Local News Friday 25th August

Friday, 25 August 2023 at 06:00

By Steve Haigh

Police are appealing for witnesses to a lorry being driven dangerously through Yeovil. The FBI has returned stolen items to Sherborne School belonging to the World War Two code-breaker Alan Turing. Somerton’s police community support officer has retired after thirty years...and more.

Police are appealing for witnesses to a lorry being driven dangerously in Yeovil. The white seven-and-a-half tonne vehicle collided with a lamp post, hit traffic cones and various kerbs on the A303, on Thorne Lane and Western Avenue in Yeovil before heading out of the town on the A37 to Ilchester between 6.15 and 6.45 on the morning of Friday, August 18th. If you saw this lorry and can help, please call the Police non-emergency number 101

The FBI has returned stolen items, belonging to the World War Two code-breaker Alan Turing, to his former school in Sherborne. They were taken by a woman posing as Turing’s daughter in 1984. The items include a letter from King George the Sixth and will be made available for public viewing at Sherborne School.

Sherborne Abbey is to provide worshippers with a toilet for the first time in the Abbey’s twelve-hundred-year history. The vestries on the first and second floor will be converted into two public conveniences with a new vestry created under the organ loft. Other improvements include a hospitality area within the Lady Chapel area together with improved wheelchair access throughout the Abbey.

Somerton’s police community support officer has retired after thirty years doing the job. Carole Brown is thought to be Avon and Somerset Police’s longest-serving PCSO having spent all her career based in South Somerset.

A new electric vehicle charging point is now available on the A303 in South Somerset. The connection and two bays for disabled drivers and larger vehicles can be found at Teals Farm Shop at South Cadbury, just outside of Yeovil.

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