Vicars given frontline training at Yeovilton

Vicars are "dunked" at Yeovilton

Posted: 4th July 2013
SIX Royal Navy chaplains – more commonly known throughout the Navy as ‘Bishes’ – were put to the test in the 'dunker' which simulates an aircraft crashing in the sea. They were ‘dunked’ together as they attended a Vicars Conference at Royal Naval Air Station Yeovilton to see whether they can escape from a helicopter should it ditch in an emergency. To do their job…

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Liberate YOUR home from clutter!

Liberate YOUR home from clutter!

Posted: 4th July 2013
PEOPLE in Yeovil and South Somerset are being offered a free guide to help them liberate space in their homes and lives by getting rid of clutter. And the guide can help users save or make money, have fun unloading their “stuff”, and find friends through their sales and donations. The guide comes from Somerset’s Green Routine 2013 waste prevention campaign, which says…

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Work on Premier Inn hotel to start soon?

Work on Premier Inn hotel to start soon?

Posted: 4th July 2013
WORK on building a 90-bedroom Premier Inn hotel in Yeovil looks set to start within the next couple of months and that could mean the end of the bottom end of the town centre from having the unwanted tag of “takeaway alley.” Cllr Tony Fife, chairman of South Somerset District Council’s Area South committee, said today that the final part of the jigsaw in the regeneration…

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CCTV cameras planned for Yeovil underpass

CCTV cameras planned for Yeovil underpass

Posted: 4th July 2013
CCTV cameras are set to be installed in the much-maligned underpass system around the Kingston and Reckleford dual-carriageways in Yeovil as part of the third phase of improvement works in Princes Street. The second part of the work in the historic town centre street has just been completed and Princes Street is now looking its very best following the installation of…

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Flying Colours Appeal backed by Panthers Martial Arts Academy

Flying Colours Appeal backed by Panthers Martial Arts Academy

Posted: 4th July 2013
YEOVIL-BASED Panthers Martial Arts Academy will be giving a two-hour demonstration on Saturday (July 6, 2013) in aid of the Flying Colours Appeal for Yeovil District Hospital. The club members will be performing their martial arts skills from 11am to 1pm and hoping people will donate their loose change to the appeal which is supporting special babies. They will be…

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Charity golf day for St Margaret's Hospice

Charity golf day for St Margaret's Hospice

Posted: 4th July 2013
AN annual Charity Golf Day held in support of St Margaret’s Hospice at Long Sutton Golf Club will be celebrating its 20th anniversary tomorrow (Friday, July 5) when club members and guests tee-off. Long Sutton Golf Club, has been generously supporting St Margaret’s for many years. Their involvement with the charity was originally inspired following the specialist care…

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Save money with Community Oil Scheme

Save £s with Community Oil Scheme

Posted: 3rd July 2013
PEOPLE in Yeovil and South Somerset could save £s and reduce their fuel costs through a Community Oil Scheme this summer. The Somerset Community Oil Scheme is a venture from the Community Council for Somerset and is a bulk-buying oil scheme launched in the county in September 2011. It now boasts nearly 600 members with domestic households and commercial users, schools…

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Tesco cracking down on anti-social car park drivers

Tesco cracking down on anti-social car park drivers

Posted: 2nd July 2013
TESCO bosses in Yeovil are trying to clamp down on anti-social behaviour problems in the store’s car park in the centre of town. The car park has been a hangout for young drivers at night and their sometimes dangerous motoring manoeuvres have become a constant headache. Now store bosses have had enough and are working with police in a bid to sort out the problems once…

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Problem area in Yeovil to be built on

Problem area in Yeovil to be built on

Posted: 2nd July 2013
AN area of open space in Yeovil which has become a continual problem with anti-social behaviour is to be built on. Raglan Housing Association is intending to build two bungalows on the piece of land in Larkspur Crescent. The land, valued at £70,000 and owned by South Somerset District Council, is expected to be transferred to Raglan on a 125-year lease at a peppercorn…

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Zip-line concerns at Birchfield Park

Zip-line concerns at Birchfield Park

Posted: 2nd July 2013
PEOPLE have objected to council-backed proposals to install a 30-metre zip-line play attraction at the Birchfield Park in Yeovil. Two neighbours living close to the play area have opposed to the plans, while a petition boasting 19 signatures from residents living in Magna Close, Bedford Road, Rivers Road and Birchfield Road has also been received by South Somerset…

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