SOMERSET NEWS: Raising the flag for Merchant Navy Day
Posted: 3rd September 2016
SOMERSET County Council is proudly joining a host of local authorities across the country today (Saturday, September 3, 2016) in raising the Red Ensign flag to celebrate Merchant Navy Day. Supporting a nationwide call from the Seafarers UK charity the UK Merchant Navy’s official flag, the Red Ensign, will be flying on public buildings and landmark flagstaffs across the…
SOUTH SOMERSET NEWS: Family would dearly love to have sentimental jewellery returned
Posted: 2nd September 2016
A LARGE amount of jewellery with huge sentimental value to the owners has been stolen during a burglary at a home in Yeovil. Police are now appealing for information into the incident which happened near Roping Road sometime between 8.30am and 1.30pm on Bank Holiday Monday (August 29, 2016). A man was seen hanging around on Roping Path on Sunday, August 28, 2016…
SOUTH SOMERSET NEWS: Family would dearly love to have sentimental jewellery returned
Posted: 2nd September 2016
A LARGE amount of jewellery with huge sentimental value to the owners has been stolen during a burglary at a home in Yeovil. Police are now appealing for information into the incident which happened near Roping Road sometime between 8.30am and 1.30pm on Bank Holiday Monday (August 29, 2016). A man was seen hanging around on Roping Path on Sunday, August 28, 2016…
SOUTH SOMERSET NEWS: Man attacked outside One Stop shop
Posted: 2nd September 2016
A MAN was attacked outside a convenience store in Yeovil on Bank Holiday Monday (August 29, 2016). Police are now appealing for witnesses to the incident which saw the victim, a 32 year-old man, attacked by two other men outside the One Stop shop at the junction of Roseberry Avenue and Monmouth Road. He suffered injuries to his wrist and hand as well as bruising to his…
SOUTH SOMERSET NEWS: Cyclist knocked off bike by motorist
Posted: 2nd September 2016
POLICE are appealing for witnesses following a hit-and-run incident in South Somerset. The fail to stop incident happened on Tuesday, August 16, 2016, at about 7pm on the A30 at Hardington Mandeville near Yeovil. A black Vauxhall Corsa with the registration beginning WX65 or WV65 was in collision with a cyclist travelling in the direction of Crewkerne. The driver of the…
ILMINSTER AREA NEWS: Firefighters race to cooker fire reports
Posted: 31st August 2016
FIREFIGHTERS from Chard and Ilminster were mobilised this afternoon (Wednesday, August 31, 2016) following reports of a cooker on fire. The alarm was raised at just before 4.30pm to the problem at Bishopswood Road in Buckland St Mary near Ilminster. Firefighters discovered that the fire was out by the time they had arrived, but they made a check of the area. The fire was…
SOMERSET NEWS: Statue of Liberty smiles on Great British Bake Off’s Val
Posted: 31st August 2016
HER gingerbread Statue of Liberty may have toppled over, but Somerset’s Val Stones is still standing tall after once again surviving another round of TV’s The Great British Bake Off. Val had a difficult opening round in last week’s show and once again the judges, Mary Berry and Paul Hollywood, were tonight (Wednesday, August 31, 2016) debating whether to show her the…
SOMERSET NEWS: Statue of Liberty smiles on Great British Bake Off’s Val
Posted: 31st August 2016
HER gingerbread Statue of Liberty may have toppled over, but Somerset’s Val Stones is still standing tall after once again surviving another round of TV’s The Great British Bake Off. Val had a difficult opening round in last week’s show and once again the judges, Mary Berry and Paul Hollywood, were tonight (Wednesday, August 31, 2016) debating whether to show her the…
ILMINSTER AREA NEWS: Lorry fire on Ilminster Bypass
Posted: 31st August 2016
FIREFIGHTERS were called out this afternoon (Wednesday, August 31, 2016) to deal with a lorry on fire on the Ilminster Bypass. The alarm was raised at just after 12.30pm to the problem on the westbound carriageway and fire engines from Ilminster and Martock were mobilised. They found a lorry carrying scrap metal had pulled over into a layby with smoke issuing from its…
ILMINSTER NEWS: Three men attacked in street
Posted: 31st August 2016
POLICE are appealing for witnesses after three men were assaulted by a group of people in Ilminster. The victims, aged 42, 26 and 20, were attacked by several men in West Street, between 11pm and 11.30pm on Thursday, August 18, 2016. They didn’t need any medical treatment. The offenders ran off towards Station Road. They were all white and aged between 20 and 50 years…
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