ILMINSTER NEWS: Bike-mad Ciaran thanks Good Samaritan
Posted: 30th August 2016
AN ILMINSTER schoolboy has presented a Good Samaritan with a box of chocolates after she found and returned his stolen bicycle. Ciaran McKenzie, nine, who will be starting at Swanmead School in September, was left devastated last week when he discovered that his bike had been stolen from outside his home. His mum Yvette Gale made an appeal on social media for anyone who…
SOUTH SOMERSET NEWS: Raising funds for Breast Cancer Care
Posted: 29th August 2016
HORNSBURY Mill was basked in sunshine this afternoon (Monday, August 29, 2016) for a Strawberry Tea Party fundraising event. There were plenty of visitors to the picturesque hotel and wedding venue near Chard for the event which was raising money for Breast Cancer Care. Among the visitors was the Mayor of Chard, Cllr Dave Bulmer, who officially opened the event. The…
SOUTH SOMERSET NEWS: Raising funds for Breast Cancer Care
Posted: 29th August 2016
HORNSBURY Mill was basked in sunshine this afternoon (Monday, August 29, 2016) for a Strawberry Tea Party fundraising event. There were plenty of visitors to the picturesque hotel and wedding venue near Chard for the event which was raising money for Breast Cancer Care. Among the visitors was the Mayor of Chard, Cllr Dave Bulmer, who officially opened the event. The…
ILMINSTER NEWS: The Shed restoration is coming along nicely
Posted: 27th August 2016
WORK on improving and restoring The Shed at the Ilminster Recreation Ground is progressing well. Ilminster Cricket Club have taken on the responsibility of The Shed following Ilminster Town Football Club’s move to the newly-built Archie Gooch Pavilion in the adjoining Britten’s Field. The roof has been completely transformed and once everything is done it is hoped it…
SOMERSET NEWS: Woman and two young children seriously injured
Posted: 26th August 2016
A WOMAN and two young children suffered serious injuries this afternoon (Friday, August 26, 2016) after being hit by a car. Police are appealing for information to the serious road traffic collision which took place shortly before 5.20pm on Coast Road at the Unity Farm Holiday Centre in Berrow, near Burnham-on-Sea. A police spokesman said: “A car was in a collision with…
SOUTH SOMERSET NEWS: Alopecia sufferer Lucas, aged six, inspires mass head shave for charity
Posted: 26th August 2016
AN ARMY of volunteers will be a cut above the rest when they take part in a mass charity head shave in Chard next month. Individuals having their heads shaved for charity is commonplace, but so far more than 30 people have agreed to have the clipper treatment during a day of fundraising at the Phoenix Hotel in Fore Street on Sunday, September 4, 2016. It is all part of a…
ILMINSTER NEWS: Blue is the colour for appeal funds
Posted: 26th August 2016
STAFF at an Ilminster town centre store have been donning Chelsea Football Club shirts this week to raise money for a local appeal. Caroline Speke, proprietor of the Silver Street Dairy in Silver Street, Ilminster, and her team have been wearing the Chelsea football tops to support Jake Cullen’s off-road wheelchair appeal. Jake, 15, who lives with the rare Duchenne…
ILMINSTER NEWS: Sponsored walk success for Jake’s wheelchair appeal
Posted: 26th August 2016
PEOPLE put their best foot forward last weekend to help raise money for the ongoing appeal to buy local lad Jake Cullen a special off-road wheelchair. Supporters gathered at the Shrubbery Hotel on Sunday (August 21, 2016) in Ilminster before setting off on the 6k walk to Sea Bends along cycle path and then back to the new Archie Gooch Pavilion at Britten’s Field for…
ILMINSTER AREA NEWS: Good luck to goalkeeper Giles in Rio at the Paralympics
Posted: 26th August 2016
SOMERSET lad Giles Moore will be hoping to keep Team GB in safe hands when he represents the nation at the forthcoming Paralympics in Brazil. Goalkeeper Giles, 19, who lives at Horton near Ilminster, has been selected for Team GB’s seven-a-side football team which will be hoping to win gold in Rio during the Paralympics which are to be staged from September 7-18, 2016…
SOMERSET NEWS: Bad crash on A358
Posted: 25th August 2016
EMERGENCY services were called out this morning (Thursday, August 25, 2016) following a crash on the A358 between Ilminster and Taunton. The Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service received a call for support from the police at just before 7am to the incident at Hatch Beauchamp. Two fire engines from Taunton and one from Bridgwater attended, along with a rescue…
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