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Yeovil has high rates of obesity

Posted: 27th August 2013
DIABETES UK and Bupa are targeting Yeovil with a healthy lifestyles roadshow because the area has high rates of obesity. A healthy lifestyle roadshow will be coming to Middle Street, Yeovil, on Tuesday, September 3, and Wednesday, September 4, where people will receive a free risk assessment which will indicate their risk of having Type 2 diabetes – as well as their…

Food outlets improve their hygiene ratings

Posted: 27th August 2013
A SURVEY by South Somerset District Council of local food businesses rated by the National Food Hygiene Rating Scheme has shown that many businesses have improved their standards because of the scheme. Of the 1,592 South Somerset businesses which come under the scheme, 1,481 (93%) are rated generally satisfactory, good or very good with a marked increase since the…

Multiple occupancy plans for Yeovil insurance firm

Posted: 26th August 2013
A DROP in footfall has led a Yeovil businessman to unveil plans to move into the town centre and turn his existing premises into homes of multiple-occupancy. A planning application has been submitted to South Somerset District Council for the proposed change of use of Livingstone’s Warman Insurance Brokers in Coronation Avenue, Yeovil, into two residential houses with…

Are you a hoarder?

Posted: 26th August 2013
A TELEVISION production company is on the lookout for anyone in the Yeovil or South Somerset area who is a hoarder. Are you, or is someone you know, a hoarder? Is this getting out of hand and taking over your home and lives? Do you need help organising? The award-winning production company Twenty Twenty Productions Ltd wants to hear from hoarders, and those close to…

GCSE results 2013: Bruton School for Girls celebrates

Posted: 26th August 2013
BRUTON School for Girls has been celebrating yet another fantastic year of GCSE results with 95.2% of girls achieving A*- C grades. That is a 3% increase on last year and more than one in three (35%) obtained at least 8A*-A grades - illustrating that the school is going from strength to strength. Headmistress, Nicola Botterill, said: “Our GCSE and A-level results this…

BIG day out with Yarlington

Posted: 26th August 2013
WITH increasing energy costs, shortage of housing, high unemployment, reliance on internet access and a rising older population, deciding where to concentrate investment is a huge undertaking. Yeovil-based landlord Yarlington Housing Group has spent a whole day and lots of staff time visiting 2,500 households in their area to ask them what they think and where they…

Care home go-ahead in Yeovil

Posted: 26th August 2013
PLANNERS have given the go-ahead for a new 65-bedroom care home be built in Yeovil. Somerset Care Ltd and Avalon Estates Ltd have been awarded planning permission by South Somerset District Council to build the care home with associated landscaping, car parking and highway access on land west of Cooksons Orchard in Preston Grove.

Cooker fire in Yeovil

Posted: 26th August 2013
FIREFIGHTERS were this morning (Monday, August 26) called out to deal with a fire at a building in Yeovil. The alarm was raised at just before 11.30am to a building in Woodland Grove. On arrival firefighters discovered there had been a fire in a cooker. A spokesman for Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service said: “Crews ventilated the property to clear the smoke.”

Teenager killed in car crash

Posted: 26th August 2013
POLICE are appealing for witnesses following a fatal road traffic collision near Yeovil yesterday (August 25, 2013) in which a 17-year-old male was killed. The incident happened at 2.45am on Camp Road, West Coker. A silver coloured Peugeot was travelling along the road towards the A30 when it left the road and mounted a wall and hedge and was in collision with a tree…

Arsonists blamed for Yeovil car fire

Posted: 25th August 2013
ARSONISTS are being blamed for a car fire in Glenville Road, Yeovil, during the early hours of this morning. It was at just before 3.45am when the alarm was raised and firefighters found a vehicle well-alight in Glenville Road, which is off of Rosebery Avenue. A spokesman for the Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service said that the vehicle was severely damaged by…

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