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Stolen machinery seized in Ilchester raid

Posted: 28th February 2013
MORE than £20,000 worth of suspected stolen items have been seized by police in Ilchester following the execution of a warrant. The warrant was carried out by neighbourhood beat officers, specialist investigators and roads policing officers. On arrival at the address, a trailer was discovered that was confirmed as being stolen from East Lambrook earlier this month…

Leweston cakes back Mosaic charity

Posted: 28th February 2013
PUPILS and staff at Leweston Prep School in Sherborne are delighted to have raised over £150 for the Dorset-based charity, Mosaic, with a cake sale held at Leweston just before the half term break. The children and parents baked a prolific amount of cakes which were snapped up as quickly as they were laid out to raise this impressive sum for the charity. Pupils and staff…

Goose Slade Farm on display at Food Festival

Posted: 28th February 2013
A DAIRY producer near Yeovil attended a Food Festival at the Monkton Elm Garden and Pet Centre near Taunton. Goose Slade Farm in East Coker was at the festival which was launched by Orlando Murrin, the former editor of BBC Good Food. “I was delighted to launch the Food Festival at the garden centre," he said. “I’m not sure Somerset has any idea of the importance and…

Children living in poverty in Yeovil

Posted: 27th February 2013
A REPORT has shown that nearly a quarter of children in parts of Yeovil are living in poverty. Statistics revealed by the Campaign to End Child Poverty shows that 22 per cent of children in the Yeovil East council ward were deemed to be impoverished last year. Twenty per cent of children in the Yeovil Central and Yeovil West wards were also said to be living in poverty…

Do YOU know this woman?

Posted: 27th February 2013
POLICE are appealing for information to identify the woman pictured following an incident at the Marks and Spencer's store in Yeovil. An incident of shop-lifting took place at the store in Middle Street at around 4.25pm yesterday (Tuesday, February 26). A police spokesman said the woman pictured entered the store and is alleged to have taken an item of clothing before…

Get spinning for Red Nose Day!

Posted: 26th February 2013
STANCHESTER Sports Centre at Stoke-sub-Hamdon will be ‘spinning’ for Comic Relief on March 15 when it holds a 16-hour Spin-a-thon. The centre is now looking for people prepared to conquer saddle soreness and fatigue to join in with the epic challenge. As well as the full 16-hour marathon, the centre has more manageable one, four and eight-hour challenges available during…

Curtains are needed for Spamalot!

Posted: 26th February 2013
THE student design team of Yeovil College’s production of Spamalot are appealing for donations of curtains, especially heavy velvet and brocade, to use for costumes and set dressing, along with unwanted imitation Christmas trees for the “Dark and Very Expensive Forest” set. Yeovil College is the first college in the UK to put on a production of Spamalot, the award…

Bid to tackle illegal tobacco trade in Somerset

Posted: 25th February 2013
THE Smokefree South West group is launching a multi-partnership initiative to tackle the illegal tobacco trade in the region. The group is working alongside HMRC, Trading Standards, the police, Crimestoppers and other enforcement partners and health organisations as part of the on-going battle against illegal tobacco business. Progress is being made. HMRC figures show…

Family suffers abuse at cemetery

Posted: 25th February 2013
POLICE are appealing for witnesses and information following an incident at the Preston Road Cemetery in Yeovil at the weekend in which a family were verbally abused. This incident occurred between 12noon and 12.30pm on Sunday (Feb 24). A police spokesman said: ''A white man driving a silver car drove erratically into the cemetery car park and was verbally abusive to a…

Ladbrokes look to take over launderette

Posted: 24th February 2013
JUST a fortnight after bookmakers Ladbrokes announced plans to open a bookies on the Abbey Manor estate in town – they are now looking at opening in another residential area of Yeovil. The company has submitted a planning application to South Somerset District Council for the change of use of premises from a launderette to a betting shop on Forest Hill. Plan agents R. R…

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