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Brightening up Yeovil's empty shops

Posted: 12th June 2013
A LOCAL artist has been commissioned to put the spotlight on the vacant shops and explore Yeovil’s self-image through art and music. Artist Simon Lee Dicker and students from Yeovil College’s music department will fill Yeovil town centre on Saturday, June 15, where you will be able to hear multiple live performances of the song ‘Pretty Vacant’ with a backdrop of…

Drink Banning Orders served up in South Somerset

Posted: 12th June 2013
POLICE have gained Drink Banning Orders on two men – aged 22 and 19 – who have caused problems in South Somerset and committed offences while drunk. The incidents have happened in Castle Cary and Bruton and these banning orders, which are some of the first to be introduced across the Avon and Somerset area, apply to South Somerset area covering anywhere between Chard and…

ASBO for Yeovil woman

Posted: 12th June 2013
POLICE have gained an anti-social behaviour order on a Yeovil woman which will prevent her from causing unnecessary distress to local people. The order, which lasts for two years, will prevent the 28-year-old from possessing alcohol in a public place, approaching people and asking for money and remaining in shopping areas she has been asked to leave in the town centre…

Army recruiting drive in Yeovil

Posted: 12th June 2013
BRITAIN’s Army boots will hit the ground in Yeovil as part of a nationwide new “Step Up” recruitment campaign designed to bring 10,000 soldiers into the Army over the coming year. As part of the campaign, people are being invited to attend one of a number of recruitment events running throughout Somerset over the next month including finding out more at one of the…

Mindless yobs are destroying Yeovil

Posted: 11th June 2013
THERE are fears that Yeovil is being ‘destroyed’ by mindless yobs and now a task force has been formed to try and clampdown on the trouble makers. Graffiti and other criminal damage has become a real issue for residents and visitors, encouraging South Somerset District Council members, Cllrs Tony Fife and Ian Martin, to set up a task force of the relevant services to…

Funeral for Yeovil meningitis victim, 18

Posted: 11th June 2013
THE funeral for an 18-year-old Yeovil student who died of meningitis on May 31 will be held on Friday (June 14). Josh Hearn, a former Westfield Community School student, was studying fisheries management at Bridgwater College. His funeral will be at 10.40am on Friday at Yeovil Crematorium and there will be a collection for the Meningitis Trust. A tribute page has been…

Home Farm Fest 2013: A BIG success!

Posted: 10th June 2013
THE annual Home Farm Fest at Chilthorne Domer in aid of the Piers Simon Appeal and its School in a Bag initiative has been hailed as a massive success. The three-day music festival ran from Friday evening to late Sunday afternoon and saw dozens of bands and performers take to a trio of stages at Home Farm. The 'sold out' signs were up at Home Farm for the all-day…

Adoptive families needed in Somerset

Posted: 7th June 2013
THERE are about 500 children in Somerset County Council care - some of whom are currently waiting to be placed with adoptive families. The council wants to hear from anyone above the age of 21 willing to adopt, whatever their background or lifestyle. There is no upper age limit. Cllr Frances Nicholson, the council’s spokesman for children and families, said: ‘’Somerset…

Westfield Road speed humps are a 'disgrace' say motorists

Posted: 6th June 2013
MOTORISTS have described speed humps on a busy residential road in Yeovil as an absolute disgrace. The speed reduction measures on Westfield Road have fallen into disrepair over the years and large pot holes have formed on either side of them. Now drivers have said that the speed humps – more commonly known as sleeping policemen – have become totally inadequate as…

Big day for Mama Bear's Nursery in Yeovil

Posted: 6th June 2013
A YEOVIL nursery which has undergone a £250,000 renovation and expansion is opening its doors to showcase the improvements to parents. The Mama Bear’s Day Nursery and Pre-school on Houndstone Close, Abbey Manor Park, will open its doors on Saturday, June 8, from 10am-12pm. Parents will have the chance to view the new setting, which will have capacity for 68 children from…

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