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Petrol station shop prang at Asda

Posted: 11th September 2013
THE petrol station at the Asda supermarket in Preston Road, Yeovil, was still not fully operational this evening (Wednesday, September 11) following an unusual incident earlier today when a car drove into the shop front. One fire engine from Yeovil was mobilised at just before 10.30am to the store where officers found a vehicle that had driven into the front of the…

Young adults take on course at Yeovil Fire Station

Posted: 11th September 2013
A GROUP of young, unemployed adults have been put through their paces at Yeovil Fire Station to improve their self-confidence and communications skills. The students have taken part in a Phoenix course which includes firefighter training and gives them the opportunity to obtain recognised qualifications in first aid and food hygiene. The final day of the course gives…

Help Beat Breast Cancer Sooner!

Posted: 10th September 2013
SUPPORTERS all over the region will be striding out to “HELP BEAT BREAST CANCER SOONER” by taking part in this year’s Somerset Stride event at Montacute House on Sunday, October 13. Now in its eighth year, the Somerset Stride are asking all you mums, dads, grans, granddads and children, to come along and talk part in this year’s walk. Organisers hope to attract over 300…

New principal predicts bright future for Stanchester

Posted: 10th September 2013
WITH excellent exam results and a new principal, Stanchester Academy at Stoke-sub-Hamdon is looking to a strong future. Stanchester recently had its most successful GCSE results ever, with 61% of students achieving five or more A*-C grades including English and Maths. The Academy has also welcomed Jason Beardmore as its new principal who started this term. “This is an…

Mobile speed camera sites this week in South Somerset

Posted: 10th September 2013
MOTORISTS are being advised by the Safety Camera Partnership that the police are operating this week in a number of locations around South Somerset with their mobile speed detection cameras. The police’s enforcement unit will be working at the following locations up until Sunday, September 15, 2013. A30 Crewkerne Road, Chard (30mph). A30 Roundham, near Crewkerne…

Town centre wi-fi scheme discussions

Posted: 10th September 2013
A FREE public wi-fi system could be installed in Yeovil town centre for people to use. Town councillors have been looking at the logistics and costs of installing the wi-fi and bidding for grant funding. Discussions have taken place with Yeovil College which already provides a free password-protected campus-wide facility for their staff and students. But town clerk Alan…

More than 50% of Yeovil roadshow visitors referred to GP

Posted: 9th September 2013
NEARLY 100 people in Yeovil were referred to their doctor by a healthy lifestyle roadshow after they were identified as being at risk of developing Type 2 Diabetes. Diabetes UK and Bupa offered free diabetes risk assessment tests to 164 people in Yeovil to identify their risk of developing diabetes now and in the next ten years. A whopping 57 per cent – or 94 people –…

Brides still welcome on board Britain's first wedding car

Posted: 9th September 2013
IT is a familiar scene recreated in thousands of marriages each year - bride and groom stare proudly out from their wedding car, surrounded by friends and family. However this photograph, taken in Somerset in 1903, is believed to depict the first documented use of the wedding car in Britain. The extraordinary piece of matrimonial history was pieced together by…

Building site safety checks across the region

Posted: 9th September 2013
POOR standards and unsafe work on building sites in the South West are being targeted this month as part of an annual push to reduce death, injury and ill health in the industry. During a concentrated drive running to September 27, the Health and Safety Executive will visit sites across the region where refurbishment projects or repair works are underway. Local HSE…

Quit the habit with Stoptober

Posted: 9th September 2013
SMOKERS across Yeovil and Somerset are today (Monday, September 9) being urged to put the Stop in Stoptober next month. Nearly 900 people in the county die each year from smoking-related illnesses – about 17 people will die of smoking in Somerset this week. County councillors, firefighters and the Somerset NHS Stop Smoking Service have joined forces to launch the…

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