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Palmers Garden Centre coins in cash for hospice

Posted: 10th January 2013
VISITORS to Palmers Garden Centre in Yeovil over the festive season to see Santa Claus have helped to give St Margaret's Somerset Hospice a belated Christmas present. The hospice's community fundraiser, Andrea Ledger, went along to the garden centre to receive a £603 cheque - money raised through donations over the Christmas period. Andrea, pictured above centre, said:…

NATO medals for RNAS Yeovilton personnel

Posted: 10th January 2013
ROYAL Navy personnel from 815 Naval Air Squadron, based at Royal Naval Air Station Yeovilton, have received medals for their part in the NATO-led Libya operation last year. The aircrew and engineers were presented with their NATO Operation Unified Protector medals for their participation in the initiative while on 217 Flight on board HMS Liverpool. The team joined HMS…

Future of Jessops store in Yeovil under threat?

Posted: 9th January 2013
THE future of a long-standing photography shop in Yeovil is under threat after the Jessop Group Ltd fell into administration - the first major high street chain to fall into problems this year. Edward Williams, Rob Hunt and Matthew Hammond of PwC were appointed joint administrators of the Jessop Group Ltd today. The Yeovil store in Lower Middle Street is one of nearly…

Fantastic home for special youngsters, says council leader

Posted: 9th January 2013
A LARGE town centre property in Yeovil, which has been empty for around five years, has been brought back into use. Owner Nigel Brown has worked with the local council to get the home back into use for the first time since the Abbeyfield group stopped using it as accommodation for elderly people in 2007. Since he acquired the building in 2009 Nigel has worked proactively…

Smokers urged to quit the habit

Posted: 9th January 2013
HEALTH officials have once again said that support is available for smokers in the Yeovil and South Somerset area wanting to quit the habit. The Somerset Stop Smoking Service provides a “Tailored Quit” programme which is free, and delivered by professional NHS healthcare professionals. Sara Dove, manager for the Service, said: “We encourage people to try different…

Police hunt for mother and child

Posted: 9th January 2013
POLICE have revelaed that a young child was hit during a disturbance outside a South Somerset pub in the early hours of New Year's Day. The incident took place between midnight and 1am on January 1 outside the White Horse pub in the Market Place, Wincanton. There was a disturbance during which a young child, aged around four-years-old, was struck in the face whilst in…

Flog It! - Coming to South Somerset

Posted: 8th January 2013
NOW is the time to start dusting off those antiques you may have gathering dust in the bottom of the wardrobe because the popular BBC2 programme, Flog It!, is coming to the Fleet Air Arm Museum at RNAS Yeovilton next month. Flog It!, presented by Paul Martin (pictured above), is now on its 12th series and regularly gets an audience of two million viewers each weekday…

Don't feed bread to the ducks

Posted: 8th January 2013
RANGERS at the Yeovil Countryside Park are asking people to try and refrain from feeding bread to the ducks. Feeding the ducks at the countryside park – better known locally as Ninesprings – has been a popular pastime for parents with young children for generations. But experts have warned that too much starchy bread is leaving ducks bloated and lethargic. An article put…

Recycle your Christmas tree

Posted: 8th January 2013
PEOPLE in Yeovil and South Somerset are being told there are plenty of easy ways to avoid sending their Christmas tree to costly, wasteful landfill, where it will decay to produce polluting greenhouse gases. The Somerset Waste Partnership has given the following advice: Take decoration-free natural trees to any recycling site and add them to the garden waste skip for…

Staff at The Bell are moved by support after fire

Posted: 8th January 2013
STAFF at the Hungry Horse pub in Yeovil which was gutted by fire at the weekend have taken great comfort in the messages of support they have received from well-wishers. The pub, better known as The Bell in Preston Road, suffered substantial damage when the fire took hold shortly after 4am on Sunday and it is likely it will be closed for months as work on seeing it rise…

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