Cycling from Crewe to Yeovil

Cycling from Crewe to Yeovil

Posted: 19th April 2013
CYCLISTS will be setting off this morning (Friday) on the second leg of their marathon bike ride from Crewe to Yeovil. Twenty Yeovil Town fans set off from Crewe Alexandra's Gresty Road ground yesterday morning and hope to arrive at Huish Park tomorrow ahead of the Glovers' npower League One clash with Crewe. The cyclists are making the 200-mile ride in a bid to raise a…

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Do YOU know this man?

Do YOU know this man?

Posted: 19th April 2013
POLICE and Crimestoppers are hoping you might be able to help them identify a man they wish to speak with in connection with using a dodgy £50 note in a Yeovil pub. They have issued these photos of a man they would like to meet with in connection with the offence which happened on February 20. A police spokesman said: "Can you help identify a man we wish to speak with in…

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Eggs-cellent egg trail at Ninesprings

Eggs-cellent egg trail at Ninesprings

Posted: 18th April 2013
MORE than 550 children took part in the Easter egg-stravaganza egg trail at Ninesprings in Yeovil organised by Friends of Yeovil Country Park and South Somerset District Council. Children participated in the Easter egg trail into the woods to find letters that spelt out ‘Happy Easter’ to win an Easter egg. The half-mile marked trail took the excited children into the…

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Seaton Road flat fire

Seaton Road flat fire

Posted: 18th April 2013
FIREFIGHTERS were called out yesterday (Wednesday, April 17) to deal with a flat fire in Seaton Road, Yeovil. The alarm was raised at just after 4.30pm and two fire engines from Yeovil attended the scene. On arrival they found a small fire involving the lounge and bedroom of a ground floor flat within a two-storey block of flats. One woman was treated by ambulance…

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Nobody trapped in Mayfield Road collision

Nobody trapped in Mayfield Road collision

Posted: 16th April 2013
TWO fire engines from Yeovil were sent out this morning following reports of a road traffic collision in the town. The alarm was raised at just before 9am and firefighters found that three vehicles were involved in the incident in Mayfield Road. Nobody was trapped inside any of the vehicles and officers made the area safe.

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Council bucks trend and backs the arts

Council bucks trend and backs the arts

Posted: 16th April 2013
SOUTH Somerset District Council has bucked the national trend and continue to fund four county-based arts organisations for the coming year. Although SSDC has reduced its funding from £20,807 to £15,510 in 2012 – it is still giving its backing to the arts which has become something of a low priority for many local authorities. Actiontrack, Somerset Art Works, Somerset…

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Still time to nominate for Yeovil Mayor's Award 2013

Still time to nominate for Yeovil Mayor's Award 2013

Posted: 16th April 2013
TIME is running out for nominations be made for the 2013 Yeovil Mayor’s Award. The Mayor, Cllr Clive Davis, is looking for an individual or organisation who deserves to receive a silver salver in recognition of their service to the community – as a small token of thanks on behalf of the Town. The Mayor’s Award is not intended for people who earn their living from their…

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Tom wants to inspire disabled athletes

Tom wants to inspire disabled athletes

Posted: 15th April 2013
ONE of Somerset’s leading disabled athletes Tom Minchington will be inspiring local young people at two new sports and leisure clubs which open this week for adults and young people with learning difficulties at Preston Sports Centre in Yeovil. Nineteen-year-old Tom, who is a former pupil at Preston School and who has Cerebral Palsy, will be helping to organise the…

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National Stalking Awareness Day

National Stalking Awareness Day

Posted: 15th April 2013
PEOPLE across Yeovil and South Somerset are being urged by police to ‘know the law and use the law’ when it comes to stalking. As part of National Stalking Awareness Day on Thursday, April 18, police forces and charities across the country are working to highlight the issue, as well as the signs and the help that is available to all. Across Avon and Somerset police want…

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Students soothing the muscles of runners

Students sooth the muscles of runners

Posted: 15th April 2013
PHYSIOTHERAPY students have been thanked for their help in soothing aching muscles for runners following the Yeovil Half Marathon. The students volunteered, under the supervision of qualified experts from Yeovil District Hospital, to provide sports massage for runners taking part in the 13.1-mile run on March 24. Physiotherapy lecturer Susanna Bentman said: "It was a…

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