Beat surgery tomorrow in Yeovil

Beat surgery tomorrow in Yeovil

Posted: 10th February 2013
YEOVIL people will be able to speak to the neighbourhood police team at a beat surgery tomorrow (Monday, February 11). The mobile police station will be in Yeovil town centre beside the bandstand outdoor entertainment area in Lower Middle Street between 1pm and 2.30pm. Superintendent Richard Corrigan and Chief Inspector Ray Hulin will be attending as well as town centre…

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Bloodhound SSC heading for Yeovilton

Bloodhound SSC heading for Yeovilton

Posted: 10th February 2013
VISITORS to the Fleet Air Arm Museum at RNAS Yeovilton will get a rare chance this month to see a supersonic jet and rocket powered car. People will be able to get up close and personal with Bloodhound SSC from Wednesday, February 20, to Sunday, February 24. Bloodhound SSC is a supersonic jet and rocket powered car designed to break the land speed record and reach speeds…

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Volunteer NOW and help save a life

Volunteer NOW and help save a life

Posted: 9th February 2013
THE South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust has launched a recruitment drive for volunteers who could quite literally mean the difference between life or death for people in Somerset. The Trust has the aim of providing the highest standards of patient care and deliver the right care in the right place at the right time. In order to help achieve its goal, the…

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Grill pan fire in Sherborne Road

Grill pan fire in Sherborne Road

Posted: 9th February 2013
TWO people had to be treated by ambulance personnel this morning following a fire at a home in Yeovil. The alarm was raised at just before 11.45am to a fire at a property in Sherborne Road and two fire engines from Yeovil were mobilised. Officers discovered that there had been a small fire involving a grill pan in a first-floor flat, but it was out before they arrived. A…

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Cheers! Yeovil to serve up a Beer Festival

Cheers! Yeovil to serve up a Beer Festival

Posted: 9th February 2013
THE Yeovil Beer Festival is on its way! The festival will be held from 6pm to 11pm on Friday, April 5, and from 12noon to 11pm on Saturday, April 6, at YeovilCollege in Mudford Road. There will be real ales, ciders, wine, music and great hot food and it will be an event for all – and not just for your stereo-typical real ale drinker of big beard and chunky woolly jumper…

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Let them eat cake and support the NRAS

Let them eat cake and support the NRAS

Posted: 9th February 2013
COULD there be a more enjoyable way to raise awareness of a serious medical condition than to have tea and cake with friends and family? The Yeovil support group of the National Rheumatoid Arthritis Society is calling on people to do just that by hosting a tea party to raise awareness of rheumatoid arthritis. The aim of the NRAS tea party campaign is to get people to…

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Book a date with National Libraries Day - TODAY!

Book a date with National Libraries Day - TODAY!

Posted: 9th February 2013
PEOPLE are being encouraged to go along to their local library today (Saturday, February 9) because it has been designated as National Libraries Day. Somerset County Council’s staff will be on hand to explain how easy it is to become a library member such as the one in King George Street, Yeovil, and the great range of books and other materials that are available. There…

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Pirates sailing into the Fleet Air Arm

Pirates sailing into the Fleet Air Arm

Posted: 9th February 2013
THE Pirates are heading for the Fleet Air Arm Museum at RNAS Yeovilton during the Somerset half-term school holidays. Every day from Monday, February 11, to Friday, February 15, there will be some fearsome family activities on at the museum. Children are encouraged to come in fancy dress. They will be shown how to draw a pirate map in ‘blood’ using a quill pen and make a…

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Call the Midwife! Is it for you?

Call the Midwife! Is it for you?

Posted: 7th February 2013
ARE you considering whether midwifery is the career for you? Anyone who has a calling to be a midwife is invited to spend a day with midwives at Yeovil District Hospital. The event will take place on Saturday, March 9, between 9am and 4pm and is an opportunity for aspiring midwives to learn more about antenatal and postnatal screening; homebirths; waterbirths; infant…

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Fleet Air Arm to host Model Show

Fleet Air Arm to host Model Show

Posted: 7th February 2013
A MODEL of HMS Hermes which has taken model maker Rex Hunt over five years to build will be just one of the amazing models on display at the Fleet Air Arm Museum’s Model Show this Saturday (February 9). The model shows the aircraft carrier as she was during the Falklands War and is complete with on board Sea Harriers and Sea King helicopters which raise from the flight…

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