Two Yeovil Town fans arrested at FA Cup match
Posted: 29th January 2014
POLICE have announced that two Yeovil Town fans were arrested during the FA Cup Fourth Round match at Southampton on Saturday (January 25, 2014). They were arrested for assault and public order offences, while there were other ejections from the ground and people refused entry to the St Mary’s Stadium. Yeovil Town's police liaison officer, Ian Hambridge, speaking on…
Hundreds of jobs secured at AgustaWestland
Posted: 29th January 2014
HUNDREDS of jobs at Yeovil-based AgustaWestland have been secured with the news of the helicopter manufacturing company gaining two contracts worth a massive £760m. The contracts come from the Ministry of Defence and will see the company convert 25 Merlin helicopters for use by the Royal Navy, while the second will provide support and maintenance service for the Army for…
Motorists urged again to avoid floodwater risk
Posted: 29th January 2014
TWO people were rescued from a van stuck in floodwater last night (Tuesday, January 28, 2014) near Martock. It has prompted the Fire Service to once again advise motorists not to risk driving through floodwater. Firefighters from Martock, Somerton and Yeovil were mobilised just after the call for help was made at 7pm last night to the B3165 Load Bridge on Long Load Road…
Info meetings for flood-hit villagers
Posted: 28th January 2014
SENIOR staff members from South Somerset District Council will today (Tuesday, January 28, 2014) be meeting with residents in the flood-hit villages of Muchelney and Thorney to offer information and advice. Officers will be able to help people with info about Council Tax relief, husing, benefits, waste and to take queries about any other council-related services. The…
Drugs warrant carried out in Crewkerne
Posted: 28th January 2014
POLICE have reported that they have carried out a “positive” drugs search at an address in Crewkerne. Officers from the Yeovil and South Somerset police team have announced today (Tuesday, January 28, 2014) on their social networking Twitter account that there had been a “positive drugs warrant executed in Crewkerne” by the neighbourhood police team. And their message…
A303 improvement plans move forward?
Posted: 28th January 2014
IMPROVEMENTS to a busy traffic “corridor” through the South West region took a major step forward at a meeting with the Department for Transport last Friday (January 24, 2014). At a very positive meeting with Somerset, Devon, Wiltshire and Dorset Councils, Highways Agency, Local Enterprise Partnership, business groups and other interest parties the Department for…
Fuse box fire at Yeovil home
Posted: 28th January 2014
TWO fire engines were mobilised last night (Monday, January 27, 2014) to reports of smoke coming from a fuse box at a home in Yeovil. The alarm was raised at just after 6.15pm to a property in Larkspur Crescent. The Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service reported that the fire was out on arrival, but officers ventilated the property and checked to make sure that it…
Sex assault victim praised by police for fighting off attacker
Posted: 27th January 2014
THE police officer leading the investigation into a serious sexual assault in Yeovil over the weekend has praised the victim for fighting off her attacker. Police are appealing for witnesses after a 25-year-old woman was sexually assaulted as she walked through an underpass in Yeovil. At about 1.20am on Sunday (January 26, 2014), the victim was walking along Princes…
No extra funding for flooded Somerset
Posted: 27th January 2014
SURELY this photograph of the flooding on the Somerset Levels taken at the weekend must tell the Government that money is needed immediately to help solve the ongoing misery. The photo, which was taken on Saturday (January 25, 2014), shows Yeovil man Peter Mooney in his kayak next to a car which has been submerged by floodwater for weeks on the road to the isolated…
Careline raises alarm after people stuck in lift
Posted: 27th January 2014
THE Careline organisation showed what it can do yesterday (Sunday, January 26, 2014) when it helped to rescue four people who were stuck in a lift in Yeovil. It was just after 3pm when Careline requested the support of the Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service following reports that people were stuck at Wyndham Court in Newton Road. Two fire engines from Yeovil were…
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