDING journalists at Preston School in Yeovil have been showing off their literary skills. Steve Sowden, of the Yeovil Press website, went along to Preston School – a specialist Business and Enterprise Academy - last week as part of an Industry Day in which students were able to learn more about various different careers. Representatives from a wide-range of different…
BREAKING NEWS: Man accused of Yeovil murder found guilty
Posted: 4th March 2014
POLICE have announced that the man accused of killing a Yeovil woman last year has been found guilty of murder. Avon and Somerset Police have used their Twitter feed to say that Gobinath Vellasamy, 36, of Everton Road, Yeovil, has been found guilty of the murder of 32-year-old Mayurathy Perinpamoorthy in Yeovil. A murder investigation was launched in August last year…
Graffiti knitting coming to Yeovil!
Posted: 4th March 2014
YEOVIL in Bloom chiefs are encouraging people to get involved with a project to help bring some extra colour to parks and open spaces this Easter – Yarn Bombing trees! Yarn Bombing – which is also known as guerrilla knitting or graffiti knitting – is a type of graffiti or street art that employs colourful displays of knitted or crocheted yarn or fibre rather than paint…
New pub restaurant to be given go-ahead?
Posted: 4th March 2014
THE building of a new family restaurant pub in Yeovil could be given the go-ahead tomorrow (Wednesday, March 5, 2014) by district planners. Members of South Somerset District Council’s Area South committee will discuss plans put forward by Abbey Manor Capital Partners Ltd to utilise the site of the former Ashleys Engineering premises in West Hendford, Yeovil, close to…
Three-vehicle smash on A303
Posted: 4th March 2014
POLICE are reporting this morning (Tuesday, March 4, 2014) a three-vehicle collision on the A303 near Ilchester. The incident is understood to have happened on the westbound carriageway between the Ilchester junction and the Cartgate roundabout at the A3088 junction. Police have said that the incident has meant that traffic is now "moving slowly." News of this incident…
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