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No Smoking Day backed by Yeovil Hospital

Posted: 12th March 2013
YEOVIL District Hospital will mark national No Smoking Day tomorrow (Wednesday, March 13) by launching a new smoke free site initiative. The hospital is now highlighting its smoking ban by installing a range of eye-catching signs around the campus making it very clear that the hospital and its grounds are a no-smoking site. Staff, patients and the public are asked not to…

Charity abseil coins in the cash

Posted: 12th March 2013
YEOVIL District Hospital abseil heroes helped to raise more than £17,000 for the town’s new Special Care Baby Unit. More than 120 people took part in the daring challenge on Saturday which saw hundreds of supporters turn out to back the Flying Colours Appeal and watch their friends and family abseil 100ft from the roof Yeovil District Hospital. A total of £17,018.98 has…

New website for Yeovil history

Posted: 12th March 2013
PEOPLE can now learn a lot about the history and heritage of Yeovil and South Somerset - thanks to the introduction of a new website. The Community Heritage Access Centre in Yeovil, a department of South Somerset District Council, has launched its new heritage website to better connect everybody to yesteryear; and all at the touch of a button. The website features an…

The Hub to take over Community Resource Service

Posted: 12th March 2013
NEW management arrangements for the much valued Community Resource Service in Yeovil will come into place in April. The well-used facility, which is located at the Manor Stables opposite the Octagon, is currently owned and managed by South Somerset District Council. From April the service will be run by the Hub-Yeovil, a Community Interest Company that aims to support…

Plans to get Yeovil moving and ease traffic problems

Posted: 11th March 2013
HOPES are high that Yeovil might be on the verge of gaining a £5m windfall which could help to ease horrendous traffic problems in a busy part of the town. A bid for cash has been made to the Department for Transport’s Local Pinch Point Fund to help with schemes to ease the pressure on the roads in the western area of Yeovil around Bunford and Houndstone. The proposed…

Belt Up - urge police

Posted: 11th March 2013
DRIVERS and their passengers are reminded to 'belt up' as figures released from Somerset Road Safety show that up to a quarter of vehicles contain at least one person who is not wearing a seat belt. As part of Avon and Somerset Police's Operation Relentless aiming to keep road users safe on the roads, the police and local authorities across Avon and Somerset are joining…

Four people taken to hospital after A303 crash

Posted: 10th March 2013
FOUR people were taken to hospital yesterday (Saturday, March 9) following an accident on the A303 between South Petherton and the Cartgate Link Road on the edge of Yeovil. The alarm was raised at around 1.45pm to reports of an accident involving one vehicle which was left on its roof. One fire engine from Martock and one from Crewkerne attended, along with police…

Charity abseil is a BIG success!

Posted: 9th March 2013
MORE than 120 daring daredevils abseiled their way down the side of Yeovil District Hospital today to raise a bucket load of cash for charity. Individuals, groups and organisations all took part in the charity event which saw them gingerly climb over the edge of the roof of the hospital and make the 100ft descent below where a large mass of supporters gathered to cheer…

Good luck to daring abseil volunteers!

Posted: 9th March 2013
DARING people will be taking the big plunge today when they abseil 100ft down Yeovil District Hospital to raise funds for the Action for Children charity and the hospital’s very own Flying Colours Appeal. The charity volunteers, many of whom are scared of heights, will be laying their own personal demons to rest in order to raise much-needed cash for these two deserving…

Fight Back Britain - Yeovil people are needed!

Posted: 9th March 2013
TV programme producers are hoping to film part of a new series called Fight Back Britain right here in Yeovil - but they need YOUR help. RDF Television, the makers of programmes such as Secret Millionaire and Britain’s Brightest, is producing a new BBC series about crime and anti-social behaviour and they are looking for inspirational stories from across the UK. They are…

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