ILMINSTER NEWS: Senior Citizens Lunch is another community success
Posted: 11th January 2017
MORE than 120 of Ilminster’s senior citizens attended the lunch at the Shrubbery Hotel on Saturday (January 7, 2017) and enjoyed a lovely meal, great company, super entertainment and, dare we say, a few drinks! Donations to help fund the annual community event were made Ilminster’s Rotary Club, Lions Club, Nyanza Lodge of Freemasons, and Marshall Herbert who brings his…
ILMINSTER NEWS: Family’s thanks for support a year on after devastating fire
Posted: 11th January 2017
AN ILMINSTER family has thanked everyone for their support and kindness – 12 months after a fire badly damaged their home and left them with only the clothes they were wearing. It was around 3pm on Thursday, January 7, 2016, when three fire engines were sent out following reports of a large amount of smoke coming from the first-floor of a terraced property in West…
ILMINSTER AREA NEWS: £362k funding for Neroche Primary School
Posted: 10th January 2017
NEROCHE Primary School near Ilminster is to receive £362,000 to help towards providing extra early years teaching and childcare facilities. NEARLY 200 working families across Somerset will have access to an additional 30 hours of free childcare per week as six projects to extend early years provision in the county are given much-needed funding from government including…
ILMINSTER NEWS: Telephone survey for your views on town centre future
Posted: 10th January 2017
PEOPLE are going to be asked by South Somerset District Council for their views to help plan the future of our town centres. NEMS Market Research will conduct a telephone survey with residents, which will start on Monday, January 16, 2017. Respondents will be randomly selected, including some who are ex-directory. Some of the interviews may be closed early when…
SOUTH SOMERSET NEWS: Fantastic news for Leonardo Helicopters – hundreds of jobs protected
Posted: 9th January 2017
THE Ministry of Defence has signed a £271million deal with Leonardo Helicopters in Yeovil to continue to support world-leading Wildcat helicopters - protecting hundreds of highly-skilled jobs. The overwhelming majority - over 80 per cent - of the c. 500 jobs sustained will be at Leonardo’s (better known as Westlands) facilities in Yeovil and Royal Naval Air Station…
SOUTH SOMERSET NEWS: Fantastic news for Leonardo Helicopters – hundreds of jobs protected
Posted: 9th January 2017
THE Ministry of Defence has signed a £271million deal with Leonardo Helicopters in Yeovil to continue to support world-leading Wildcat helicopters - protecting hundreds of highly-skilled jobs. The overwhelming majority - over 80 per cent - of the c. 500 jobs sustained will be at Leonardo’s (better known as Westlands) facilities in Yeovil and Royal Naval Air Station…
SOUTH SOMERSET NEWS: Kingsbury May Festival is cancelled for 2017 due to safety reasons
Posted: 8th January 2017
ORGANISERS of the successful Kingsbury May Festival have taken the reluctant decision to announce that plans for this year’s event have been scrapped due to a number of public safety issues. The long-running festival has grown over the years and now attracts thousands of people to the village from around the area. But with the ever-increasing numbers attending the…
SOUTH SOMERSET NEWS: Kingsbury May Festival is cancelled for 2017 due to safety reasons
Posted: 8th January 2017
ORGANISERS of the successful Kingsbury May Festival have taken the reluctant decision to announce that plans for this year’s event have been scrapped due to a number of public safety issues. The long-running festival has grown over the years and now attracts thousands of people to the village from around the area. But with the ever-increasing numbers attending the…
ILMINSTER NEWS: New school for the town as part of 450-home development
Posted: 6th January 2017
PLANS for the potential replacement of Greenfylde First School in Ilminster could soon be taking a step forward. Cllr Linda Vijeh, Ilminster’s representative at Somerset County Council, has been told that housing developer Persimmon had submitted a planning application to build 450 houses in Canal Way. She said she had recently received an update from Liz Smith, of…
ILMINSTER NEWS: Speeding problems on busy Station Road
Posted: 6th January 2017
THOUSANDS of drivers were clocked speeding along Station Road in Ilminster during a two-week investigation before Christmas. A speed indicator device, more commonly known as a SID, was placed in the busy Station Road between November 29 and December 13, 2016, and noted 34,316 vehicle movements. Cllr Linda Vijeh, who represents Ilminster at Somerset County Council, said…
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