ILMINSTER NEWS: World record cream tea party attempt at Tesco
Posted: 5th October 2017
STAFF and customers at the Tesco store in Ilminster are hoping to have played their part in setting a new Guiness World Record. This is the second year the Tesco stores in the Bristol and Somerset area have really got involved in the Macmillan Cancer Support charity’s “biggest coffee morning” event. And the Ilminster store was delighted to be part of it and played a…
ILMINSTER NEWS: Still time to object to plans for 400 homes
Posted: 3rd October 2017
CAMPAIGNERS are continuing to urge people concerned about plans to build 400 homes on land off Canal Way in Ilminster to let South Somerset District Council know about their fears. Members of South Somerset District Council’s regulation committee will meet on Tuesday, October 17, 2017, to discuss the controversial planning application put forward by Persimmon Homes and…
SOMERSET NEWS: Charity ball coins in the funds in memory of Jemima Layzell
Posted: 29th September 2017
A CHARITY Ball has helped to raise an amazing £14,000 for an amazing fund which was set up in memory an amazing young girl who lived near Ilminster and who recently hit the national headlines. A Flower Ball was held at Taunton School where Jemima Layzell, of Horton, went to school before she suddenly died five years ago in 2012 from a rare brain aneurism. On Jemima’s…
ILMINSTER NEWS: Friendship is the key to new group
Posted: 26th September 2017
THE Tesco store in Ilminster has linked up with other organisations in the town to launch a new weekly Friendship Group which looks to reach out to those who are ‘hard to reach’ in the community. The group is looking to welcome people of all ages from Ilminster to the Ile Youth Club at Frog Lane every Thursday from 11am. The new group launched earlier this month and in…
ILMINSTER NEWS: Canal Way Action Group public meeting planned
Posted: 18th September 2017
AN action group has been formed to fight the proposed 400-house development by Persimmon Homes in Ilminster. The developers are looking to gain outline planning permission from South Somerset District Council to take the next step towards the housing scheme earmarked for land off Canal Way. The council’s Area West committee has already discussed the application and…
SOMERSET NEWS: Report highlights lessons learned about life-long injuries sustained by baby Child Sam
Posted: 13th September 2017
THE need for agencies to identify and follow-up safeguarding concerns for unborn babies has been highlighted in a report published by the Somerset Safeguarding Children Board. The Serious Case Review published on Wednesday (September 13, 2017) comes after a six-month-old child sustained extensive head injuries nearly two years ago. The report’s recommendations include…
SOMERSET NEWS: Pregnant women to be offered flu jabs through maternity services
Posted: 13th September 2017
MIDWIVES in maternity services across Somerset are offering the free flu vaccine when they see pregnant women at ante-natal clinics, scans and other appointments. The new service follows a successful pilot at Musgrove Park Hospital in Taunton last year which almost doubled take-up. During the winter, nearly 80 per cent of pregnant women using maternity services received…
SOMERSET NEWS: Pregnant women to be offered flu jabs through maternity services
Posted: 13th September 2017
MIDWIVES in maternity services across Somerset are offering the free flu vaccine when they see pregnant women at ante-natal clinics, scans and other appointments. The new service follows a successful pilot at Musgrove Park Hospital in Taunton last year which almost doubled take-up. During the winter, nearly 80 per cent of pregnant women using maternity services received…
ILMINSTER NEWS: Cannabis and £5k in cash seized in drugs raid
Posted: 8th September 2017
POLICE carried out a drugs warrant at a property in Ilminster on Thursday (September 7, 2017) and seized over £5,000 in cash and a large quantity of cannabis. The haul was reported on the police’s operation support team’s social networking Twitter account as officers continued the crack down on illegal drugs activity in the area. Anyone with information about people they…
ILMINSTER AREA NEWS: Council grant helps at community shop and cafe
Posted: 7th September 2017
A GRANT from South Somerset District Council has helped with installation of efficient air conditioning at a community shop and café. Seavington Community Shop and Services Association near Ilminster received a grant of £1,000 from SSDC's Area North Committee towards the cost of their project to install a new system to improve air cooling and temperature regulation in…
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