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D. R. Jones building firm goes 'green' with its vehicle fleet

Posted: 3rd June 2013
YEOVIL-BASED building firm D. R. Jones is set to reduce its carbon footprint and cut fuel costs after starting a £1m investment to upgrade its fleet of vehicles. The company, which is a division of The Jones Group, a regional building contractor with branches across the South West, has ordered 100 new vans and ten cars from Lex Autolease to replace the ageing and costly…

Great FREE bulb giveaway in Yeovil

Posted: 1st June 2013
THE great bulb giveaway is here and once again with tulip and spring bedding bulbs being given away to the public in Yeovil for free on Friday, June 7. You may have noticed that South Somerset District Council’s horticultural staff have been busy clearing the tulips and spring bedding from the flower beds around Yeovil. As in the past four years, South Somerset District…

Car owners urged to be vigilant

Posted: 1st June 2013
POLICE are urging motorists and residents in Yeovil to be vigilant following a number of reports of damage to cars last weekend. Overnight on May 25-26 police received seven reports of damage being caused to cars in Ermine Street area, Watling Street, Monks Dale and Plantagenet Chase. Unknown offenders targeted the vehicles and removed the glass from the wing mirrors…

Yarlington's Big Blanket success!

Posted: 31st May 2013
LOCALS came together this week to celebrate the successful completion of a beautifully coloured and giant-sized Big Blanket. In total over 8000 individual squares were knitted which were made into an incredible 58 blankets, crafted to raise funds for the Flying Colours Appeal at Yeovil Women’s Hospital. Residents and staff at Yarlington Housing Group’s retirement living…

Family tribute to Martock motorcyclist victim

Posted: 31st May 2013
THE family of a motorcyclist who tragically died as a result of the injuries he sustained in a road smash last weekend have spoken of their heartbreak. Tom Millard, pictured, from Martock, was involved in a collision on his Suzuki motorcycle at Stapleton Cross on Sunday (May 26) at about 10.20pm. He was taken to Yeovil District Hospital where he died as a result of his…

Tesco plan for PIcketty Witch takes another step forward

Posted: 29th May 2013
SUPERMARKET giants Tesco are taking another step to opening one of its Express convenience stores along Ilchester Road in Yeovil after submitting a number of planning applications to South Somerset District Council. It is no secret that Tesco are planning on transforming the former Picketty Witch pub into its third Tesco Express store in Yeovil to compliment its…

Happy birthday Piers Simon!

Posted: 28th May 2013
FORMER Preston School and Yeovil College student Piers Simon would have been celebrating his 42nd birthday today (Tuesday, May 28). But tragically Piers (pictured below) was one of the thousands who perished in the Asian tsunami of Boxing Day 2004 when he was holidaying in Thailand. He was aged just 33. The popular landscape gardener is deeply missed by his friends and…

Motorcyclist dies after road smash

Posted: 28th May 2013
A MOTORCYCLIST died as a result of the injuries he sustained on Sunday (May 26) night in a road smash at Martock. The incident happened at around 10.20pm on when the motorcyclist was travelling along Stapleton Cross and then appeared to drift across the road before colliding with a hedge and a road sign. A police spokesman said: “The rider on a Suzuki was taken to Yeovil…

Thousands break speed limit on Preston Road

Posted: 28th May 2013
THOUSANDS of motorists are speeding along Preston Road in Yeovil. Speed Indicator Devices, known as SIDs, were placed along Preston Road for 11 days from April 15-25 and recorded a total of 33,594 vehicle movements. A total of 17,705 were recorded as travelling within the 30mph speed limit – but that meant that 15,889 were exceeding the limit and breaking the law. A…

Taxi driver sees car washed away

Posted: 27th May 2013
A POLISH taxi driver from Yeovil got more than he bargained for when he went to enjoy a day at the seaside. Krzysztof Tomaszek had parked his car on the beach at Brean Sands, near Burnham-on-Sea, yesterday and went off for a walk – only to return to find his Ford Mondeo completely surrounded by water. Speaking to the Burnham-on-Sea.com community website, he said: ‘’I…

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