Garden tools for Yeovil schools and community groups

Garden tools for Yeovil schools and community groups

Posted: 31st March 2013
SCHOOLS and community groups from Yeovil are being invited to put themselves forward to receive free garden tools from a Somerset garden centre. Monkton Elm Garden & Pet Centre is giving away refurbished tools to schools and community groups to use for gardening projects as part of The Conservation Foundation’s Tools Shed programme. Norma Moore, general manager at the…

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Phill is all set for Three Parks Challenge

Phill is all set for Three Parks Challenge

Posted: 31st March 2013
FIFTY-YEAR-OLD Yeovil man Phill Sandford will face a new challenge this coming Saturday (April 6) – a 28km circular sponsored walk from Yeovil to Ham Hill and back via Montacute Park. He will be raising money for the Children’s Hospice South West, Fiveways Special School and the national charity Family Action. “I jokingly refer to it as the Three Parks challenge,’’ he…

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Easter 80s party at Club Neo

Easter 80s party at Club Neo

Posted: 30th March 2013
PROJECT Zero have a fantastic Under-18s Easter 80s party planned for 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 Ibiza…

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Preston students have business minds

Preston students have business minds

Posted: 30th March 2013
STUDENTS at PrestonSchool in Yeovil have been putting their business, creative and entrepreneurial skills to the test as part of an enterprise course in a quest to help a local organisation re-design its office space. Following a tour of Yarlington’s offices in Armoury Road, Yeovil, where the company’s property management section is based, the students were briefed by…

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Female rescued after car smash

Female rescued after car smash

Posted: 29th March 2013
A FEMALE had to be rescued following a road traffic accident at Montacute earlier today (Friday, March 29). Fire engines from Yeovil and Martock attended the incident in Montacute Road, Montacute, after the alarm was raised at around 10.30am. A spokesman for the Fire Service said that a female, who was ‘medically trapped’, was released by firefighters after the vehicle…

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Apprentices make the grade with Yeovil firm

Apprentices make the grade with Yeovil firm

Posted: 28th March 2013
THE first three corporate apprentices to be taken on by a local employer have just completed their three-year course - and are all now employed in the business. Jason Richardson  (pictured above) with Yasmin Denne (left) and Patrycja Rej have spent time in every department across the organisation at Yeovil-based Yarlington Housing Group as part of their apprenticeship in…

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What did the Romans do for us...in Yeovil?

What did the Romans do for us...in Yeovil?

Posted: 28th March 2013
THE Community Heritage Access Centre in Yeovil will become a Mosaic Workshop next month - for one day only! People are being invited to go along on April 10 to go and make their very own mosaic and discover the craft of the ancient Romans - how they made mosaics and why. The workshop running from 10am to 12 noon is open to everyone, with a cost of £5 per person to cover…

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Drivers urged to keep a 'clean car'

Drivers urged to keep a 'clean car'

Posted: 28th March 2013
POLICE are reminding people in and around the Yeovil area to keep a "clean car" and not leave any items on display to tempt would-be thieves. Theft from cars tends to increase with the arrival of the warmer weather and police are reminding the public to help stop thieves from helping themselves. And although we might not be experiencing the warmer weather just yet – we…

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Calling all petrol heads!

Calling all petrol heads!

Posted: 27th March 2013
CALLING all petrol heads - do you fancy taking up the challenge of driving 1,034 miles from Yeovil to Monte Carlo in a £250 banger car? The 2013 Monte Carlo or Bust Banger Rally is now open for entries and organisers are hopeful of finding a team from Yeovil to burn rubber over the 1034 miles to Monte Carlo via France, Switzerland and Italy. The rally challenges entrants…

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Chris is the new King of the Hill

Chris is the new King of the Hill

Posted: 26th March 2013
RUNNER Chris Burton is the new King of the Hill in the Yeovil Half Marathon after setting a new record time on Sunday. Burton, of Yeovil Town Road Running Club, raced up the daunting Hendford Hill in just 2mins 12seconds - just three seconds ahead of runner-up Matthew Day, while third was Matthew Young who was just another one second adrift. His time of 2mins 12secs beat…

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