Local news from the Yeovil Express covering Yeovil, South Somerset and Somerset.

Still time to enter Design a Flag competition

7:00pm Friday 24th May 2013

THE Chard and Ilminster News has extended the deadline for entries in its Design a Flag for Somerset competition until May 31.

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Carnival royalty entrants needed

6:00pm Friday 24th May 2013

TWO contestants have so far come forward for this year’s Carnival Princess and Miss Chard competitions.

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Boycott store call over car parking

5:00pm Friday 24th May 2013

A COUNCILLOR made a tongue-in-cheek suggestion that shoppers should boycott Waitrose in Crewkerne because of its failure to provide long-stay parking in the town.

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Top place offer for Ilminster's Penny

4:00pm Friday 24th May 2013

A TALENTED student from Ilminster has been offered a place at a top performing arts school after impressing an audition panel.

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Schedules available for Chard Show

3:00pm Friday 24th May 2013

SCHEDULES for the Chard Summer Show for Horticulture and Crafts are now available from the reception desk at the Guildhall.

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Getting ready for Armed Forces Day

2:00pm Friday 24th May 2013

PREPARATIONS are in full swing ahead of Armed Forces Day on Saturday, June 29.

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Time for Marie Curie tea party

1:53pm Friday 24th May 2013

THE Marie Curie Cancer Care charity is asking people in Yeovil to hold a Blooming Great Tea Party in June and July to help raise funds for the organisation.

Annual meeting for U3A

1:46pm Friday 24th May 2013

THE Crewkerne and District University of the Third Age will be holding its annual meeting at the Henhayes Centre, Crewkerne, on Monday, June 3, from 2pm.

Civic Society talk in Crewkerne

1:44pm Friday 24th May 2013

TOM Burr will give an illustrated talk to members of Crewkerne Civic Society at the Henhayes Centre, Crewkerne, on Wednesday, June 12, from 7.30pm.

March to the Doctor in Yeovil

1:42pm Friday 24th May 2013

YEOVIL men with niggling health concerns are being urged to visit their GPs – as even the slightest issue could be the first symptom of a potentially life-threatening condition.

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