ILMINSTER NEWS: Fireworks display goes off with a bang!
Posted: 7th November 2016
ILMINSTER Town Football Club would like to thank everyone who attended the annual Fireworks Spectacular at Britten’s Field. Around 1,500 converged on the new Archie Gooch Pavilion on Sunday (November 6, 2016) for the bonfire and fireworks display which was sponsored by the Shrubbery Hotel. The heavens opened mid-afternoon and there were fears that it might spoil the…
ILMINSTER NEWS: Christmas Tree Festival at the Minster
Posted: 7th November 2016
PREPARATIONS are underway for the annual Ilminster Christmas Tree Festival which each year provides a spectacular display at the Minster. The festival produces a display of around 50 lit and decorated trees. But this year, for the first time, the organisers have suggested as an alternative that the charity sponsors display a traditional crib scene. The festival will be…
SOUTH SOMERSET NEWS: Two men jailed for child sex offences committed in Yeovil area
Posted: 2nd November 2016
TWO men have been convicted of a number of child sexual exploitation offences and sentenced to a combined total of 32 years at Bristol Crown Court. Mehmet Citak, 34, and Ahmet Kurtyemez, 29, were convicted of offences against six victims, who were aged between 14 and 15 at the time. Kurtyemez was also convicted of an offence against a seventh victim, who was 18 at the…
SOUTH SOMERSET NEWS: Museum might be closed to visitors – but hard work has started inside
Posted: 2nd November 2016
VOLUNTEERS and supporters of the award-winning Chard Museum have enjoyed a get-together to celebrate the end of another successful season. The museum in the High Street has now closed for the winter after a successful season and a thank you lunch was laid on for volunteers and Friends of the Museum members. The annual prize draw was held during the lunch with the top…
SOUTH SOMERSET NEWS: Museum might be closed to visitors – but hard work has started inside
Posted: 2nd November 2016
VOLUNTEERS and supporters of the award-winning Chard Museum have enjoyed a get-together to celebrate the end of another successful season. The museum in the High Street has now closed for the winter after a successful season and a thank you lunch was laid on for volunteers and Friends of the Museum members. The annual prize draw was held during the lunch with the top…
SOMERSET NEWS: Man identified from CCTV over Taunton disturbance
Posted: 2nd November 2016
POLICE have identified a man they want to speak with in connection with a disturbance in Taunton last month. An appeal was made by police earlier this week for information about the public order incident which happened in the early hours of Sunday, October 2, 2016, in North Street/High Street. Police released a CCTV image of a man they would like to speak as part of the…
SOUTH SOMERSET NEWS: Having a garden bonfire at any time of the day is not illegal
Posted: 2nd November 2016
EVERY year South Somerset District Council receives a significant number of complaints about domestic bonfires – but there is nothing it can do apart from appeal to people to think of others when lighting fires in the garden. Domestic bonfires can be very irritating to neighbours; the smoke can ruin the enjoyment of your neighbours when in the garden, prevent them from…
SOUTH SOMERSET NEWS: Having a garden bonfire at any time of the day is not illegal
Posted: 2nd November 2016
EVERY year South Somerset District Council receives a significant number of complaints about domestic bonfires – but there is nothing it can do apart from appeal to people to think of others when lighting fires in the garden. Domestic bonfires can be very irritating to neighbours; the smoke can ruin the enjoyment of your neighbours when in the garden, prevent them from…
SOUTH SOMERSET NEWS: Beware of wicked Council Tax email scam
Posted: 2nd November 2016
SOUTH Somerset District Council is repeating its warning for people to be aware that bogus e-mails are being received by some residents which allegedly are from an HMRC Team. The e-mail claims that there is a refund of Council Tax due and asks the recipient to click on a link and enter their bank details. Only South Somerset District Council can issue refunds of Council…
ILMINSTER NEWS: Mixed views on Swan Precinct lighting plans
Posted: 1st November 2016
COUNCILLORS have been investigating whether proper street lighting should be installed in the Swan Precinct area in Ilminster. A report has gone before Ilminster Town Council’s planning and highways committee on Tuesday (November 1, 2016) to say that owners of the precinct and the adjoining Warren Court residential complex are in support of adding lighting to the area…
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