Free microchipping for your dogs

Free microchipping for your dogs

COUNTRYSIDE rangers and enforcement officers are teaming up with the Dogs Trust this February to offer dog owners free microchipping for their pets at Yeovil Country Park.

Police recover nearly £60,000 of stolen farming equipment in Somerset

Nearly £60,000 of stolen agricultural equipment has been recovered this month in Somerset with calls from the farming community and some tracking devices helping us find them.
Plans to go on show for two new primary schools in Yeovil

Somerset County Council’s forward planning to meet the growing demand for Primary School places in Yeovil takes another big step forward this week.
Chloe shows apprenticeship merit at Yeovil firm Yarlington

The number of young people out of work is falling, as revealed by Labour Market statistics in November 2014. Despite this, the number of unemployed 16 - 24 year olds is still significantly higher than the 6% rate for the working population as a whole.* One Somerset organisation is giving young people the opportunity to secure employment by offering apprenticeship programmes that develop professional skills, essential knowledge and experience in the work place.
Firefighters called to Yeovil kitchen blaze

THREE fire engine from Yeovil were sent to a report of a fire at a home in Shrewsbury Road.
Monkton Elm launches famous sapling giveaway for New Year

WORTHY causes from Yeovil can put themselves forward to receive between 50 and 100 free young trees this New Year.
A Merlin Storm on Salisbury Plain

THREE Commando Helicopter Force Merlin Mk3 helicopters and crews from the Operational Conversion Flight (OCF), currently part of 28 (AC) Sqn based in RAF Benson, completed their final field exercise on Salisbury Plain supporting 45 Cdo Royal Marines.
Woman freed from lift in Yeovil

A WOMAN was freed from a lift by fire crews from Yeovil yesterday, (December 23).
High-speed fibre broadband now available to more than 20,000 Yeovil homes and businesses

CONNECTING Devon and Somerset (CDS) has announced a major expansion of superfast fibre broadband in Yeovil.
Over £1,300 worth of champagne stolen from Titinhull Pub

OVER £1,300 worth of champagne was stolen from a South Somerset pub during Thursday night, (December 18) or early on Friday.
Deliberate arson attack at Pen Mill Trading Estate in Yeovil

A DELIBERATE arson attack was carried out on a vehicle and caravan at the Pen Mill Trading Estate in Yeovil last night, (December 19).
Two people charged after death of Bruton man David Hick on October 14

TWO people have been charged in connection with the death of 84-year-old David Hick on October 14 in Bruton, Somerset.
Big Lottery funding gives big boost to Yeovil Country Park

FUNDING of £9,900 has been secured by the Friends of Yeovil Country Park from the ‘Awards for All’ Big Lottery Fund to spend over 2015 in running various activities in South Somerset District Council’s Yeovil Country Park.
Yeovil couple talk to ITV’s Lorraine about dementia

DOUG and Helen Anderson, from Yeovil, have appeared on ITV’s Lorraine as part of the channel’s Text Santa appeal, talking about dementia and Alzheimer’s Society today, (Monday December 15).
Yeovil Walking Football takes giant strides towards getting more players involved

MORE and more people in the Yeovil area are discovering the slower but no less competitive pace of walking football sessions at Bucklers Mead Leisure Centre on Tuesday nights.
Yeovil Christmas lights competition

EACH year Yeovil Town Council runs a Christmas Lights competition to acknowledge the efforts made by residents to brighten up their neighbourhoods for the festive season by putting on their own Christmas Lights display outside their house.
Gold medals for two sisters from the Helen Laxton School of Dance

SISTERS Tara and Faye Jordan from The Helen Laxton School of Dance in Yeovil have just returned from Germany proudly displaying their Gold Medals which they won when they represented England at the World Tap Dance Championships.
Yeovil man jailed after committing a number of offences

A YEOVIL man has been jailed for 14 months after committing a number of offences in the area including two burglaries.
Dog straying in Yeovil reunited with its owner after it went missing from its Middlesex home for over a year

A DOG which had been missing from its home in Middlesex for over a year has been reunited with its owner after it was found straying in Yeovil.
Aquanatal classes offered by midwives at Yeovil Hospital

MIDWIVES from Yeovil Hospital in partnership with Goldenstones Leisure Centre are providing aquanatal classes for pregnant women in Yeovil and surrounding areas.
Veteran visits RNAS Yeovil

A RUSSIAN Convoy Veteran who served in the Escort Carrier Nairana as an armourer on Swordfish has visited The Royal Naval Historic Flight (RNHF) at Royal Naval Air station (RNAS) Yeovilton.
Haynes International Motor Museum Voted Best in World

FOLLOWING its £6m refurbishment and extension project opened in April this year, The Haynes International Motor Museum is celebrating global recognition after winning at the prestigious International Historic Motoring Awards.
Yeovil Hospital wins People's Millions £49k of lottery funding

YEOVIL District Hospital has won £49,020 of lottery funding from the People’s Millions after submitting a bid to create a dementia-friendly garden in the hospital’s grounds after competing against the Growing Together project in Bath.
New Year changes ring in better bus service for Yeovil

FIRST Wessex, which operates bus services in south Somerset and Dorset, is making changes to one of its main Yeovil based routes from Monday January 5 2015.
Morrisons in Yeovil puts the kettle on for pensioners

THE team at the Morrisons Yeovil store on Lysander Road will be welcoming local pensioners to join them for a mince pie and tea or coffee next week.

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Sailors charity abseil for babies at Yeovil District Hospital

Sailors charity abseil for babies at Yeovil District Hospital

SAILORS have completed a 100 feet abseil down Yeovil’s tallest building to raise money for a new special care baby unit in Yeovil District Hospital.

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