SOMERSET NEWS: Easter waste recycling information
Posted: 29th March 2017
EVERY household in Somerset will have Easter waste day changes with pick-ups due on Good Friday (April 14, 2017) taking place on Saturday, April 15, 2017. There will be no collections on Easter Monday (April 17, 2017) meaning all that week's kerbside services are one day later, including Friday pick-ups taking place on Saturday, April 22, 2017. All recycling sites remain…
RED NOSE DAY 2017: Red is the colour of the day at Greenfylde
Posted: 24th March 2017
PUPILS and staff at Greenfylde First School in Ilminster raised more than £200 for the Comic Relief charity on Friday (March 24, 2017). They all came to school dressed in something red in return for a donation towards the national charity. Headteacher Claire Oaten said they raised an amazing £220 and thanked everyone for their support. If you have been raising money for…
RED NOSE DAY 2017: Supporting Comic Relief at Sunny Ile
Posted: 24th March 2017
CHILDREN and staff at the Sunny Ile Pre School - part of Greenfylde First School in Ilminister - celebrated Red Nose Day on Friday (March 24, 2017). and raised over £19 for Comic Relief. They took part in many fun activities including “sleeping red tomatoes” and all dressed in something red. They raised just under £20 for Comic Relief. If you have been raising money for…
YEOVILTON LIFE: Farewell steadfast friend – Maritime Lynx passes into history
Posted: 24th March 2017
THE Royal Navy has bid goodbye to the long-serving Lynx helicopter with praise from Britain’s two most senior sailors. The Lynx helicopter - mainstay of operations by Royal Navy around the globe since the late 1970s - has retired from service after just short of half a million hours in skies, from the searing heat of Iraq and the Gulf, to the punishing cold of Antarctica…
YEOVILTON LIFE: Farewell steadfast friend – Maritime Lynx passes into history
Posted: 24th March 2017
THE Royal Navy has bid goodbye to the long-serving Lynx helicopter with praise from Britain’s two most senior sailors. The Lynx helicopter - mainstay of operations by Royal Navy around the globe since the late 1970s - has retired from service after just short of half a million hours in skies, from the searing heat of Iraq and the Gulf, to the punishing cold of Antarctica…
RED NOSE DAY 2017: Grinters are doing it for Comic Relief
Posted: 24th March 2017
THE Grinters team has been showing its support for Comic Relief on Friday (March 24, 2017) by sporting the traditional red noses. Grinters is an Ilminster-based family run business covering all of Somerset and across the borders to the surrounding counties. The firm has been established since 2007 when cousins James Champion and Geoffrey Dark set up the business. James…
SOMERSET NEWS: We stand shoulder to shoulder with communities against terrorism say police chiefs
Posted: 23rd March 2017
THE Chief Constable of Avon and Somerset Police and the Police and Crime Commissioner have reassured people that they will do all they can to keep the public safe from terrorists. It follows on from the tragic events in London on Wednesday (March 22, 2017) when the capital suffered a terrorist attack. Now Chief Constable Andy Marsh and Sue Mounstevens, the PCC for Avon…
SOMERSET NEWS: We stand shoulder to shoulder with communities against terrorism say police chiefs
Posted: 23rd March 2017
THE Chief Constable of Avon and Somerset Police and the Police and Crime Commissioner have reassured people that they will do all they can to keep the public safe from terrorists. It follows on from the tragic events in London on Wednesday (March 22, 2017) when the capital suffered a terrorist attack. Now Chief Constable Andy Marsh and Sue Mounstevens, the PCC for Avon…
ILMINSTER NEWS: Ilminster’s festive lights are the envy of many larger towns
Posted: 22nd March 2017
A NUMBER of new features are being planned by the Ilminster Christmas Lights Committee for 2017. The garland installed in 2016 at the entrance of Greenfylde First School, which has received a lot of comment, will be moved further up Silver Street and a new garland featuring Santa for the children will hopefully be bought. The Season’s Greetings banner at the entrance to…
ILMINSTER NEWS: Inspiring and motivating women are celebrated
Posted: 20th March 2017
GIRL POWER reigned supreme at Ilminster on Sunday (March 19, 2017) as the town celebrated the positive contributions women make to their families and the community they live in. A competition was organised by Ilminster’s Tesco store to coincide with International Women’s Day which is held every year on March 8 to commemorate the movement for women’s rights and Mother’s…
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