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Two people cut free from wreckage

Posted: 25th August 2013
TWO people had to be cut out of the wreckage of their vehicle following an accident at West Coker in the early hours of this morning (Sunday, August 25, 2013). Firefighters from Yeovil attended the road traffic collision when the alarm was raised at just before 3am. They used hydraulic cutting equipment to free two people from the vehicle. Police and ambulance personnel…

GCSE results 2013: Sherborne Girls School celebrates

Posted: 24th August 2013
SHERBORNE Girls School is celebrating for a second time this summer with the announcement of a record number of A* passes at GCSE - just a week after record-breaking A* results at A-Level. This year 47% of all the grades awarded were at A*, while 76% of all papers achieved an A* or A grade. Ninety-two per cent of papers were marked at A*, A or B grades. Three girls…

Historical Yeovil postcards uncovered

Posted: 24th August 2013
AN intriguing postcard has been discovered by staff at South Somerset District Council's Community Heritage Access Centre in their notable social history collection. The Photocrom Lettercard consists – as the name suggests – of six postcards in one continuous sheet: Five depict Yeovil scenes, featuring High Street; The Borough; St. John’s Church and Nine Springs and the…

GCSE results 2013: Stanchester Academy celebrates

Posted: 24th August 2013
STANCHESTER Academy at Stoke-sub-Hamdon is celebrating after achieving its highest ever percentage of students with five or more A*-C grades. These fabulous statistics include students getting English and Maths in their GCSEs. In addition to the success in GCSEs, Stanchester has achieved a 13% increase in the number of students attaining an English Baccalaureate. Amongst…

Alice in Wonderland fun for the Gardens Group

Posted: 23rd August 2013
TEAPOTS of all shapes and sizes, flower windmills and a bubble machine - no wonder more than 100 children, along with their parents and grandparents, flocked to all three of The Gardens Group garden centres at Sherborne, Poundbury and Yeovil for a Mad Hatter’s Tea Party. Candy floss was spun, large colourful tea-cups were filled with love-hearts, and chocolate cake was…

Fantastic opportunity for Yeovil, says council leader

Posted: 22nd August 2013
PLANS to improve the road network on the western side of Yeovil has been described as "vital" for the future economy of the town. The Heart of The South West Local Enterprise Partnership has announced that Yeovil’s Western Corridor - a stretch of highway between the Lysander Road and Bunford roundabouts in the south and the Thorne Lane and Western Avenue junction to the…

Multi-million pound scheme will make BIG difference

Posted: 22nd August 2013
COUNTY Hall officials have said that a multi-million pound scheme to upgrade one of Yeovil’s key transport routes will make a real difference to "drivers, walkers and cyclists." Somerset County Council has reached an agreement - as reported here on Yeovil Press on Tuesday (August 20) - in principle with the Local Transport Board, a new body charged with funding major…

Yarlington Housing Group looks to the future

Posted: 22nd August 2013
YARLINGTON Housing Group in Yeovil is looking to the future with statistics showing that the number of people aged over 65 is set to increase by more than 25% in the ten years to 2021. The housing provider has said that never has it been more important to ensure that the needs of our senior citizens are catered for and their future is safe and secure following the…

Warning - don't be duped by rogue traders

Posted: 22nd August 2013
POLICE are warning householders in Yeovil and South Somerset to be alert to rogue traders operating area after an elderly man was duped out of £2,000. The incident happened on Monday, August 19, when an 86-year-old Somerton man was asked for £5,500, and paid £2,000, for incomplete resurfacing work on a path at his home. A man had knocked on his door offering to carry…

Church to hold services at Cineworld!

Posted: 22nd August 2013
CINEWORLD in Yeovil is more used to hosting the world’s latest blockbuster movies starring Hollywood’s finest – but now the cinema complex is preparing to welcome a much more local performer, Rev Howard Davenport and the Elim Pentecostal Church. While the auditoriums of Cineworld at the Yeo Leisure Park are popular with visitors wanting to watch Tom Cruise, Julia…

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