Short circuit sparks fire

Short circuit sparks fire

Posted: 1st March 2014
TWO fire engines from Yeovil were called out this evening (Saturday, March 1, 2014) to deal with a reported kitchen fire at a home in the town. Firefighters were mobilised at just after 6.30pm, but found that the fire at a property in Scott Road - which is situated on the new Wyndham Park estate off Lyde Road - was out on arrival. A spokesman for the Devon and Somerset…

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Emily receives letter from Prince Charles for flood invitation

Emily receives letter from Prince Charles for flood invitiation

Posted: 28th February 2014
A MEMBER of staff at South Somerset District Council has received a personal letter from Prince Charles following his recent visit to the flood-hit county. The council’s scrutiny manager Emily McGuinness had written to the Prince of Wales inviting him to this part of the world to see for himself the devastation caused by the flooding on the Somerset Levels. The Prince…

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Lynx crews arrive home at Yeovilton

Lynx crews arrive home at Yeovilton

Posted: 28th February 2014
THE Royal Naval Air Station at Yeovilton has welcomed home two Lynx helicopter crews as they landed together after months away on very different global deployments. HMS Daring circled the globe, sailing 44,000 miles during a nine-month deployment with Flynx Flight 200 on board and was re-staked mid-operation to assist in the Philippines. HMS Westminster’s Lynx Flight…

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Photographic equipment stolen in house burglary

Photographic equipment stolen in house burglary

Posted: 28th February 2014
PEOPLE are being asked to be vigilant if they are offered photographic equipment at a bargain price. A camera and lenses have been taken in a burglary in South Somerset and it is possible the suspect may now try and sell the items. A property in West Street, Stoke-sub-Hamdon, was broken into overnight between Tuesday, February 25, and Wednesday, February 26, 2014. A…

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Campaign says act FAST – but surely closing stroke facilities at Yeovil will only slow things down?

Campaign says act FAST – but surely closing stroke facilities at Yeovil will only slow things down?

Posted: 28th February 2014
THE campaign message to raise awareness about what to do if someone has a stroke is simple – you have to act FAST. But there are genuine fears that treatment for patients could be slowed right down if plans to close facilities at Yeovil District Hospital come to fruition. Some members of South Somerset District Council were last night (Thursdsay, February 27, 2014) less…

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Fighting to save under-threat youth services in Yeovil

Saving under-threat youth services in Yeovil

Posted: 28th February 2014
  PLANS are ongoing in Yeovil to save under-threat youth services following a funding shortfall. Somerset County Council has reduced its funding for youth and community services by nearly £1m as part of its 2014-15 budget which has included overall cuts of nearly £20m. Now councillors at Yeovil Town Council and South Somerset District Council are looking to plug that…

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SOMERSET NEWS: Trescothick opens extended emergency department at Musgrove

SOMERSET NEWS: Trescothick opens new emergency department at Musgrove

Posted: 28th February 2014
A MAJOR extension and upgrade to Musgrove Park Hospital’s emergency department in Taunton has been officially opened by former England opening batsman and current Somerset captain Marcus Trescothick. The department has undergone a £2.9m expansion and makeover creating four additional major treatment bays, three ambulance handover bays and an additional resuscitation bay…

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Remembering the First World War in South Somerset

Remembering the First World War in South Somerset

Posted: 28th February 2014
THE Heritage Lottery Fund has awarded £6,400 to help with a project for South Somerset to remember those who gave their lives in the First World War. South Somerset District Council has this morning (Friday, February 28, 2014) announced the news for the funding for a project aptly Remembering. Awarded through HLF’s First World War Then and Now programme, the project will…

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South Somerset freezes its share of the Council Tax bill for fourth year running

South Somerset freezes its share of the Council Tax bill for fourth year running

Posted: 28th February 2014
SOUTH Somerset District Council has agreed to freeze its share of the Council Tax bill for the fourth year running. Council members last night (Thursday, February 27, 2014) set a budget of £17,540,800 for the 2014-15 year. They unanimously agreed that there would be no increase in Council Tax for the new financial year and it would result in an average Band D property…

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Council Tax support for people stranded on Island of Muchelney

Council Tax support for people on the Island of Muchelney

Posted: 28th February 2014
VILLAGES in South Somerset which have been hit hard by the floods will have received some good news last night (Thursday, February 27, 2014) about their Council Tax bills for the new financial year. Members of South Somerset District Council were given a new report last night to incorporate some flood relief support for taxpayers on the Somerset Levels in the area of…

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