ILMINSTER NEWS: Retirement lunch for long serving firefighter
Posted: 2nd April 2017
A RECEPTION lunch has been held for Ilminster man Mark English who has retired after nearly 18 years as a firefighter in the town. Mark officially hung up his hose at Christmas, but a belated send-off lunch with colleagues was held at the Shrubbery Hotel in Ilminster on Sunday (April 2, 2017). He had served with the Fire Service since 1999 and said he had worked with a…
ILMINSTER AREA NEWS: Wedding dance video family appear on This Morning
Posted: 31st March 2017
THE amazing Martin and Jo Atrill were interviewed on national TV on Friday (March 31, 2017) when they appeared on the This Morning show hosted by Eamonn Holmes and Ruth Langsford. It comes following the whirlwind social media popularity of their “first dance” wedding video in which they were joined by Jo’s 13-year-old son Alex Dieterle to share in the special moment…
ILMINSTER AREA NEWS: Wedding dance video family appear on This Morning
Posted: 31st March 2017
THE amazing Martin and Jo Atrill were interviewed on national TV on Friday (March 31, 2017) when they appeared on the This Morning show hosted by Eamonn Holmes and Ruth Langsford. It comes following the whirlwind social media popularity of their “first dance” wedding video in which they were joined by Jo’s 13-year-old son Alex Dieterle to share in the special moment…
SOMERSET NEWS: EDF Energy reaches significant milestone in Hinkley C construction
Posted: 31st March 2017
EDF Energy has given an update on the progress being made at the new Hinkley Point C new nuclear power station in Somerset. Six months after contracts were signed for Hinkley Point C, EDF Energy has set out the progress made at the site. This includes confirmation that concrete has been poured for the power station galleries. The galleries are a network of connected…
SOMERSET NEWS: EDF Energy reaches significant milestone in Hinkley C construction
Posted: 31st March 2017
EDF Energy has given an update on the progress being made at the new Hinkley Point C new nuclear power station in Somerset. Six months after contracts were signed for Hinkley Point C, EDF Energy has set out the progress made at the site. This includes confirmation that concrete has been poured for the power station galleries. The galleries are a network of connected…
ILMINSTER AREA NEWS: Emotional first wedding dance video of very special family goes viral
Posted: 30th March 2017
THIS is the heart-warming moment an unsuspecting mum shared her first wedding dance with her disabled son - in a special harness secretly made by his new stepdad. Alex Dieterle, 13, has severe cerebral palsy and is unable to stand unaided and relies on a wheelchair and carers to get around. But when his stepdad Martin Atrill married his mum Jo he was determined to make…
ILMINSTER AREA NEWS: Emotional first wedding dance video of very special family goes viral
Posted: 30th March 2017
THIS is the heart-warming moment an unsuspecting mum shared her first wedding dance with her disabled son - in a special harness secretly made by his new stepdad. Alex Dieterle, 13, has severe cerebral palsy and is unable to stand unaided and relies on a wheelchair and carers to get around. But when his stepdad Martin Atrill married his mum Jo he was determined to make…
SOUTH SOMERSET NEWS: Last Rolo proves expensive for litter lout
Posted: 30th March 2017
A MOTORIST’s dashcam has landed a fellow driver with an £80 fine after footage caught them depositing litter – the wrapper of a packet of Rolo chocolates - from their car. Not happy that the person in front of them had just littered out of their car, the driver handed footage from their dashcam in to South Somerset District Council who were then able to track the…
SOUTH SOMERSET NEWS: Last Rolo proves expensive for litter lout
Posted: 30th March 2017
A MOTORIST’s dashcam has landed a fellow driver with an £80 fine after footage caught them depositing litter – the wrapper of a packet of Rolo chocolates - from their car. Not happy that the person in front of them had just littered out of their car, the driver handed footage from their dashcam in to South Somerset District Council who were then able to track the…
SOUTH SOMERSET NEWS: Man jailed for 21 years over sex offences against three girls
Posted: 29th March 2017
A 55-year-old South Somerset man has been jailed for 21 years after being convicted of sexual offences against three girls. Peter John Kingdon, of Barwick near Yeovil, was sentenced at Taunton Crown Court on Wednesday (March 29, 2017) after previously being convicted of 11 charges, including rape, sexual assault and gross indecency. The charges relate to three victims…
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