Up Up and Away for Ilminster Children's Carnival
Posted: 4th October 2012
IT really was a case of Up Up and Away for Ilminster Children's Carnival on Saturday (September 29, 2012) when Megan Norman and Jessica Dawe (pictured) thrilled the crowds with their hot air balloon inspired entry. The duo, who were joined by Jaclyne Dawe on the parade, won the Chard and Ilminster News Cup for best overall in the procession. Carnival organisers were…
RNAS Yeovilton personnel in Exercise Cougar
Posted: 4th October 2012
MORE than 3,000 sailors and Marines - including personnel from RNAS Yeovilton - have started a three-month training deployment to the Mediterranean. – this year’s key workout of the UK’s high-readiness task force. Royal Naval warships, Royal Marine commandos and naval airpower, which make up the Response Force Task Group, will train with the French and Albanians for…
PCSO trekking up Mount Kilimanjaro
Posted: 4th October 2012
CRIME reduction officer PCSO Beth Poole (pictured) has this week taken part in a massive challenge to trek up the 19,341ft to the highest summit of Mount Kilimanjaro in aid of leading mental health charity Mind. Beth, who covers the South Somerset area, has been joined on the trek by a group of 22 colleagues from Avon and Somerset Constabulary on the self-funded trek…
Hospital aims to get patients home for lunch
Posted: 3rd October 2012
YEOVIL District Hospital is doing everything it can to improve the experience of patients when they are admitted to and discharged from the hospital. Those being discharged will be able to go home earlier in the day which will free up beds for those waiting to be admitted to ensure that they receive the appropriate care as soon as possible. A group of staff have been…
New £800,000 sports centre opens in Yeovil
Posted: 2nd October 2012
A NEW era for sporting excellence began earlier today (Tuesday, October 2, 2012) with the official opening of the new £800,000 Preston Sports Centre in Yeovil. The centre was opened by two former pupils of Preston School, 19-year-old Tom Minchington and 15-year-old Daniel Liu who are both talented sportsmen as well as Paralympic and Olympic hopefuls for Rio 2016. Tom…
Man asaulted on A357
Posted: 2nd October 2012
A MAN was assaulted as he walked along the A357 from Templecombe to Henstridge. At arond 1.30pm on Thursday, September 27, 2012, a man was walking along the A357 from Templecombe to Henstridge when a black VW gold with bright green wheel trims pulled over and stopped behind the victim around 200 metres from Dyers garage. Two men got out of the car and assaulted the…
Hospital looks for public backing over dementia diagnosis
Posted: 2nd October 2012
YEOVIL DistrictHospital is asking local people to take on board a new campaign which aims to increase early diagnosis rates for dementia. Nearly 700,000 people in England live with dementia but this number is expected to double in the next 30 years. YeovilDistrictHospital already has a significant number of older patients with this condition, with many beds occupied by…
Yeovil woman sentenced over benefit fraud
Posted: 2nd October 2012
A YEOVIL woman has admitted cashing over £900 of housing benefit cheques that had been issued to a person who used to share the house she lives in. Sam Morten, defending, told the court that his client had cashed the cheques because she was owed money by her former joint tenant. The litigator for South Somerset District Council pointed out there was a statement…
Smokers urged to join Stoptober campaign
Posted: 1st October 2012
SMOKERS in the Yeovil area are being encouraged to take part in the first ever mass quit attempt launched by the Department of Health to be known as Stoptober. Smoking is one of the biggest causes of premature death and each year accounts for over 100,000 deaths in the UK. One in two long-term smokers will die prematurely from a smoking disease. It has been proven…
£13.5k benefit fraud man in court
Posted: 1st October 2012
A BARWICK man has, pleaded guilty to four charges of benefit fraud when he appeared before South Somerset Magistrates' Court in Yeovil. He failed to tell South Somerset District Council that he had returned to full time work after being off sick. He also did not tell the Council that his partner had also found work, and as a result he was paid over £13,500 between…
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