Yeovil Town's Interim Chairman, Stuart Robins, says the Club needs to find a new owner to provide financial stability over the longer term. Six people, including two from Chard, have been jailed for their involvement in a drugs supply network. Final preparations are being made for this weekend’s Ilminster 10k race...and more
Days after Martin Hellier resigned as Chairman of Yeovil Town, Interim Chairman Stuart Robins says Mr Hellier will continue to invest in the club for now. Martin Hellier stepped down earlier this week, blaming online abuse from Yeovil fans for his decision. Stuart Robins says Mr Hellier’s financial backing is critical to keeping the club afloat, although a new owner is needed to provide financial stability over the longer term.
Six people, including two from Chard, have been jailed for their involvement in a drugs supply network. Taunton Crown Court was told Police had seized cocaine worth £2.4 million from their various addresses. Those sentenced included Devon Feltham, aged 32, of Birch Grove, in Chard, who was jailed for 12 years and Courtney Feltham, aged 24, also of Birch Grove, was jailed for 10 years. Both men had admitted charges of conspiracy to supply cocaine. The four others had addresses in Norton Fitzwarren and Weston-super-Mare.
Final preparations are being made for this weekend’s Ilminster 10k race. The mixed on-road and off-road run starts from the Archie Gooch Pavilion at 10 am on Sunday. Profits from the race will be shared between the Minster Milers Running Club and the Ferne Animal Sanctuary near Chard.
Chard Tennis Club's A team has won the Yeovil and District Winter League's Division One title. They secured the top spot with a match to spare, winning 10 out of 12 matches. The club is holding an open day with a day of free tennis for new members to join on Saturday, May 10th.
The new owner of Yeovil Town says he’s in talks with Somerset Council about buying back Huish Park. Water levels at some of Somerset’s reservoirs are below what they should be for this time of year. A Chard woman has been recognised in the King's Birthday Honours... and more.
Police are appealing for witnesses to a road traffic accident near Chard, which left one person with life-threatening injuries. Texas Rocks in Middle Street, Yeovil, has closed temporarily following a significant fire. A Yeovil dental hygienist has been named as a finalist in the Ms Great Britain competition...and more.
Yeovil MP Adam Dance has criticised the Chancellor’s Spending Review for not delivering real change for Yeovil and South Somerset. The CEO of Leonardo UK states that they’re working towards closing the gender pay gap within the company. Yeovil Town is relocating its first-team training camp to Bristol... and more.
People in Somerset are being asked for their views on the state of the county’s roads and footpaths. A trial is being conducted at Yeovil Hospital to investigate whether administering shorter courses of antibiotics to patients can effectively treat sepsis. Somerset Council says it has no plans to reopen a block of public toilets in Chard...and more.
A mother from Chard says schools need to do more to identify students with dyslexia. A fire in a van that caught alight at Stoke-sub-Hamdon is being treated as accidental. A former Yeovil-based police officer, who made it appear he was working when he wasn’t, has been barred from policing...and more
Somerset Council is giving £1.5m to Hill View Special School at Ash near Martock to prevent it from closing. Two men have been convicted of killing a Yeovil man they mistakenly believed to be a convicted paedophile. People across Somerset are being asked to make a note of any wildlife they see...and more
Community Speedwatch volunteers in Keinton Mandeville have stopped monitoring the local traffic
because of online and verbal abuse. Redstart Primary School in Chard has been rated as ‘Good’ by Ofsted. A care home resident in Glastonbury has raised more than one thousand pounds for Children's Hospice Southwest by knitting soft toys...and more.
Yeovil MP Adam Dance says he’s been told the temporary closure of the maternity unit at Yeovil Hospital will not be made permanent. Firefighters have dealt with a fire on a coach carrying passengers at Vagg Hill in Yeovil. The authorities in Chile are holding a man who lives in Milborne Port after being found with class-A drugs in a suitcase...and more.
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