Police car keys warning after botched burglary

Police car keys warning after botched burglary

Posted: 2nd December 2013
CAR owners are breathing a sigh of relief after they nearly lost their vehicles during a botched burglary in Yeovil. In the early hours of Thursday, November 20, a house on West Coker Road was targeted in a burglary. Someone saw car keys for two vehicles on a window sill next to a front door and used a stick through the letter box to try and reach the keys. They knocked…

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Heartless thieves steal charity money from hair salon

Heartless thieves steal charity money from hair salon

Posted: 2nd December 2013
AN APPEAL has gone out for information following a break-in at a South Somerset hair salon where charity money was stolen by heartless thieves. The Emphasis Hair Design salon in Market Square, South Petherton, was broken into over the weekend and thieves stole £50 float money and staff tips amounting to about £80. But staff at the salon – which is run by Tracey Smith –…

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Flying Colours overjoyed by Christmas Extravaganza success

Flying Colours overjoyed by Christmas Extravaganza success

Posted: 2nd December 2013
ORGANISERS of the Christmas Extravaganza held at Westland Leisure Complex in Yeovil over the weekend have been blown away by the support. The festive fun was organised to raise money for Flying Colours Appeal which is raising money for the special care baby unit at Yeovil District Hospital. A host of activities, displays, stalls and activities were held at Westland over…

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Do YOU know this man?

Do YOU know this man?

Posted: 2nd December 2013
CRIMESTOPPERS are asking for YOUR help in identifying this man they would like to question in relation to a theft from a shop in Yeovil. The incident happened back on September 18, 2013, and the man is described as white with short dark hair of thin build, with dark eyebrows and wearing a black t-shirt, thin blue rain coat and carry a black backpack. Any help would be…

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Opposition to Asda plans to increase store delivery hours

Opposition to Asda plans to increase store delivery hours

Posted: 2nd December 2013
OPPOSITION is mounting to plans by supermarket chain Asda to increase the hours in which deliveries can be made at its store in Yeovil. The company has applied to South Somerset District Council for planning permission to allow its delivery lorries to come and go from the store in Preston Road from 5am to midnight from Mondays to Saturdays and from 7am to 10pm on Sundays…

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Mean thieves steal fairy doors from play area

Mean thieves steal fairy doors from play area

Posted: 2nd December 2013
RANGERS and volunteers at Yeovil Country Park have been left shocked and saddened after thieves stole “fairy doors” from a woodland play zone. The doors had been at the special play area at the country park – better known as Ninesprings – for more than a year. But rangers and volunteers have this morning (Monday, December 2, 2013) reported that they have been stolen. A…

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Thousands support Christmas Extravaganza in aid of Flying Colours Appeal

Thousands support Christmas Extravaganza in aid of Flying Colours Appeal

Posted: 1st December 2013
THOUSANDS of people poured through the doors of the Westland Leisure Complex in Yeovil this weekend to support a Christmas Extravaganza in aid of the Flying Colours Appeal. There was an ice rink and fun fair for people of all ages to enjoy, plus a whole host of craft stalls and activities yesterday (Saturday, November 29, 2013) and today (Sunday, December 1, 2013). The…

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Read-it! Frog bin set for Johnson Park

Read-it! Frog bin set for Johnson Park

Posted: 1st December 2013
PARISH councillors have agreed to spend out more than £400 to replace a rubbish bin at Johnson Park in Yeovil. Members of Yeovil Without Parish Council were told this week that a rocket-shaped bin in the children’s play area at JohnsonPark had been damaged beyond repair – not by vandals it should be pointed out, but by the recent storm. The fierce winds blew the lid of…

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Yeovil's idiot drivers are causing problems

Yeovil's idiot drivers are causing problems

Posted: 1st December 2013
DRIVERS described as “idiots” have been blamed for accidents on one of Yeovil’s busiest residential roads. There have been a number of accidents along Stourton Way on the Abbey Manor estate where the road bends sharply between the entrance to the Forum shopping area down to the junction with Beaulieu Drive. And there was no doubting as to what Cllr Peter Seib thought was…

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Speedwatch plans for Larkhill Road

Speedwatch plans for Larkhill Road

Posted: 1st December 2013
PEOPLE living at the top end of Larkhill Road in Yeovil are joining forces to discuss plans to start a Community Speedwatch in the area. Residents living near Larkhill Road’s junction with Thorne Lane are concerned about motorists putting their foot down and have spoken with their Somerset County Council representative Cllr Jane Lock. Members of Yeovil Without Parish…

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