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Red House music fest is a HIT with the Piers Simon Appeal

Posted: 1st September 2013
A PACKED day of music at the Red House pub on the outskirts of Yeovil should have raised a bucket load of cash for the Piers Simon Appeal. The one-day festival was held yesterday (Saturday, August 31, 2013) and music-lovers descended on the pub in Dorchester Road to support the event. A spokesman for the Red House said that it had been “fantastic” and would like to thank…

Fun Day success at Johnson Park in Yeovil

Posted: 1st September 2013
THE sun may have been shining, but Derrick Mapletoft got a good old soaking at the family fun day today (Sunday, September 1) at Johnson Park in Yeovil. Derrick, well-known locally as chairman of Pen Mill FC, was among several willing volunteers to go in the stocks and have soggy wet sponges thrown at them by an army of willing throwers! It was just one of the various…

Gloving history donated - thanks to Kevin and Sandra Millard

Posted: 1st September 2013
FORMER employees of an old Yeovil gloving company have given artefacts to South Somerset District Council's Community Heritage Access Centre. Kevin and Sandra Millard, of Yeovil, worked at the former W. J. and W. G. Ricketts Ltd gloving factory in Addlewell Lane in the 1960s and 1970s. They have kindly donated several items from their time at their former workplace…

Hot air balloon lands at Mudford Rec

Posted: 1st September 2013
THIS was the scene in Yeovil this morning when a hot air balloon landed in the Yeovil Recreation Centre at Mudford Road. This photo was taken by an eye-witness at around 8.30am at the area know more commonly as Mudford Rec. Other people, writing on social networking sites, said that they were woken up by the balloon as it passed overhead across the Abbey Manor Park…

Wessex Truck Show is top gear for charity!

Posted: 1st September 2013
ORGANISERS of the Wessex Truck Show held in Yeovil last month have announced that they will be donating £2,000 to charity. The show, featuring hundreds of trucks, was held at the Yeovil Showground and attracted hundreds of enthusiasts and their families. David Cross, who helped to organise the show, has now said that they will be donating £1,000 each to St Margaret’s…

Congratulations to Jon and Jo Crane!

Posted: 31st August 2013
THE Yeovil Press would like to congratulate Yeovil Town Road Running Club members Jon and Jo Crane on their wedding. The happy couple tied the knot yesterday (Friday, August 30, 2013) at Yeovil Registry Office in the presence of family and friends. The celebrations continued later for a reception and evening party at the Crown and Victoria in Tintinhull. Despite Jon and…

Kitchen fire at Somerton

Posted: 31st August 2013
FIREFIGHTERS from Somerton and Martock were called out last night (Friday, August 30) to deal with a kitchen fire. The alarm was raised at 10.15pm and officers attended the incident at a property in Laburnum Drive, Somerton, after the occupant called for help. A spokesman for the Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service said: “On arrival at the scene the officers…

Getting people into work

Posted: 30th August 2013
UNEMPLOYMENT has declined over the past year and more people have secured work, however the number of 16–24 year olds that find they are unemployed and out of work has risen - step-in a Yeovil-based housing group. Yarlington Housing Group has taken positive steps to help their residents secure employment and access training and volunteering opportunities by appointing an…

Screwfix looks for top worker!

Posted: 30th August 2013
TRADESMEN and women across Yeovil - the time has come once again to down tools and enter this year’s search for Britain’s top worker. Screwfix, which has stores in Yeovil, is launching its annual competition to find the best in the DIY field where the winner receives a brand new Toyota Proace van, worth up to £27,000, and also be awarded the title of the nation’s No1…

Jobs could be less secure in the future

Posted: 29th August 2013
A SHAKE-UP in employment law could make staff feel less secure in the workplace, according to a South Somerset law firm. New rules and regulations were introduced by the Government at the end of July following a wide-ranging consultation with businesses in 2011. Ian Pearson, employment expert with Amicus Law Solicitors of Yeovil, said: “Employers had complained time and…

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