Kristina is cleaning up in Yeovil with Bright & Beautiful

Kristina is cleaning up in Yeovil with Bright & Beautiful

Posted: 8th January 2013
HAVING worked as a nurse in Somerset for more than ten years, Yeovil mum Kristina Wood (pictured) is well used to caring for people and responding to their needs. Now she will be putting her many skills to a new test by launching her own domestic cleaning and homecare business, Bright & Beautiful in Yeovil. Kristina, 45, has worked as a nurse since 1989, working on…

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19,000 turn out to see Aladdin at Octagon

19,000 turn out to see Aladdin at Octagon

Posted: 7th January 2013
  THE Octagon Theatre in Yeovil is celebrating its best-ever season of pantomime.   Aladdin, produced by Evolution Pantomimes, came to the end of its run at the theatre on Sunday after a fantastic few weejs if festive fun and magic.   An Octagon spokesman said: ''What can we say apart from - it has been a record breaking year. We have loved every second of it.''   Almost…

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Theft at Bar 45

Do YOU know these people after theft at Bar 45?

Posted: 7th January 2013
POLICE are appealing for witnesses and information following the theft of a purse and a mobile in Bar 45 in Yeovil. Sometime on the night of Friday, December 21, a woman was in Bar 45 at the bar when her purse and mobile phone was taken from her handbag. Officers investigating this incident would now like to speak to three people who may have information. The first is…

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Marlene! Boycie is back!

Marlene! Boycie is back!

Posted: 7th January 2013
ONE of the stars of the hit TV comedy Only Fools & Horses will be heading for Yeovil later this month. John Challis, who played loveable rogue, car salesman Boycie, will be at Waterstones book shop in Yeovil on Saturday, January 26, from 11.30am to 1pm to sign copies of his new book Boycie & Beyond. It will be his second visit to Yeovil's Waterstones inside a year having…

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Facebook photos of The Bell Inn fire

Facebook photos of The Bell Inn fire

Posted: 6th January 2013
FACEBOOK users have been uploading dramatic photos of the fire which has gutted Yeovil pub, The Bell Inn, overnight. The alarm was raised just after 4am to the pub, also known as the Hungry Horse, in Preston Road with flames ripping through the roof of the two-storey building. People at the scene early were able to take dramatic photos which have since been appearing on…

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Yeovil pub gutted by fire

Yeovil pub gutted by fire

Posted: 6th January 2013
YEOVIL has awoken to find that one of its most well-known and long-established pubs has been gutted by fire overnight. Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service started receiving numerous calls just after 4am to reports of a fire at the Hungry Horse, better known as the Bel Inn, in Preston Road being ablaze. Initially, two fire appliances from Yeovil were mobilised.  On…

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B&Q says thousands are at risk

B&Q says thousands are at risk

Posted: 6th January 2013
THE do-it-yourself B&Q store in Yeovil has revealed that more than six in ten households in the UK are at risk of carbon monoxide poisoning. The survey of 2,000 homeowners from across Britain highlighted the lack of the basic carbon monoxide alarm in hundreds of thousands of homes. Less than four in ten homeowners own one. The deadly gas, which can be produced by faulty…

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Meet the experts at the Nuffield Health Centre in Yeovil

Meet the experts at the Nuffield Health Centre in Yeovil

Posted: 5th January 2013
STAFF at the Nuffield Health Fitness and Wellbeing Centre in Yeovil will be looking to encourage people to kick-off 2013 in a healthy fashion. January is a tricky month, recovering from Christmas indulgences, preparing for a new year, we often begin with an ideal list of things to do, but how many of us hold true to this for the following months. Almost half of 3,500…

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Battens gets ready for hike in mediation with separating couples

Battens gets ready for hike in mediation with separating couples

Posted: 5th January 2013
A LAW firm based in Yeovil is gearing up for a rise in family mediation work early in the New Year. The preparations by Battens Solicitors reflect a customary increase in instructions from separating couples in the first working weeks after what can be a stressful Christmas break. Battens has four qualified mediators ready to help at its offices in Yeovil, Sherborne…

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Combating killers at Stanchester Sport Centre

Combating killers at Stanchester Sport Centre

Posted: 5th January 2013
COMBATING some of the UK’s biggest killers will be part of a new healthy exercise programme which is being launched at Stanchester Sport Centre at Stoke-sub-Hamdon. Stanchester Sport Centre - run by the 1610 leisure trust - now has official accreditation for a GP referral scheme for patients who suffer from a range of health conditions such as coronary heart disease…

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