Get your running shoes on for Sport Relief 2014
Posted: 21st February 2014
IT is time for everyone in and around Yeovil to dig out their running kits once again for Sport Relief. On Sunday, March 23, the Sainsbury’s Sport Relief Mile will be setting off from Yeovil Recreation Centre at 10.45am with hundreds of locals getting on their marks, set and go for Sport Relief. The event - which is being organised by South Somerset District Council with…
SOMERSET NEWS: Advice and support centre to open for flood victims
Posted: 21st February 2014
A FLOOD Assistance Centre offering flood-affected communities with advice, support and information will open tomorrow (Saturday, February 22, 2014) in Somerset. Somerset County Council, along with partners Sedgemoor District Council, South Somerset District Council and Taunton Deane Borough Council will provide affected residents with a warm and safe environment at the…
Yeovil Town and Watford fans back NatWest's flood appeal collection
Posted: 21st February 2014
STAFF from NatWest have handed over £6,000 and a truck-full of goods to help people hit by flooding in Somerset – thanks to Yeovil Town supporters. A team from the bank were at Tuesday’s (February 18, 2014) Yeovil Town match with Watford at Huish Park collecting money for Somerset Community Foundation’s Somerset Flood Appeal. The bank has doubled the £3,000 collected at…
Good news for Yeovil recycling centre
Posted: 21st February 2014
OPENING hours at the Yeovil Recycling Centre will be extended later this year. Somerset Waste Partnership’s governing board has decided to extend the opening hours of five of the county’s busiest recycling centres – including Sundays to 4pm – and, with regret, to close two of the least used sites. From April 1 the recycling sites at Coleford and Middlezoy will close, but…
DAVID LAWS MP COLUMN: Carnival return to Yeovil would be excellent!
Posted: 21st February 2014
YEOVIL MP David Laws has said that he would love to see Carnival return to the town in the next year or so. Mr Laws has agreed to write a fortnightly column for the Yeovil Press website in which he will let constituents know about his work in London and back home in the Yeovil area. This is his first column in which he says he is delighted to hear that a new committee…
Post Office set to return to Westfield next month!
Posted: 21st February 2014
YEOVIL MP David Laws has welcomed the news that the people in the Westfield area of Yeovil will soon have new Post Office facilities in their area. The local Co-op shop on Stiby Road agreed to install a Post Office counter, and after a six-week consultation period the Post Office has now announced that the new counter will open on Tuesday, March 18, at 1pm. Westfield…
SOMERSET NEWS: New Jubilee Building handed over to Musgrove Park Hospital
Posted: 21st February 2014
THE keys to Musgrove Park Hospital’s new £34m 112-bedroom Jubilee Building in Taunton have been handed over by construction firm BAM. The handover - which took place yesterday (Thursday, February 20, 2014 - signals the completion of the construction of the building by BAM and means that the hospital can now begin its final fit out ready for patients to start using the…
Mobile speed camera sites in South Somerset for week beginning February 24
Posted: 21st February 2014
THE latest locations for mobile police speed detection sites in South Somerset for the forthcoming week have been announced by the Safety Camera Partnership. The following locations in the district are due to be monitored by police from Monday, February 24, 2014. A30 Crewkerne Road, Chard (30mph). A30 Roundham (40mph). A358 Donyatt (30mph). A358 Hornsbury Mill (40mph)…
Raising awareness on how to beat hate crime
Posted: 21st February 2014
A COMMUNITY day aimed at educating people about hate crime and how to combat it will be held in Yeovil town centre on Saturday (Feb 22, 2014). The event, at the Methodist Church Hall in Vicarage Street, will cover a number of subjects including what is hate crime and who can you ask for help; do you know anyone who has been or is being bullied online; are you worried…
Road still CLOSED at Long Load
Posted: 21st February 2014
SOMERSET County Council would like to remind motorists that the road through Long Load remains CLOSED due to flooding. The council announced earlier this week that the bridge in the village - which stands between Long Sutton and Martock - had been given the all-clear after an inspection by military divers. But, although the bridge is clear to reopen, the road remains…
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