ILMINSTER AREA NEWS: Police appeal after fight leaves two in hospital
Posted: 7th April 2019
POLICE are appealing for information over an incident near Ilminster which left two men needing hospital treatment. Officers were called to Copse Lane, Ilton, at about 9.45pm on Saturday, April 6, to a report of a fight involving two men. A man in his 30s remains in hospital with injuries which are not believed to be life-threatening. A man in his 50s, who was initially…
ILMINSTER NEWS: March edition of Ilminster Press community newspaper is out now!
Posted: 22nd March 2019
THE March edition of the Ilminster Press community newspaper is now out and is again packed with local news and photos from around the area. The paper is available for people to pick-up for free from various outlets in and around the town including the main Tesco store, Tesco Garage, Spar Garage, McColls, Co-op, Ilminster Arts Centre, Cottage Flowers, The Minster…
ILMINSTER NEWS: Don’t forget to pick-up your FREE copy of Ilminster Press
Posted: 24th February 2019
THE February edition of Ilminster Press - your free, local monthly newspaper which looks to report on the positive aspects of the Ilminster and surrounding area – is available in various outlets in and around the town. This 40-page edition of Ilminster Press is once again packed with news and photos from around the area. There are copies available in places such as the…
ILMINSTER NEWS: Plans to turn Crown Inn into two houses
Posted: 11th February 2019
PLANS have been submitted to South Somerset District Council to turn an Ilminster pub into two houses. Punch Partnerships Ltd has applied for planning permission to convert the Crown Inn on West Street into two three-bedroom houses along with demolishing an existing garage and building a single-storey rear extension. The applicants have stated that the closure of the…
ILMINSTER NEWS: Premature birth mum thanks ambulance team
Posted: 7th February 2019
A MUM who gave birth three months early has been reunited with the South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust team who saved her new-born baby. Lucy Knight, 29, went into labour 13 weeks ahead of her due date at home with boyfriend Dean Glover, 27, in Ilminster, Somerset. Baby Eli Glover was born on July 12 last year, at just 26 weeks and six days, and weighed…
ILMINSTER NEWS: January edition of Ilminster Press
Posted: 24th January 2019
THE January edition of the Ilminster Press FREE monthly community newspaper will be out later today (Thursday, January 24, 2019). The 40-page paper is packed with news and photos from the Ilminster area and will be available for people to pick-up for FREE from various outlets in and around the town. Outlets include the main Tesco store in Ilminster, the Co-op store…
ILMNSTER NEWS: Plans submitted to develop Horlicks eyesore
Posted: 24th January 2019
PLANS have been submitted to South Somerset District Council to build up to 150 homes on the Horlicks Farm site on the outskirts of Ilminster. The homes are earmarked to go on the northern side of Station Road on undeveloped farm land while to the south it has been proposed that the rundown and derelict former Horlicks cheese factory buildings will be developed for…
ILMINSTER NEWS: Ilminster Library set to remain open
Posted: 16th October 2018
A DECISION on keeping Ilminster Library open is likely to be made early next month by Somerset County Council. Recommendations for the future of Somerset’s Libraries Service – including the library in Ilminster - were unveiled on Tuesday (October 16), with a final decision expected to be made next month on November 5. A detailed report was published online, which sets…
ILMINSTER AREA NEWS: Ilminster Shuttle Bus service to launch
Posted: 30th August 2018
COMMUNITIES in the Ilminster area can now benefit from a daily timetabled shuttle bus service - thanks to Somerset County Council. People living in villages around Ilminster lost their timetabled services to the town last October when Nippybus ceased trading last autumn. The county council stepped in, setting up a shuttle service which ran on demand, with passengers…
ILMINSTER NEWS: Hannah May studio team running for Asthma UK
Posted: 17th August 2018
A TEAM from an Ilminster hair studio will be putting their best foot forward in September to raise money for the Asthma UK charity. People may have already seen the Hannah May Hair & Beauty Studio team in West Street working really hard running around Ilminster and, admittedly, looking slightly red in the face! But they are all planning on running and completing the…
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