ILMINSTER NEWS: Oyez oyez oyez – the town criers are coming!
Posted: 14th April 2016
TOWN criers will be converging on Ilminster next month and they will have plenty to “shout about.” The second annual Town Crier competition will be held in Ilminster on Saturday, May 7, 2016, and 15 town criers – many accompanied by their uniformed escorts – will assemble in the town. They will parade from Ilminster Arts Centre along East Street to the Market House at…
ILMINSTER AREA NEWS: Prison for organised crime group
Posted: 13th April 2016
TWO members of an organised crime group based in Somerset have been sentenced to seven and a half years in prison each. Rocky Broadway, 32, from Chubbards Cross, Ilton, near Ilminster, and Leonard Packman, 47, from Rockwell Green, Wellington, were both sentenced at Bristol Crown Court yesterday (Tuesday, April 12, 2016) after pleading guilty to over 50 offences of…
ILMINSTER AREA NEWS: Crash at Buckland St Mary
Posted: 10th April 2016
ILMINSTER firefighters were called out to help deal with a crash involving one vehicle at Buckland St Mary. The alarm was raised at just before 5.45pm yesterday (Saturday, April 9, 2016) at Hamley Lane. One fire engine from Ilminster along with firefighters from Chard and Taunton were mobilised. A Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service spokesman said: “On arrival we…
ILMINSTER NEWS: Lucky escape for couple and their two young daughters
Posted: 3rd April 2016
AN ILMINSTER family are calling it a miracle that they escaped without injury after being involved in a three-vehicle smash on the outskirts of Cardiff. Daniel Haines and his wife Tracy and their two young daughters, Leela, aged 21 months, and Clara, aged just four months old, were in their BMW and had stopped at some traffic lights when another car was in collision with…
ILMINSTER NEWS: Fantastic day of fundraising for life-saving machines
Posted: 3rd April 2016
A DAY of fundraising in Ilminster to help buy two potentially life-saving machines for the town has been hailed a great success. Around £1,000 was raised on Friday (April 1, 2016) with a cake sale and raffle in aid of a project to buy two automated external defibrillators which can be used by members of the public on others who are suffering a heart attack. The cake…
ILMINSTER AREA NEWS: Barn fire at Dowlish Wake
Posted: 1st April 2016
FIREFIGHTERS were called out this morning (Friday, April 1, 2016) to deal with a barn fire at Dowlish Wake. The alarm was raised at just after 8.20am to the incident at Oxenford Lane and fire engines from Chard, Crewkerne and Ilminster were mobilised along with a water carrier from Yeovil. Firefighters confirmed that the five-bay barn contained straw, but the fire was…
ILMINSTER NEWS: Fundraising project could save lives in the future
Posted: 31st March 2016
A GROUP of community-minded people will be raising money tomorrow (Friday, April 1, 2016) to buy something for Ilminster which really could mean the difference between life and death. They are hoping to raise enough money to buy two automated external defibrillators – machines which can be used by members of the public on others who are suffering a heart attack. The idea…
ILMINSTER NEWS: Nominations wanted for Bradley Cullen Youth Citizens Award
Posted: 31st March 2016
NOMINATIONS are needed for the Bradley Cullen Youth Citizens Award which recognises the work of young people in Ilminster. The award is being run by Ilminster Town Council and is to allow the community to recognise a young person who has contributed significantly towards the benefit of the town. Nominations should be received by the council by Sunday, April 10, 2016…
ILMINSTER NEWS: Who has made a difference to our community?
Posted: 31st March 2016
ILMINSTER Town Council is on the lookout for those people in the community who have made a real difference to local life. The council is seeking nominations for the annual Ilminster Citizen Award - those people who contributed significantly towards the benefit of the town and its citizens. Nominations should be received by the council by Sunday, April, 10, 2016…
ILMINSTER NEWS: Flying off to Barcelona after winning flights in 1610 competition
Posted: 29th March 2016
ILMINSTER couple Nichola and Jason Hockey have scooped flight tickets to Barcelona after winning a competition organised by leisure provider 1610. The couple, who are members of the Cresta Leisure Centre in Chard, won the tickets in a special competition to coincide with the opening of 1610’s new £500,000 health and fitness centre in Chard at Jarman Way. The idea of…
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