ILMINSTER NEWS: Stuck on roof
Posted: 11th February 2016
FIREFIGHTERS were called out this afternoon (Thursday, February 11, 2016) to rescue somebody who had got stuck up on a roof in Ilminster. The alarm was raised at just after 2pm to the incident at The Heights in Ilminster and one fire engine crew from the town was mobilised. A Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service spokesman said: “We found one male unable to get down…
ILMINSTER NEWS: Tesco shoppers support flat fire family
Posted: 10th February 2016
THE Tesco store in Ilminster has handed over a cheque for £310 to a local family who found themselves without a home after fire severely damaged their flat in the town. It was back on the afternoon of January 7, 2016, when a fire broke out in the flat of Adam and Liz Woodard in West Street. Thankfully Adam was at work and Liz was out with their two young sons, Bertie and…
ILMINSTER NEWS: Market House work to be completed
Posted: 10th February 2016
A £12,000 project to carry out essential maintenance on the historic Market House in the centre of Ilminster should be completed today (Wednesday, February 10, 2016). Members of Ilminster Town Council’s resources committee were told the news at their meeting last night (Tuesday, February 9, 2016). Town clerk Joy Norris told councillors that scaffolding which has been…
ILMINSTER NEWS: Meeting held over planned Station Road closure
Posted: 10th February 2016
MEMBERS of Ilminster Town Council and the business community have met with county highway officials to discuss the forthcoming closure of Station Road in Ilminster. There have been a number of concerns raised by local businesses about the planned closure for drainage works and a meeting was sought with Somerset County Council. County Hall’s assistant highways service…
CLUBS AND SOCIETIES: Nyanza Lodge hands out cash to local groups
Posted: 10th February 2016
ILMINSTER Youth Football Club and the 1st Ilminster Brownies have received £1,000 each – thanks to members of the Ilminster-based Nyanza Lodge of the Masonic Lodge. The Nyanza Lodge put in £1,000 towards the funds and gained match-funding from the Somerset Province of Masons. Charlie Barker, the assistant provincial charity steward of Somerset Province, said: “The…
ILMINSTER NEWS: Helena and friends raise cash for Motor Neurone Disease Association
Posted: 9th February 2016
AN AMAZING £4,507 has been raised by Helena Jones and her pals in Ilminster for the Motor Neurone Disease Association. The charity is very close to Helena’s heart as her mum, Kathleen, has the disease. The money was raised with a variety of fundraising activities including a 60s disco and attending the Party in the Park and the Victorian Evening. Helena said: “I would…
ILMINSTER NEWS: Police appeal after man exposes himself to children
Posted: 8th February 2016
POLICE are appealing for information and asking the public to be alert but not alarmed after a man twice exposed himself to children in Ilminster. Officers received two reports of indecent exposure on Canal Way on Friday (February 5, 2016). Both incidents occurred at approximately 3.45pm. A man drove up alongside the children, engaged them in conversation before then…
ILMINSTER NEWS: Ilminster headteachers talk to children about Stranger Danger
Posted: 8th February 2016
HEADTEACHERS will be reminding children about the importance Stranger Danger following unsavoury incidents in Ilminster last week. Two separate groups of younger students from SwanmeadSchool were approached while walking home after school on Friday (February 5, 2016) by an individual in a car. Headteacher Mark Walker said that he and staff had chatted with the pupils…
ILMINSTER NEWS: Collecting tins stolen during charity shop burglary
Posted: 4th February 2016
POLICE are appealing for information after an Ilminster charity shop was burgled last night (Wednesday, February 3, 2016) – for the second time in just ten months. The Sue Ryder shop in East Street was broken into sometime overnight Wednesday, February 3, and Thursday, February 4, 2016, and manager Jackie Cambridge has confirmed they stole the shop’s float money and…
ILMINSTER NEWS: Angie’s blooming marvellous for Ilminster Christmas Lights
Posted: 4th February 2016
A CHEQUE for £500 was presented to Ilminster Christmas Lights Committee earlier today (Thursday, February 4, 2016) by local florist Angie Blackwell. The money raised by Angie and her girls at Cottage Flowers in East Street, Ilminster, from her Christmas floral design demonstrations which were held throughout last November at The Minster Rooms. Lights committee chairman…
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