ILMINSTER NEWS: An amazing night of pride at Ilminster
Posted: 25th September 2016
THE Shrubbery Hotel in Ilminster was bursting with pride at the weekend as the town said “thank you” to those people who make a difference to the local community. The first-ever Pride of Ilminster awards – organised by the town’s Tesco store in association with the Shrubbery Hotel – was held on Saturday (September 24, 2016) thank those people who go the extra mile to…
ILMINSTER NEWS: An amazing night of pride at Ilminster
Posted: 25th September 2016
THE Shrubbery Hotel in Ilminster was bursting with pride at the weekend as the town said “thank you” to those people who make a difference to the local community. The first-ever Pride of Ilminster awards – organised by the town’s Tesco store in association with the Shrubbery Hotel – was held on Saturday (September 24, 2016) thank those people who go the extra mile to…
ILMINSTER AREA NEWS: Motorcyclist killed in crash
Posted: 25th September 2016
POLICE have announced that a motorcyclist from the Ilminster area has been killed in a crash. Police are appealing for witnesses following a collision on the B3153 yesterday (Saturday, September 24, 2016) at Kingweston near Somerton. A police spokesman said: “The collision, which happened at around 10.45am, involved a blue Mitsubishi, a red VW transporter and a red…
SOUTH SOMERSET NEWS: Did you see this A303 incident?
Posted: 21st September 2016
POLICE are appealing for witnesses following a fail to stop collision on the A303 near South Petherton. At about 10.20pm on Friday, September 9, 2016, the driver of a blue Renault Clio had to take action to avoid a small black car, which had swerved into his path on the A303 between the South Petherton and Cartgate roundabouts. A police spokesman said: “The driver of the…
ILMINSTER NEWS: Life-saving machine planned for Archie Gooch Pavilion
Posted: 20th September 2016
THERE are hopes that plans to install a new public defibrillator at the Archie Gooch Pavilion in Ilminster will be given the go-ahead. Members of Ilminster Town Council meet this evening (Tuesday, September 20, 2016) to discuss a proposal put forward by Emma Jane Taylor. A successful fundraising campaign held earlier this year resulted in enough money to buy two…
ILMINSTER NEWS: Fire Service apologises over wrong car wash info
Posted: 17th September 2016
THE Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service has apologised to Ilminster people for putting out false information about a planned charity car wash at the town’s fire station. The DSFRS announced earlier this week that firefighters from Ilminster would be hosing down people’s cars in return for a donation to the Fire Fighters Charity – the UK’s leading provider of…
SOUTH SOMERSET NEWS: Four arrested and drugs, cash and offensive weapons seized
Posted: 14th September 2016
FOUR men have been arrested after police stopped the car they were driving in and found "significant sums" of Class A drugs. They were arrested when police stopped a car that had been seen driving erratically while they were on patrol on Queensway in Yeovil at around 11pm last night (Tuesday, September 13, 2016). A police statement said that PC Warren and PC Spalding…
ILMINSTER NEWS: Drew Belobaba is elected to town council
Posted: 14th September 2016
ILMINSTER Town Council is back to its full capacity of councillors following the uncontested election of Drew Belobaba. Mr Belobaba, of Horton, was the only candidate to come forward for a by-election which had been scheduled for October 6, 2016. But as Mr Belobaba was the single candidate there will be no need for an election to be held and he will immediately take his…
SOUTH SOMERSET NEWS: Dorset Nectar wins Cider Cup
Posted: 13th September 2016
THE eighth South Somerset Cider Sampling at Hinton St George village hall was another successful event. The annual event on Friday (September 9, 2016) was as popular as ever as members of the public were handed tickets to sample the many ciders on display in return for a modest entrance fee. Ciders on offer ranged from one person artisan producers to larger concerns such…
SOMERSET NEWS: Just four days remain to get your recycling site permit
Posted: 13th September 2016
MORE than 5,000 people have applied for a recycling site permit and now there are just four days left to be certain of getting one in good time. On the day (Tuesday, September 13, 2016) recycling site permit application numbers passed the 5,000 mark, Somerset Waste Partnership is alerting residents who regularly use sites to check now to see if they need a permit. With…
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