Local News Friday 11th March

Friday, 11 March 2022 06:00

Avon and Somerset Police would like more publicity given to the changes made to the Highway Code. local man, appearing at Taunton Crown Court, has admitted three offences of criminal damage and one of common assault. Nearly one in twenty school-aged children in Somerset missed 10 percent of school time last term. Crufts Dog Show is on today, and a Flyball Club in Wincanton has qualified for a place at the show...and more.

Avon and Somerset Police would like more publicity given to the changes made to the Highway Code. The rule changes to the Highway Code include pedestrians having a right of way over vehicles when crossing at T-junctions.

A local man, appearing at Taunton Crown Court, has admitted three offences of criminal damage and one of common assault. The court was told that Benjamin Holt of Lower Hyde Road in Montecute near Yeovil, got into a fight, smashed a window and headbutted a fridge at a friend's house on Boxing Day last year. He was given a two-year community order, with 40-days rehabilitation with probation.

Nearly one in twenty school-aged children in Somerset missed 10 percent of school time last term. That's around 13,700 children being classified as being persistently absent. Of them, around 900 missed more than half of school time during the last term.

Crufts Dog Show is on today, and a Flyball Club in Wincanton has qualified for a place at the show. Flyball is a relay event in which dogs fetch balls, with the fastest team winning the competition. The Wild West Flyball Club from Wincanton competes at Crufts in Birmingham today.

A jockey from Somerton is hoping for a successful Cheltenham Festival this year. Nick Scholfield is due to ride Stag Horn in the Albert Bartlett Novices' Hurdle at Cheltenham on March 18th. Nick says he’s having his best season for eight years, despite suffering a broken leg in a fall in 2-years ago.

A Chard woman is knitting children’s clothes to help two good causes. Kathleen Heard is knitting children’s garments for giving to Ukraine and to a newborn baby charity in the UK. Kathleen is appealing for donations of wool, of any colour, ready to be knitted.

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Friday 13th March

The first of the new medium lift helicopters being built by Leonardo in Yeovil for the RAF will be delivered in 2031. Somerset Council has launched a public consultation on planned new charges at its two hundred public car parks. More women in Somerset are said to be taking up walking football... and more
Thursday 12th March

A Yeovil headteacher says he’s concerned about plans to stop giving school holiday food vouchers to families on low incomes. The owner of Yeovil Town is calling on fans to be patient as he continues his overhaul of the National League side. A high voltage fault is being blamed for plunging 1700 homes into darkness in the Ilminster area... and more
Wednesday 11th March

Plans have been submitted to convert two properties in Yeovil into houses of multiple occupation. A new court date has been announced for a Yeovil man charged with attempted murder. An engineer who has worked at the Leonardo factory in Yeovil for 40-years has won a top industry award... and more
Tuesday 10th March

Police say a fire at the former Oscar Mayer food factory in Chard was started deliberately. Yeovil College says it would have been adversely affected had Leonardo not won the contract to build new medium-lift helicopters. A seven-foot dragon will be visiting towns and villages in our area during the next few weeks to promote Somerset Day... and more
Monday 9th March

Two Wildcat helicopters from 815 Squadron at RNAS Yeovilton have arrived in Cyprus to help protect RAF Akrotiri from further Iranian drone strikes. New figures show that 40 people were killed on Avon and Somerset’s roads in the last 12-months. A Somerset man has been recalling the day 60-years ago when he was a passenger on the last train on the Somerset and Dorset Railway... and more
Friday 6th March

Defence Minister Luke Pollard has been explaining why it took the government so long to confirm a contract for the Leonardo in Yeovil to build new medium lift helicopters for the RAF. Police are investigating a break in at a pet shop in Ilminster. Somerset Council is to stop using red ink on council tax reminder letters... and more
Thursday 5th March

Two military helicopters from RNAS Yeovilton are being sent to Cyprus to help bolster UK’s defences amid the US-Israel war with Iran. Yeovil Town Council is seeking legal advice over the closure of the hyper acute stroke unit at Yeovil Hospital. Flood warnings have been lifted on the Somerset Levels... and more
Wednesday 4th March

A man has died in a fire in Wincanton. Somerset Council is planning further cuts of twenty-one million pounds to help balance its books. A campaign to raise £30,000 for a minibus has been launched in Chard... and more