Car auction centre given the go-ahead
Posted: 3rd February 2014
PLANS for a car auction centre to be created on the edge of Yeovil have been given the green light. South Somerset District Council has announced this week that proposals for the change of use of land and buildings to a car auction centre at the vacant Saracen Park at the junction of Lufton Way and Artillery Road - near to Yeovil Town FC - have been granted planning…
Can you be a Compost Champion?
Posted: 2nd February 2014
KEEN home composters throughout Yeovil and Somerset are being offered free training to pass on their skills and enthusiasm. Two one-day Compost Champion training courses are being held by Carymoor Environmental Trust, in March and April. As volunteers, Compost Champions visit events to share their expertise with the public, promote the benefits of home composting, and…
Can you give a child a Home for Good?
Posted: 1st February 2014
A YEOVIL foster parent has encouraged others thinking about giving a child a home to attend an information night later this month. Somerset County Council is backing a national campaign called Home for Good - a church led initiative that aims to encourage one family per church to use their homes for the good of those that need fostering or adopting. Somerset is holding…
Free panic alarms for ladies in Yeovil
Posted: 31st January 2014
WOMEN will be able to get a free panic alarm in Yeovil town centre this weekend. Street pastors and beat manager PC Amanda Thomas will be offering the alarms to ladies who are out and about in the town centre tonight (Friday, January 31, 2014) and tomorrow (Saturday, February 1, 2014). The move comes following a serious sexual assault in the town centre last weekend and…
Plans to beat flooding on Somerset Levels
Posted: 31st January 2014
FIRST details of the Government-backed high level plan to help prevent and manage potential future flooding of the Somerset Levels have been revealed. Environment Secretary Owen Paterson asked for a 20-year “action plan” to be on his desk within six weeks during a visit to Somerset’s flooded communities earlier this week. Urgent meetings including Local Authorities…
Credit card fraud - do you know these people?
Posted: 31st January 2014
CRIMESTOPPERS are looking for your help in identifying these two people. The police would like to speak to these individuals in connection with an investigation into fraudulent use of a credit card in Yeovil back on November 14, 2013. Anyone with information is asked to contact Crimestoppers on 0800-555111. The case reference number is: EM240. The photograph published…
Careline reaches landmark figure
Posted: 31st January 2014
THE Careline Service in Yeovil and South Somerset has reached a new landmark this week by having a total of 2,000 clients currently registered and receiving help at the touch of a button. Careline provides an emergency alarm button and pendant that can be worn at all times - which links to a control centre where emergency staff are on hand to answer calls 24 hours a…
Prince Charles to visit flooded Somerset
Posted: 31st January 2014
THE Prince of Wales will next week visit flood-hit Somerset and meet with people who have been suffering at first-hand from the flooding. Prince Charles will come to the county on Tuesday (February 4, 2014) and meet with farmers, emergency services, local authorities and volunteers who have all helped throughout the crisis in Stoke St Gregory before visiting the…
War veteran backs Air Ambulance charity
Posted: 30th January 2014
A VETERAN paratrooper who served in the Second World War has been supporting the Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance charity. Jack Frapple celebrated his 90th birthday on January 1, 2014, but rather than opening gifts from friends and family his thoughts were on raising money for a local South West charity. He asked family and friends to donate the money they would have…
Not even a church is safe from burglars
Posted: 30th January 2014
ELECTRICAL items including a DVD player and microphones have been stolen from a Crewkerne church. The burglary happened overnight and was discovered at around 8.30am today (Thursday, January 30, 2014). Glass in a fire door at Crewkerne Community Church in Barn Street was smashed in order to open the door. The rooms were searched and a number of electrical items were…
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