SOMERSET NEWS: Help stop the spread of flu – Catch It, Bin It, Kill It!
Posted: 22nd January 2018
HEALTH advisors and family doctors in Somerset are reminding friends, family and work colleagues to play their part in reducing the spread of flu this winter. Public Health England has re-launched its “Catch it, Bin it, Kill it” radio and television advertising campaign again after seeing a steep rise in the numbers of confirmed case of the flu occurring across the…
SOMERSET NEWS: Road safety – interesting but IMPORTANT Penguin Chocolate Bar fact
Posted: 22nd January 2018
SOMERSET Road Safety chiefs have urged drivers to take more care while driving out and about in wet weather. It takes a vehicle travelling at 30mph around 23 metres, or the length of 800 Penguin Bars, to come to a stop. In wet weather that distance can double and that would equate to a 1,600 Penguin bars all lined-up in a row end-to-end. “Mind your speed and drive safe,”…
ILMINSTER NEWS: Town council’s increase in Council Tax really is peanuts
Posted: 17th January 2018
ILMINSTER Town Council has agreed to put up its slice of the 2018-19 Council Tax bill by 7.5 per cent which works out at just an extra 91p a month – less than the cost of a packet of dry roasted peanuts. Members of the council met on Tuesday (January 16, 2018) night to discuss what is, arguably, the most important decision of the year – the annual budget. Councillors…
ILMINSTER NEWS: Final plans submitted for 72 homes on old Powrmatic site
Posted: 14th January 2018
PLANS have been submitted to South Somerset District Council for a new 72-home development on land in Ilminster to finally get the go-ahead. Woodsome Estates Ltd has asked the council for planning permission to proceed with the project at a former factory site in Winterhay Lane. The plans also include providing 600 square metres of office space for business use. The…
ILMINSTER NEWS: Annual senior citizens lunch gets 2018 off to a great start
Posted: 6th January 2018
THE annual Senior Citizens Lunch in Ilminster once again got the New Year off to a special start as it perfectly illustrated the fine community spirit which lives within the town. Around 120 of Ilminster’s senior citizens gathered at the Shrubbery Hotel in Station Road for the annual get-together where they enjoyed a lovely meal and entertainment. Donations for the event…
ILMINSTER NEWS: Take unwanted Christmas trees for recycling
Posted: 6th January 2018
PEOPLE can take their unwanted real Christmas trees to the Archie Gooch Pavilion in Ilminster where it will be recycled. South Somerset District Council, in partnership with Ilminster Town Council, is working together to recycle Christmas trees into mulch. Real trees of all shapes and sizes will be accepted – as long as they are free of ornaments, baubles and tinsel…
ILMINSTER NEWS: Minibus drivers needed at Vaughan Lee House
Posted: 6th January 2018
VOLUNTEER drivers are needed by Vaughan Lee House residential care home in Ilminster to drive its minibus taking residents out and about. Men and women who are willing to give Vaughan Lee House in Orchard Vale a few hours of their time at least once a month would be warmly welcomed. “This would involve taking residents out on a short trip on a Tuesday or to collect our…
SOMERSET NEWS: Police look to recruit PCSOs for Avon and Somerset
Posted: 3rd January 2018
APPLICATIONS open on Thursday (January 4, 2017) for anyone interested in serving as a Police Community Support Officer. Avon and Somerset Police is on the lookout for enthusiastic, confident and resilient members of the community who would like to take on the challenging and rewarding role of a PCSO. PCSOs contribute to the policing of neighbourhoods, visibly patrolling…
SOMERSET NEWS: Police look to recruit PCSOs for Avon and Somerset
Posted: 3rd January 2018
APPLICATIONS open on Thursday (January 4, 2017) for anyone interested in serving as a Police Community Support Officer. Avon and Somerset Police is on the lookout for enthusiastic, confident and resilient members of the community who would like to take on the challenging and rewarding role of a PCSO. PCSOs contribute to the policing of neighbourhoods, visibly patrolling…
Happy New Year 2018
Posted: 1st January 2018
THE Ilminster Press would like to wish all of its readers, advertisers and supporters a very Happy and Prosperous New Year.
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