Getting ready for the snow

Getting ready for the snow

Posted: 14th December 2012
SOUTH Somerset District Council is pleased to be working in partnership with three town councils and local businesses to provide snow shovels during the coming winter months. Snow shovels have now been purchased and distributed to Bruton, Castle Cary and Wincanton Town Councils’ for the use of retailers in the market towns. The council's Area East community planning…

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Davis Hall at West Camel wins award

Davis Hall at West Camel wins award

Posted: 14th December 2012
THE Davis Hall at West Camel has won the South Somerset Together Community Renewable Energy award 2012 for powering communities and secured a cash contribution of £1,000. The award scheme for renewable energy projects in communities in South Somerset was created by South Somerset Together, the strategic partnership for the district. The partnership hosted a Renewable…

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Freemasons back St Margaret's Hospice

Freemasons back St Margaret's Hospice

Posted: 14th December 2012
SOMERSET Freemasons have presented St Margaret’s Hospice in Yeovil with a grant of £3,271 from their national charity, the Freemasons’ Grand Charity. This generous donation is part of the total figure of nearly £9.9 million donated by the charity since 1984 to the operating costs of hospice services across England and Wales. Speaking about the donation John Winston…

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Where are the best Christmas decorations in town?

Where are the best Christmas decorations in town?

Posted: 13th December 2012
THE Yeovil Press team wants to hear from YOU as to where the most spectacular outside house Christmas decorations are in and around the Yeovil area. The Yeovil Press with Christine Jones Event Photography want to record YOUR festive efforts by creating a photo gallery on the website right here at www.yeovilpress.co.uk. But we need YOUR help to do so. We want YOU to let…

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Shoppers - not drivers - to be breathalysed in town centre

Shoppers - not drivers - to be breathalysed in town centre

Posted: 13th December 2012
THE morning after the night before will be the focus of a drink driving campaign in Yeovil town centre this Saturday morning (December 15). Shoppers who have been drinking the night before and would have considered driving in the morning may be invited to take a breathalyser test to see if they would have been over the limit. Crew manager Neil Tidball, of Devon &…

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Serious sexual assault in Yeovil

Serious sexual assault in Yeovil

Posted: 13th December 2012
POLICE are appealing for witnesses and information following a serious sexual assault in Hendford in Yeovil. At around 11pm on Sunday, December 9, a woman was walking through an underpass when a man approached her and sexually assaulted. He then made off. Officers investigating this incident would now like to speak to a man who is described as being of Pakistani origin…

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White powder closes Wilkinson's store

White powder closes Wilkinson's store

Posted: 13th December 2012
EMERGENCY services have this afternoon been dealing with an unidentified white powder found in a shop in Yeovil. Earlier today police were informed that an envelope containing white powder had been opened in a private office in the Wilkinsons store at the bottom end of Lower Middle Street in Yeovil. The office has been isolated and the store closed. The emergency…

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Laws welcomes Deputy PM visit to Yeovil

Laws welcomes Deputy PM visit to Yeovil

Posted: 13th December 2012
YEOVIL MP David Laws has welcomed the Deputy Prime Minister's recent visit to the town. Deputy MP and Liberal Democrat leader, Nick Clegg, was in Yeovil on Friday where he visited with Mr Laws the AgustaWestland helicopter manufacturing factory. Mr Clegg said the important Yeovil employer would benefit from a 'massive boost' following the company's successful bid as part…

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AKS Renault is investing in the future

AKS Renault is investing in the future

Posted: 13th December 2012
AKS Renault in Yeovil is investing in the future of its workshop by paying for its newest member of staff to undertake an apprenticeship scheme for technicians. Will Mulder, aged 21, from Yeovil, has started a four-year training programme with the dealership on Addlewell Lane meaning that he’ll benefit from classroom-based instruction at one of Renault’s dedicated…

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The Hub gets busy for Christmas

The Hub gets busy for Christmas

Posted: 13th December 2012
A NOT-FOR-PROFIT enterprise in Yeovil will be able to increase product production in time for Christmas after having a new wall fitted in its workshop. The workshop, belonging to The Hub -Yeovil, is an area used to give young people and adults with additional support needs, the opportunity to develop new skills for living and working. In the long term it aims to enhance…

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