ILMINSTER NEWS: Gully cleaning to start in Ilminster
Posted: 6th September 2017
SOMERSET County Council has announced that it will start gully cleaning on Monday (September 11, 2017) in Ilminster in a bid to reduce the further threat of flooding. The council’s cleaning unit will be starting at 7am to enable cones to be put out on the parking bays in East Street. The unit will then set up in Ditton Street in the one way section and for this traffic…
ILMINSTER NEWS: The world really is a small place – just ask these two Ilminster lads!
Posted: 5th September 2017
ILMINSTER has a population of just 5,800 residents and is 5,860 miles away from Vietnam and you’d think that the chance of two people from the tiny South Somerset town, who were strangers, bumping into each other on a remote beach in the Asian country would be very unlikely. Well, best you think again…… Adam Haimes, 28, of Ilminster, is currently over in Vietnam teaching…
SOUTH SOMERSET NEWS: Toffee and Minty need new homes
Posted: 5th September 2017
THE Ferne Animal Sanctuary near Chard was asked earlier this year to rescue two very unwell horses from a badly managed livery yard. The four-year-old stallions had been confined to stables for three years and were severely malnourished, suffering from developmental problems, liver damage, UV intolerance, lice and dental problems. Microchip testing revealed that the…
SOUTH SOMERSET NEWS: Toffee and Minty need new homes
Posted: 5th September 2017
THE Ferne Animal Sanctuary near Chard was asked earlier this year to rescue two very unwell horses from a badly managed livery yard. The four-year-old stallions had been confined to stables for three years and were severely malnourished, suffering from developmental problems, liver damage, UV intolerance, lice and dental problems. Microchip testing revealed that the…
ILMINSTER NEWS: New Friendship Group to be launched in Ilminster
Posted: 5th September 2017
THE Tesco store in Ilminster is linking up with other organisations in the town to launch a new weekly Friendship Group which will be looking to reach out to those people who are the ‘hardest 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 11.30am – starting next week on…
ILMINSTER NEWS: Town council looks for three new councillors
Posted: 5th September 2017
ILMINSTER Town Council is launching a recruitment drive in a bid to find people willing to serve as a town councillor. Town councillors are local people who take an interest in what happens in their community; as they have varied backgrounds they bring a wealth of knowledge and experience as well as community understanding to the town council team. There are currently…
ILMINSTER NEWS: Town’s Royal British Legion branch could close
Posted: 4th September 2017
THERE are real concerns that the Ilminster branch of the Royal British Legion could be forced to close unless new blood is recruited. Branch chairman John Goodall has told members in a letter that the group’s annual meeting on Tuesday, September 26, 2017, would “most likely to be the last meeting” of the organisation. “Unless the branch can elect a chairman, vice…
ILMINSTER NEWS: Lorry gets stuck at Bay Hill
Posted: 4th September 2017
A LORRY has got stuck on the outskirts of Ilminster on Monday (September 4, 2017) morning while trying to make an extremely difficult left-hand turn manoeuvre. The vehicle was travelling from Whitelackington direction on the main B3168 into Ilminster when it went to turn left from Bay Hill into Townsend – a very sharp turn which is often difficult for car drivers, let…
ILMINSTER NEWS: Money available for local groups in Ilminster area
Posted: 4th September 2017
AN exciting grants programme is being launched by South Somerset District Council this month with the aim of increasing visitors to the market towns of Ilminster, Chard and Crewkerne. Not for profit groups and organisations based in the three towns are invited to apply for grants to stage events and activities in the town centres. Grants of between £200 and £1,500 are…
ILMINSTER NEWS: More rain and more problems as the drains block up
Posted: 3rd September 2017
TERRIBLE rain on Sunday (September 3, 2017) again caused problems in the Ditton Street area of Ilminster with surface flooding. Thankfully it was nothing like the flooding of July when a sudden downpour caused big problems in the town centre with a number of shops and homes suffering from floodwater. But the rain on Sunday again caused a part of Ditton Street by the…
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