Easter fun TODAY at Yeovil Country Park
Posted: 10th April 2013
THERE will be plenty of family fun TODAY (Wednesday, April 10) when an Easter Egg-stravaganza is held at Yeovil Country Park. This FREE event for families will run from 10am to 3pm on the flat grassy area near Goldenstones. There is no need to book a place, just turn up on the day and have fun. Take part in the Easter egg trail up into the wood to find the Easter bunny…
Project Zero club night TONIGHT in Yeovil
Posted: 10th April 2013
PROJECT Zero have a fantastic Under-18s Easter 80s party planned for TONIGHT (Wednesday, April 10) from 7pm to 11pm at Club Neo in Stars Lane, Yeovil. Entry is £5 payable on the door. To get young clubbers into the Party mood there will be prizes for best 80s dressed boy, girl and group plus music with resident DJ Clifty with his mix of urban favourites, Funky House and…
SSDC continues to make energy savings
Posted: 10th April 2013
SOUTH Somerset District Council is continuing to power down its carbon costs and emissions after implementing several energy efficiency savings in the past 12 months. Some of the measures SSDC has taken to reduce the Council’s carbon footprint include introducing thin and more environmentally friendly client computing to replace conventional PCs and the installation of…
Workplace weightloss challenge success in Yeovil
Posted: 9th April 2013
EMPLOYEES from South Somerset District Council, Screwfix and Yarlington Housing Group shed more than 560lbs in weight for the most successful Workplace Weightloss Challenge to date. The Challenge, which is run by the healthy lifestyles team at South Somerset District Council, encourages employees to join teams of three to five people and sign up to lose weight sensibly…
Night in the cells for police officer
Posted: 9th April 2013
A POLICE officer will be learning what life is like on the other side of the law tonight (Tuesday, April 9) when she begins a 24-hour marathon stay in a prison cell – all in aid of charity. Georgie Crittenden will be hoping to raise a load of cash for the Flying Colours Appeal in aid of the special care baby unit at Yeovil District Hospital as a way of thanking them for…
County candidates from around South Somerset
Posted: 9th April 2013
VOTERS will go to the polls on May 2 in the Somerset County Council elections. Conservatives currently hold the power at County Hall in Taunton with 33 of the 58 seats. The Liberal Democrats have 23 and Labour two. Here we take a look at the divisions which come under the South Somerset banner. There is a separate article about the four Yeovil divisions and the Brympton…
Candidate death causes election delay in Coker division
Posted: 9th April 2013
PEOPLE who live within the Coker division of Somerset County Council will have to wait an extra couple of weeks before they go to the polls. The election was due to take place on May 2, but has had to be delayed until May 16 following the death of UK Independence Party candidate, Audrey Spencer, last week. The vote has been put back to allow UKIP to put forward a…
LibDems hope to hold Yeovil and Brympton divisions
Posted: 9th April 2013
THE Liberal Democrats will be looking to maintain control of Yeovil when voters go to the polls in the Somerset County Council elections on May 2? The LibDems currently hold four divisions in Yeovil at County Hall which is controlled by the Conservatives. Cllr Peter Gubbins will be looking to retain Yeovil Central and hold off the challenge of candidates David Byrne…
Romanian teenagers visiting Elim Church in Yeovil
Posted: 8th April 2013
A TEAM of Romanian teenagers are in Yeovil this week visiting the Elim Pentecostal Church. They will be performing a high octane free puppet show for families at 5pm on Friday (April 12). The young people have travelled from Cluj Napoca and are here as part of a short tour of the UK. Revd Howard Davenport, of the Elim Pentecostal Church in Southville, said: “We have…
Three cheers for Yeovil Beer Festival!
Posted: 7th April 2013
ORGANISERS have declared the first-ever Yeovil Beer Festival an overall success – much better than they expected. Both days of the festival, held at Yeovil College, on Friday and Saturday were trouble free and hundreds of people enjoyed a fine array of beers and ciders, great food plus live music from an excellent line-up of acts. The community event was a joint venture…
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