Furniture lorry goes up in flames

Furniture lorry goes up in flames

Posted: 22nd January 2014
FIREFIGHTERS from across the county were mobilised during the early hours of this morning (Wednesday, January 22, 2014) to deal with a fire at a storage warehouse in Ilminster. The alarm was raised at just after midnight to reports of smoke coming from a building in Harts Lane. One fire engine from Ilminster and two from Chard were initially mobilised and on arrival…

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Hayley's Corrie death puts Samaritans on red alert

Hayley's Corrie death puts Samaritans on red alert

Posted: 21st January 2014
A LOCAL Samaritan has said that she was not at all surprised to hear that the charity was on “red alert” last night (Monday, January 20, 2014) to receive calls following the emotional suicide of Hayley Cropper in ITV soap Coronation Street. The final scenes of Hayley’s battle with cancer and her decision to take her own life were screened last night and saw a peak…

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Driving lessons in Yeovil for children aged from 11

Driving lessons in Yeovil for children aged from 11

Posted: 21st January 2014
CHILDREN as young as 11-years-old in Yeovil and South Somerset are being invited to get behind the wheel of a car and learn how to drive! A Learn to Drive initiative in Yeovil next month will provide an exciting new opportunity for children to get some basic driving techniques under their belts in a safe off-road environment. Lessons with fully qualified driving…

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Were you Lidl’s crime-fighting shopper in Yeovil?

Were you Lidl’s crime-fighting shopper in Yeovil?

Posted: 21st January 2014
  A VIGILANT shopper who helped foil a theft in Yeovil is being asked to contact police. On Sunday lunchtime (January 19, 2014) a shopper at the Lidl store on Lyde Road informed staff about two women seen with a foil-lined bag full of shop products. These items were not paid for as the women went through the tills and paid for a single cookie. The women left the store…

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Loo paper fire at public toilets

Loo paper fire at public toilets

Posted: 20th January 2014
FIREFIGHTERS were called out this evening (Monday, January 20, 2014) to deal with at an incident at public toilets in Crewkerne. Three fire engines from Martock, Ilminster and Beaminster were mobilised at just after 5pm to reports of a blaze at the toilets in South Street. A Fire Service spokesman said: “On arrival crews found a small amount of toilet paper involved in a…

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Person trapped in vehicle

Person trapped in vehicle

Posted: 20th January 2014
FIREFIGHTERS from Yeovil were among those who attended a road smash on the outskirts of Ilminster this afternoon (Monday, January 20, 2014). The alarm was raised at just before 4pm and fire engines from Ilminster and Martock, plus a rescue tender from Yeovil, were mobilised to the scene at Scotts Hill in Seavington St Mary. On arrival the officers found one person still…

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Air rifle pellets used in church window vandalism

Air rifle pellets used in church window vandalism

Posted: 20th January 2014
STAINED glass windows at a historic church in South Somerset have been repeatedly vandalised by mindless yobs. Police are appealing for information as to who is causing the vandalism by putting small holes in the windows at St Bartholomew’s Church in Crewkerne which was built in the late 15th and early 16th centuries. “We believe these holes are being caused by air rifle…

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Father and daughter on the run for SSAFA

Father and daughter on the run for SSAFA

Posted: 20th January 2014
A FATHER and daughter team from Yeovil are in training for this year’s London Marathon in which they hope to raise a bucket load of cash for a military charity. Neil Hammond, 54, and his 32-year-old daughter Nicola have more than three decades of military service between them having served in the Royal Navy and the Royal Air Force respectively. PHOTO - TOP: Neil Hammond…

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Let the council know your views about transport in Somerset

Let the council know your views about transport in Somerset

Posted: 20th January 2014
THE floodgates could be well and truly opened as people from Yeovil and South Somerset have been asked for their views about transport in the county. It could be argued that Somerset County Council is "asking for trouble" as it hosts a survey about transport. It is no secret that people do have strong opinions in Somerset about the subject - whether it be about the state…

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Watch YOUR speed or you could end up on camera!

Watch YOUR speed or you could end up on camera!

Posted: 20th January 2014
OFFICERS from the police speed enforcement unit have announced its locations for mobile speed camera operations to be held in South Somerset over the following week starting from today (Monday, January 20, 2014). The mobile speed camera van will be at the following locations: A30 Henstridge (30mph). A30 Milborne Port (30mph). A303 two miles west of Wincanton (70mph)…

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