Golden moment for Leweston
Posted: 17th November 2012
LEWESTON School at Sherborne has been celebrating golden success - thanks to Year 11 student Victoria Halford. Victoria has assured her status as an international athlete when she came fourth whilst representing Great Britain at the World Biathle Championships in Dubai earlier this month. Victoria’s individual performance helped Great Britain to win the Gold medal in…
Angellica Bell joins the Piers Simon Appeal
Posted: 16th November 2012
POPULAR TV presenter Angellica Bell has been announced as the first patron for School in a Bag - a fundraising project set up by the Piers Simon Appeal. The School in a Bag initiative delivers rucksacks full of stationery, learning resources and eating utensils to poor, vulnerable and disaster affected children around the world. Originally a familiar face on Children’s…
Let us know YOUR Children in Need events
Posted: 16th November 2012
IF you are holding a Children in Need event today or over the weekend - why not get some publicity on the Yeovil Press website? Send us details and photos of your event via e-mail at yeovilpress@gmail.com and we will put them up online as soon as possible. We look forward to hearing from you and we hope you have lots of fun raising lots of money for Children in Need.!
Screwfix backs Children in Need!
Posted: 16th November 2012
PEOPLE of all ages across the Yeovil and South Somerset area will be joining the rest of the nation today and over the weekend in raising money for Children in Need. Staff at Screwfix, the Yeovil-based supplier of tools, plumbing and electrical equipment, has pledged its support for the BBC’s well-loved Children in Need appeal for the seventh year running. The…
Leweston pupils cook up a treat for James Martin
Posted: 15th November 2012
A PUPIL from Leweston School in Sherborne has taken second placed at the regional round of the National Make it with Mince competition - hosted by judged by TV chef James Martin. Hollie Clarkson, of Year Nine, came runner-up whil Aoife McCarthy, a Year Ten pupil at Leweston, was also highly commended. Hollie and Aoife beat hundreds of other competitors in the district…
Christmas Lights switch-on in Yeovil - TONIGHT!
Posted: 15th November 2012
THE Countdown to Christmas gets officially underway in Yeovil tonight (Thursday, November 15) with the official switching-on of the festive lights. Entertainment will start in Middle Street, Yeovil, at 5pm with live acts appearing from around 5.30pm on stage in the Quedam Shopping Centre at about 5.30pm. The switching-on of the lights will take place in the Quedam at…
37 arrests across Yeovil police area in day of action
Posted: 14th November 2012
POLICE arrested 37 people during 24 hours of action for Operation Relentless across the Yeovil and surrounding area. Four drugs warrants were carried out over the course of the day yesterday in Yeovil, East Coker, Street and Shepton Mallet. In Yeovil, officers seized suspected Class A and Class B drugs as well as other drug related equipment and arrested one man. In…
Keep deadly tree disease out of South Somerset
Posted: 14th November 2012
AN appeal has gone out for people in the Yeovil and surrounding area to volunteer to help try and keep a deadly fungal tree diesease out of South Somerset. The disease, known as Chalara fraxinea, has been making headline news lately, as it has already devastated the Ash tree population across many parts of Europe. The Forestry Commission are treating the threat as a…
Countdown to Christmas in Yeovil
Posted: 14th November 2012
THE Countdown to Christmas gets officially underway in Yeovil tomorrow (Thursday, November 15) with the official turning-on of the festive lights and it is understood that a well-known local couple will be among those flicking the switch. Owayne Ovenstone, 21, a lookalike of Hollywood actor Robert Pattinson, famous for his role in the vampire series Twilight, will be…
Bogus letter from China warning
Posted: 14th November 2012
POLICE in South Somerset are warning people not to be duped by a scam letter from China suggesting they may be a beneficiary of a multi-million pound back account. Although the majority of people will realise that the letter is a scam and will promptly put it into the bin, some will be taken in by the genuine-looking letter and send off their personal details where…
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