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Off-duty police officers praised for efforts

Posted: 23rd October 2013
OFF-DUTY bobbies have been going one step beyond to help combat crime - at a time when the police are increasingly coming under public scrutiny nationally. Three times in the past eight days off-duty officers have helped in the successful detention of suspect, demonstrating that in Avon and Somerset police officers and police staff remain alert and on standby – even on…

More trains are desperately needed on Bristol to Weymouth line

Posted: 23rd October 2013
COUNCILLORS have agreed to continue to promote the Bristol to Weymouth railway line which passes through Pen Mill Station in Yeovil – although they accept that more trains are desperately needed to keep it moving. Members of South Somerset District Council’s Area South committee this month agreed to award £1,000 to the Heart of Wessex Rail Partnership which aims to…

Police confirm attempted abduction claims were without foundation

Posted: 23rd October 2013
PARENTS and children in Yeovil have been urged to remain vigilant against Stranger Danger – despite a latest alleged incident in which two girls were approached by a man proved to be a false alarm. The alarm was raised last Friday morning in the Birchfield area when a man allegedly tried to lure the girls into his car as they walked to school. But police confirmed…

Students' bake sale coins in cash for Breast Cancer Care

Posted: 22nd October 2013
IT seemed appropriate that on the same day as the final of the 2013 Great British Bake Off was screened on BBC, students at Yeovil College held a bake sale for charity. Members of the college’s Student Union raised a fantastic £145 for Breast Cancer Care and would like to thank everyone who supported the event. Millions of TV viewers tuned in tonight (Tuesday, October…

Collision on outskirts of Yeovil

Posted: 22nd October 2013
FIREFIGHTERS were called out this afternoon (Tuesday, October 22, 2013) to deal with a two-car collision in a narrow lane on the outskirts of Yeovil. The alarm was raised at just before 3.15pm to Netherton Lane at Sutton Bingham when police called for help from the Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service. Crews from Yeovil and Martock were mobilised and officers made…

Friends of Yeovil Hospital coin in the cash

Posted: 22nd October 2013
THE Friends of Yeovil Hospital have donated a whopping £234,179.31 since last October to the hospital to support patients and staff. The funds distributed by the Friends benefit a wide variety of departments and clinical areas across the hospital. It has enabled the Trust to buy new medical equipment and items to make patients more comfortable; and hospital equipment…

Demand for hospice services in Yeovil will rocket

Posted: 22nd October 2013
THOUSANDS more people across Yeovil and Somerset are going to be needing the services of St Margaret’s Hospice in the future. Results from a new national survey have confirmed what St Margaret’s has been saying since 2010 – that its service delivery has to change to accommodate the rising number of people who need hospice care in the years ahead. PHOTO - ABOVE: The…

Missing Maureen Mackenzie found safe and well

Posted: 22nd October 2013
POLICE have confirmed that Maureen Mackenzie, who had gone missing from her home near Yeovil, has been found safe and well. It was reported yesterday (Monday, October 21, 2013) that 60-year-old Maureen had gone missing from her home in Chilton Cantelo in the early hours of the morning. Police launched an appeal for information about her whereabouts because of concerns…

Head's pride at pupils in Stranger Danger alert

Posted: 22nd October 2013
THE head teacher of a Yeovil school has spoken of his pride at how pupils have coped in the glare of unwanted attention – but has urged parents to remind their children about the importance of Stranger Danger. Richard Culham, of Birchfield Primary School, told the Yeovil Press yesterday (Monday, October 21, 2013) that he had never been prouder of his pupils than he had…

Volunteers wanted for Yeovil bag packing marathon!

Posted: 22nd October 2013
THE School in a Bag project – part of the Piers Simon Appeal charity – is looking for volunteers to help with a fundraising bag-packing marathon later this year at a supermarket in Yeovil. For the third year running, School in a Bag will be at the main Tesco store in town on the last Saturday before Christmas which will be on Saturday, December 21. But this year the…

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