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Get snapping in hospital photo contest

Posted: 22nd October 2013
SNAPPERS are being invited to take part in a photography competition being organised by Yeovil District Hospital where the winning entries will help to brighten up the place. The hospital is running the contest and the chosen photos will be displayed on one of its wards which is currently being redesigned to make it dementia-friendly. There is an entry fee of £1.50 per…

Golfers swing into action to back St Margaret's Hospice

Posted: 21st October 2013
GOLFERS from Long Sutton Golf Club have presented St Margaret’s Hospice in Yeovil with £24,000 – thanks to a successful charity golf day. More than 60 teams played in the popular annual event which has now been running for over 20 years. This year saw the competition’s first hole in one, where the winner Peter Tierney, took home the fantastic prize of a brand new…

Female rescued from wreckage

Posted: 21st October 2013
FIREFIGHTERS from Yeovil were called out this afternoon (Monday, October 21, 2013) to help deal with a two-vehicle collision. The alarm was raised at just after 1.15pm to the A356 at Merriott where fire crews from Crewkerne, Ilminster and Yeovil found that there was one person stuck within a vehicle. Crews got to work to release the female casualty from the wreckage.

Remember the Tick, Tock, Test - it could save YOUR lives!

Posted: 21st October 2013
FIREFIGHTERS are taking part in a campaign to encourage householders across Yeovil and South Somerset to check their smoke alarms are properly working. Devon & Somerset Fire & Rescue Service is taking part in the Fire Kills campaign this coming clock change weekend. The Service is determined to prevent as many fire deaths as possible from happening and encourage everyone…

Fancy a new garden feature - how about a Wessex Helicopter?

Posted: 21st October 2013
IF you have nearly £13,000 and you would like to buy an unusual garden ornament or feature – why not treat yourself to a full-size Yeovil-made Wessex helicopter? The Wessex XT469 model was built at Westland Helicopters in Yeovil in the mid-1960s. And there is now the opportunity to actually buy one on auction website eBay with an asking price of £12,600. The helicopter…

Help find missing Maureen Mackenzie

Posted: 21st October 2013
CAN you help police find Maureen Mackenzie who went missing from her home near Yeovil this morning (Monday, October 21, 2013). Maureen is missing from her home in Chilton Cantelo and was last seen in the early hours of this morning. A police spokesman said: "We are concerned for her welfare and we are appealing to Maureen, or anyone who knows where she is, to contact us…

Yeovil Hospital reaches the Big 40!

Posted: 21st October 2013
THERE have been celebrations at Yeovil District Hospital after it reached its 40th anniversary milestone since the main building was first officially opened. The Duchess of Kent opened the hospital's main building on October 15, 1973, to become the tallest building in Yeovil. It was designed to make an architectural impact, as well as providing the very latest NHS care…

Pictorial look at Yeovil from yesteryear

Posted: 21st October 2013
PEOPLE can take a wander down memory lane with a second calendar having been produced of old photographs taken in Yeovil during the 1950s and 1960s. South Somerset District Council’s Community Heritage Access Centre has produced a second “Yeovil in Living Memory” calendar with the help of the active volunteers at CHAC. Volunteers have drawn on the considerable collection…

False Widow Spider found in garden chair

Posted: 20th October 2013
YEOVIL couple Roger and Karen Brown made a scary discovery in the back garden of their home yesterday (Saturday, October 19, 2013) – a much-maligned False Widow Spider. The gruesome-looking spiders with their distinctive shiny, black flesh, bulbous bodies, thick legs and skull-like patterns have hit the headlines in recent weeks following a spate of attacks on people in…

Serious accident on Ilminster by-pass

Posted: 19th October 2013
THERE was another serious accident on the Ilminster by-pass on the A303 this morning (Saturday, October 19) involving a head-on collision between two vehicles. The alarm was raised at just before 7.45am and two fire crews from Martock, plus one from Yeovil, were mobilised. On arrival the firefighters found the incident involved five casualties with one still inside the…

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