Future housing plans for Yeovil under the microscope

Future housing plans for Yeovil under the microscope

Posted: 21st November 2013
COUNCILLORS will meet tonight (Thursday, November 21) to discuss making changes to where nearly 2,000 homes will be built in Yeovil. South Somerset District Council is looking at making amendments to its Local Plan – which will govern developments in the years to come up to 2028. Originally 2,500 homes were proposed to be built in East Coker to the south of Yeovil, but a…

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Last call for school reunion party!

Last call for school reunion party!

Posted: 20th November 2013
ORGANISERS of a 30-year school reunion in Yeovil this weekend are making a final call for a number of their former classmates to join the party! The Class of 1983 from Preston School will be meeting at the Quicksilver Mail pub at the top of Hendford Hill, Yeovil, on Saturday (November 23, 2013) from 8pm til late. The following members of the Class of 1983 still to be…

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Come Dine With Me contestant hopes TV show will be kind

Come Dine With Me contestant hopes TV show will be kind

Posted: 20th November 2013
COOKING contestant Steve Carpenter is hoping that the editors have been kind to him with news that the Come Dine With Me show he appears in is set to be televised in December. Well-known Steve, a former local breakfast radio show DJ, was one of five contestants to be selected for the hit Channel Four show which sees them each hold a dinner party. They are then marked by…

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Labyrinth success for Flying Colours Appeal

Labyrinth success for Flying Colours Appeal

Posted: 20th November 2013
ORGANISERS of the Flying Colours Appeal would live to thank everyone who supported a charity film screening at Cineworld in Yeovil. Supporters of the appeal – which is raising money for the special care baby unit at Yeovil District Hospital – converged on the cinema to watch Labyrinth on Sunday (November 17, 2013). Sarah Cherry, of the Flying Colours Appeal, said: “We…

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Rotarians say a BIG thank you to town

Rotarians says a BIG thank you to town

Posted: 20th November 2013
PEOPLE living in a South Somerset town have donated nearly a whopping £4,000 in a week to help with the relief effort in the Philippines. Members of Chard Rotary Club have been out collecting for the disaster relief appeal following the devastating Typhoon Haiyan which struck the Philippines and claimed the lives of thousands of people and left many more homeless. A…

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Future of Yeovil stroke unit under review

Future of Yeovil stroke unit under review

Posted: 20th November 2013
HEALTH chiefs will be meeting later today (Wednesday, November 20, 2013) to decide whether or not they should look at possibly removing stroke unit facilities from Yeovil District Hospital. It was revealed last week that a recommendation had been made by a panel of health experts that stroke services for the county – currently based at Musgrove Park Hospital in Taunton…

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Woman taken to hospital after car crash

Woman taken to hospital after car crash

Posted: 19th November 2013
ONE woman was cut free from a car following an incident on Bunford Lane in Yeovil this afternoon (Tuesday, November 19, 2013) after colliding with a lamp post. The alarm was raised at just after 2.15pm and two fire engines and a rescue tender from Yeovil attended the scene. A spokesman for the Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service said: “Fire crews confirmed a…

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Junior bowlers roll up cash for Children in Need

Junior bowlers roll up cash for Children in Need

Posted: 19th November 2013
MEMBERS of Yeovil Junior Bowls Club rolled up the cash for Children in Need on Monday (November 18, 2013) night. The young players held a fancy dress practice night at the club along with a prize draw and fun games on the indoor green where they were able to win lollipops and sweets, drinks and cake. They had a great time and raised £78.15 for the Children in Need appeal.

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Man arrested over hit-and-run cyclist death

Man arrested over hit-and-run cyclist death

Posted: 19th November 2013
A MAN has been arrested in connection with the hit-and-run death of a South Somerset cyclist in Bath. At 9.30pm on Saturday (November 16, 2013) a cyclist was seriously injured following a collision on Midland Road Bridge in Bath. The driver failed to stop at the scene and the cyclist, Jake Gilmore, 19, who comes from the Chard and Ilminster area, later died. Yesterday…

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The Bell re-opening date put back 24 hours

The Bell re-opening date put back 24 hours

Posted: 19th November 2013
OWNERS of The Bell pub in Yeovil have said that its long-awaited opening date has been put back by 24 hours. It was reported yesterday (Monday, November 18, 2013) that the re-built pub in Preston Road, which was devastated by a massive fire at the start of the year, was opening on December 10. But a spokesman for the Hungry Horse chain has told the Yeovil Press today…

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