ILMINSTER NEWS: Apply now for Bags of Help funding
Posted: 6th February 2018
GROUPS and organisations in the Ilminster area are being invited to apply to become a beneficiary of a charitable funding scheme organised by Tesco. The company’s Bags of Help community grant scheme is supported by Groundwork and since its inception just two years ago has helped 10,000 projects across the country. Locally the Ilminster store has supported lots of groups…
ILMINSTER NEWS: Win a bouquet of flowers at Cottage Flowers in aid of Cancer Research
Posted: 5th February 2018
PEOPLE are being given the chance this week to win a bouquet of flowers by visiting an Ilminster florists’ and help raise money for Cancer Research at the same time. It will cost £1 a go to enter the draw being run by Angie Blackwell and her team at Cottage Flowers in East Street. The winning ticket will then be picked out of the hat and the recipient will receive a…
ILMINSTER NEWS: Celebration meal for those that make Christmas special in Ilminster
Posted: 2nd February 2018
MEMBERS of the Ilminster Christmas Lights Committee and organisers of the annual Victorian Evening have celebrated another “job well done.” A tremendous amount of work goes into illuminating Ilminster each year at Christmas and the switching-on ceremony of the lights is one of the key note dates in the town’s calendar. So it was only right that those responsible for…
ILMINSTER NEWS: Drop-in sessions with Canal Way Action Group
Posted: 2nd February 2018
PEOPLE will be able to attend drop-in sessions on Saturday (February 3, 2018) for people to find out more about the first stage of Persimmon Homes’ plans to build around 400 homes on land off Canal Way in Ilminster. The developers were given outline permission at the end of last year by South Somerset District Council to proceed with the project and now they have…
SOMERSET NEWS: Campaigners disappointed MPs and councillors aren’t getting on board with public transport request
Posted: 1st February 2018
A CAMPAIGN group which is trying to improve public transport in Somerset has had a poor response from the people it is trying to reach. The Everybody Get On Board group is made up of members of the community in Somerset who want the authorities to reprioritise the public transportation network in Somerset and make it work better for local people and become more…
SOMERSET NEWS: Campaigners disappointed MPs and councillors aren’t getting on board with public transport request
Posted: 1st February 2018
A CAMPAIGN group which is trying to improve public transport in Somerset has had a poor response from the people it is trying to reach. The Everybody Get On Board group is made up of members of the community in Somerset who want the authorities to reprioritise the public transportation network in Somerset and make it work better for local people and become more…
SOMERSET NEWS: Show goes on for Elvis tribute act – despite thieves stealing his van
Posted: 30th January 2018
THE show has gone on for popular Somerset-based Elvis tribute act Barry Paull – even though he was left “all shook up” when his van containing his music act equipment including the all-important glittering suits and belts which turn the singer into the King of Rock and Roll – had been stolen. Barry, who has performed his Elvis tribute act for many years, has put out an…
SOMERSET NEWS: Ella Read has been found safe
Posted: 30th January 2018
POLICE announced on Tuesday (January 30, 2018) afternoon that missing Chard schoolgirl Ella Read had been found safe. Officers had put out an urgent appeal earlier in the day for information as Ella had travelled to Holyrood Academy in Chard by bus on Monday (January 29, 2018) morning, but had not reported for registration. Hundreds of people shared the appeal on social…
SOMERSET NEWS: RSPCA ensures every fire engine has animal oxygen masks
Posted: 23rd January 2018
FIRE engines in Somerset and Devon will soon be equipped with animal oxygen masks – thanks to the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. For a number of years, the Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service has worked with the charity Smokey Paws to enable local groups and organisations to generously provide the masks to their local fire stations. Now…
SOMERSET NEWS: RSPCA ensures every fire engine has animal oxygen masks
Posted: 23rd January 2018
FIRE engines in Somerset and Devon will soon be equipped with animal oxygen masks – thanks to the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. For a number of years, the Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service has worked with the charity Smokey Paws to enable local groups and organisations to generously provide the masks to their local fire stations. Now…
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