Green light given to fund traffic plans in Yeovil

Green light given to fund traffic plans in Yeovil

Posted: 20th August 2013
A MULTI-MILLION pound scheme aimed at improving traffic flow in a problem area of Yeovil has been given the green light. The Local Transport Board – the new body charged with funding major schemes in the Dorset and Somerset area – has given the go-ahead in principle to spending £6.49-million on easing traffic congestion on the western side of Yeovil. The proposed scheme…

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Learn more about Lymphoedema Awareness Week

Learn more about Lymphoedema Awareness Week

Posted: 20th August 2013
CHAIRMAN of the Yeovil Lymphoedema Support Group is hoping to raise awareness about the condition that cause pain and loss of mobility. Lymphoedema affects around 16,000 people in the UK.  In order to raise the profile of the condition, the British Lymphology Society are holding Lymphoedema Awareness Week from September 16-23. Lymphoedema is a long-term condition that…

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Congratulations to John and Christine Flatters - a real golden couple

Congratulations to John and Christine Flatters - a real golden couple

Posted: 19th August 2013
MESSAGES have flooded in today (Monday, August 19, 2013) to John and Christine Flatters to congratulate them on their Golden Wedding Anniversary. The couple, who live at East Coker, are well-known as ex-teachers in the area with Mr Flatters – as he is still called even today by former pupils of long ago – spending 30 years as head of physical education at Preston School…

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Putting the brakes on drivers

Putting the brakes on drivers

Posted: 19th August 2013
HUNDREDS of volunteers will be working side by side with police officers this week as part of a national speed awareness campaign. Community Speed Watch (CSW) groups are holding a dedicated week of speed checks across the force area and will be joined at the roadside by traffic and neighbourhood officers. The campaign is part of the National Speed Enforcement Week and is…

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Road accident at Somerton

Road accident at Somerton

Posted: 19th August 2013
FIREFIGHTERS had to release a casualty from the wreckage of a one-vehicle road accident this afternoon (Monady, August 19, 2013) at Somerton. The alarm was raised at just before 1.30pm and two fire engines were mobilised to the incident at South Hill. Officers released a casualty from the wreckage and was left in the hands of the Ambulance Service.

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Exam Results 2013: Great results at Leweston School

Exam Results 2013: Great results at Leweston School

Posted: 17th August 2013
THE Leweston School in Sherborne has been celebrating record A-Level results for the second time in three years. Sixth Form girls achieved a 100% pass rate and 72% of the A-Levels were passed at grade A* to B or Pre-U equivalent with a record 20% of the results passed at A* grade or Pre-U equivalent. Fifty-two per cent of the results at the girls-only school were passed…

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Exam Results 2013: Celebrations at Bruton School for Girls

Exam Results 2013: Celebrations at Bruton School for Girls

Posted: 17th August 2013
THE Bruton School for Girls has been celebrating yet another outstanding year of academic achievement with over 88% of the A-level grades obtained being A*- C. Bruton School for Girls is a day and boarding school with a history of all-round academic excellence having been established in 1900.  Fiona Donaldson, head of Sixth Form, said: “This year’s results are really…

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Firefighters deal with heating oil spill

Firefighters deal with heating oil spill

Posted: 17th August 2013
FIRE crews were called out last night after 100 litres of heating oil leaked out of a storage tank at a property in South Somerset. The alarm was raised at just before 8.45pm to the incident in Castlebrook, Compton Dundon, and crews from nearby Street were mobilised to carry out an inspection. A spokesman for Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service said: “Officers…

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Piers Simon Appeal wins support of golf day

Golf day supports the Piers Simon Appeal

Posted: 16th August 2013
THE Piers Simon Appeal and its School in a Bag initiative has gained a “hole in one” after being named as the chosen charity for this year’s annual golf day being organised by the Somerset Chamber. The golf day will take place at Taunton and Pickeridge Golf Club on September 26 and a Chamber spokesman said they were delighted to be supporting the School in a Bag scheme…

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Mobile speed camera locations for next week

Mobile speed camera locations for next week

Posted: 16th August 2013
THE Safety Camera Partnership has announced where police speed enforcement officers will be located with their mobiles cameras in South Somerset over the coming week. During the week starting Monday, August 19, 2013, officers will be at the following places looking to catch speeding drivers. A30 Crewkerne Road, Chard (30mph). A30 Roundham, near Crewkerne (30mph). A358…

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