ILMINSTER NEWS: Mayor would want gold-plated toilets if £300k overspend was true
Posted: 17th August 2017
THE Mayor of Ilminster has said she would have expected to find “gold-plated loos” at the Archie Gooch Pavilion if wild reports of a £300,000 overspend on the project were to be believed. The pavilion at Britten’s Field officially opened last year and it has become a greatly used community asset rather than just solely by Ilminster Town Football Club which has it as its…
ILMINSTER NEWS: Dangerous road will be tarmacked
Posted: 17th August 2017
A ROAD which leads to the Archie Gooch Pavilion at Britten’s Field in Ilminster is to be tarmacked as soon as possible to avoid any accidents. Members of Ilminster Town Council said the access road off Canal Way was in a dangerous condition and needed to be sorted very quickly. The council was granted permission some years ago by the landowners, the Britten’s Trust, to…
ILMINSTER NEWS: Persimmon Homes plans for Canal Way still unresolved
Posted: 16th August 2017
A RARELY assembled committee at South Somerset District Council will be called upon to determine a controversial planning application in Ilminster. Members of the council’s Area West committee decided on Wednesday (August 16, 2017) to refer an application put forward by Persimmon Homes to build up to 400 homes on land off Canal Way to the authority’s regulation…
ILMINSTER NEWS: Life-saving phone box plans supported
Posted: 16th August 2017
EVEN if an emergency public defibrillator, which is set to be installed in a town centre phone box in Ilminster, saves just one life in the years ahead – it will have been a successful project to have undertaken. That was the message from the Mayor, Cllr Val Keitch, on Tuesday (August 15, 2017) as members of Ilminster Town Council decided to go-ahead with plans to adopt…
ILMINSTER NEWS: Flooding report will be published before Christmas
Posted: 16th August 2017
A DETAILED report on how to stop Ilminster suffering severe flooding problems in the future will be published within four months. Somerset County Council’s highways and transport spokesman, Cllr John Woodman (pictured above), attended Ilminster Town Council’s full meeting on Tuesday (August 15, 2017) where he was presented with a petition by local businesswoman Jean Pas…
ILMINSTER NEWS: D-Day for Persimmon Homes plans
Posted: 16th August 2017
A DECISION on whether to allow up to 400 homes be built on land off Canal Way in Ilminster will be made on Wednesday (August 16, 2017) evening just over five miles away down the road in Chard. Members of South Somerset District Council’s Area West committee will meet at the Guildhall in Fore Street, Chard, for their monthly meeting where on the agenda is the…
SOUTH SOMERSET NEWS: Nominations for 2017 Gold Star awards have opened
Posted: 15th August 2017
NOMINATIONS have now opened for South Somerset District Council’s prestigious annual Gold Star awards. The red carpet will be rolled out for young people and the unsung volunteers who work with them when the council’s Gold Star awards return to the Octagon Theatre in Yeovil on Monday, October 23, 2017. The event, which is now in its 11th year, aims to showcase the…
SOUTH SOMERSET NEWS: Nominations for 2017 Gold Star awards have opened
Posted: 15th August 2017
NOMINATIONS have now opened for South Somerset District Council’s prestigious annual Gold Star awards. The red carpet will be rolled out for young people and the unsung volunteers who work with them when the council’s Gold Star awards return to the Octagon Theatre in Yeovil on Monday, October 23, 2017. The event, which is now in its 11th year, aims to showcase the…
ILMINSTER NEWS: Guess the weight and date of Beth’s baby
Posted: 11th August 2017
AN ILMINSTER hair salon is holding a fun competition for people to get involved with the arrival of senior stylist Beth Trebley’s baby next month. Beth left the Penhalagans salon in Silver Street last Friday (August 4, 2017) to go on maternity leave ahead of the birth of her baby boy. And in celebration of the forthcoming new arrival the salon is hosting a competition…
SOUTH SOMERSET NEWS: Reservoir attacker still on the loose despite good response in public appeal
Posted: 10th August 2017
POLICE have reported a “good response” from the public following a vicious attack on a woman at Chard Reservoir but the man they are hunting is still on the loose. Sgt Rob Jameson told Chard Press on Thursday (August 10, 2017) that they had received some useful information and suggested names, but were still looking for the man suspected of inflicting serious head…
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