Abseil for Flying Colours Appeal
Posted: 6th September 2013
YEOVIL District Hospital will be hosting a 100ft abseil on Saturday, November 9, in aid of the Special Care Baby Unit, to help raise the £500,000 needed to build a bigger and better unit as part of the Flying Colours Appeal. A minimum of £75 in sponsorship is required to take part in the abseil along with a £15 registration fee. All participants will receive a medal and…
Red House Music Fest hits right note with Piers Simon Appeal
Posted: 5th September 2013
ORGANISERS of the Music Festival at the Red House on Saturday (August 31) have announced that it raised a fantastic £1,301.50 for the Piers Simon Appeal charity. Everyone at the Red House pub and restaurant in Dorchester Road, Yeovil, would like to thank all the bands, helpers and festival-goers who made the event such a success. A number of bands performed during the…
Look out criminals - you are being watched!
Posted: 5th September 2013
CRIMINALS beware – there are plans to update and improve the CCTV system operating in Yeovil town centre. The latest improvement, led by the Yeovil CCTV Steering Group, will see up-to-date modern recording through the addition of digital recorders which will record and play back images at 25 frames per second as opposed to the existing one frame. This will improve the…
Hot stuff at the Signature Viceroy
Posted: 5th September 2013
DANIEL Bascombe was certainly hot, hot, hot when he took up the challenge laid down on a plate for him at the Signature Viceroy restaurant in Yeovil. Daniel, 32, bravely ploughed his way through the Indian restaurant’s devilishly hot chicken curry infused with the world’s hottest chilli, the Naga, to win the Hero of Our Hottest Dish competition. With all the sweat and…
Motorcyclist suffers broken arm
Posted: 5th September 2013
A MOTORCYCLIST was left with a broken arm after being involved in a collision on the main A37 between Yeovil and Ilchester this morning (Sept 5, 2013). The collision occurred at around 7.35am at Ilchester and involved a motorcycle and a car. The motorcyclist was taken to YeovilDistrictHospital where he was to have surgery on a fractured arm. A police spokesman said: “The…
Have your say on the Westfield estate
Posted: 5th September 2013
PEOPLE living on the Westfield estate in Yeovil have still got time to have their say on how they would like to see their community develop in the future. South Somerset District Council, in conjunction with Westfield Community Association, South Somerset Together and Yarlington Housing Grouop, are conducting a neighbourhood-wide consultation. The survey running from May…
Meet with police on Abbey Manor
Posted: 5th September 2013
PEOPLE living on the Abbey Manor estate in Yeovil can go and meet with police officers to discuss issues of concern. Officers will be at the Abbey Manor Community Centre, next to The Arrow pub, on Wednesday, September 11, from 12 noon to 1pm. They will be there for a “beat surgery” to meet with people, listen to their concerns and offer crime reduction advice.
Memory Walk in Yeovil for Alzheimer's Society
Posted: 5th September 2013
PEOPLE are being asked to put on their walking shoes and support the Yeovil Memory Walk on Saturday, September 21, in aid of the Alzheimer’s Society. For the third year running Memory Walk 2013 will be held in partnership with Bupa Care Homes. Together, Alzheimer’s Society and Bupa aim to support more people living with dementia through the vital funds that are raised…
Hundreds in Yeovil suffer from rheumatoid arthritis
Posted: 5th September 2013
HELP is available for hundreds of people in Yeovil who live with the painful rheumatoid arthritis disease. The Yeovil group of the National Rheumatoid Arthritis Society will be hosting a meeting on Wednesday, September 18, for anyone affected by the disease - which causes pain and swelling in the joints - to go along and find out more about the condition and the care and…
Youth rescued after getting stuck - up a tree!
Posted: 4th September 2013
FIREFIGHTERS were called out this evening (Wednesday, September 4, 2013) to help a youth who had got stuck up a tree! The alarm was raised at just before 8pm and one fire engine from Somerton was called out to the Recreation Ground at Langport where they found a male youth stuck. A spokesman for the Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service said: “The youth was stuck…
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