Yeovil Half Marathon 2013: The route for the runners
Posted: 23rd March 2013
RUNNERS will leave Yeovil Town FC’s Huish Park stadium at 9am and head out into Copse Road before turning left into Western Avenue. The runners will then turn right at the junction with Thorne Lane and run right along over the roundabout at the entrance to Yeovil at Ilchester Road and into Combe Street Lane. PHOTO: Yeovil Town FC manager Gary Johnson was the official…
Yeovil Half Marathon 2013: Good luck to the runners
Posted: 23rd March 2013
GETTING on for around 1,000 runners will be taking things easy tonight (Saturday, March 23) ahead of tomorrow’s Yeovil Half Marathon which will start and finish at HuishPark stadium. Many of the runners in the 13.1-mile run will be raising money for a multitude of charities, while others will be looking to take winning honours or set personal times. PHOTO: Runners set…
Get YOUR dog chipped
Posted: 23rd March 2013
DOG-OWNERS in Yeovil are being reminded that they will have to their pets microchipped. Government legislation is to be introduced which will make it compulsory for all dogs in England and Wales to be microchipped by April 2016. The new law, announced by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA), details that it will be the responsibility of dog…
Heaven's Gate strikes it lucky!
Posted: 23rd March 2013
AN ANIMAL charity near Yeovil is celebrating after striking it lucky on the BBC television programme Flog It! The National Animal Welfare Trust’s Heaven’s Gate Farm near Langport acts as a rescue and rehoming centre mainly for dogs and cats as well as other animals such as rabbits, guinea pigs, chickens, ducks, ponies and goats. But it was a human who came up trumps for…
Music line-up for Yeovil Beer Festival
Posted: 22nd March 2013
A FEAST of musical entertainment is being lined-up to entertain the crowds at the forthcoming Yeovil Beer Festival – which is now just a fortnight away! The festival will be held from 6pm to 11pm on Friday, April 5, and from 12noon to 11pm on Saturday, April 6, at Yeovil College in Mudford Road. There will be real ales, ciders, wine, music and great hot food and it will…
Flooding fears across South West
Posted: 21st March 2013
HEAVY rain today (Thursday, March 21) and tomorrow could lead to flooding in South West England, the Environment Agency has warned. The Environment Agency is reminding people throughout the region to keep up to date with the latest weather forecast and any flood alerts or warnings on the EA website. PHOTO: Is there going to be more flooding coming the way of the South…
Britain's Got Talent star backs Yeovil schoolboy
Posted: 21st March 2013
EIGHT-YEAR-OLD Yeovil schoolboy Riley Lye looks like any other cheeky chappy of his age. But Riley, a pupil at Birchfield Primary School in Yeovil, was diagnosed two years ago with autism following a lengthy period of assessment. Now Riley and his mum, Victoria Powis, have started Riley’s Wish to raise awareness and funds for autism charities and they have lined-up an…
Help! A street lamp is on fire!
Posted: 20th March 2013
FIREFIGHTERS were called out early this morning to deal with street lamp on fire! The alarm was raised at just before 6am to a street light in Dorchester Road on the edge of Yeovil. One fire engine from Yeovil attended the scene and dealt with the incident. A spokesman for Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service said the cause of the incident of the fire was believed…
Paper lorry fire at Preston Road roundabout
Posted: 20th March 2013
A MAN needed medical help because of the effects of smoke inhalation following a lorry fire at the Yeovil College roundabout on Preston Road. The alarm was raised at just after 5am and one fire engine from Yeovil attended the scene after receiving reports of a lorry on fire. A second fire crew was mobilised along with an ambulance after officers found that a man was…
Bailey's close shave for Comic Relief!
Posted: 20th March 2013
WHEN a Yeovil schoolboy decided he wanted to do something ‘funny for money’ to help support Comic Relief you would think he would go to school in his pyjamas or colour his hair red. But Bailey Rooney, eight, probably went beyond the call of duty when he decided to go completely against the hair dye idea – he thought it would be much more daring and funny to have his head…
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