Local News Monday 4th September

    A Yeovil café has banned a group of teenagers after claims that they attempted to steal from its stock room. Bus use across Somerset has gone up by twenty percent after fares have been made cheaper. A West Coker garage is due to be turned into a dog grooming salon after Somerset Council approved the application...and more.

    A Yeovil café has banned a group of teenagers after claims that they attempted to steal from its stock room. Pete’s Bun Shop in Abbey Manor Park is appealing to parents to take control of their children on its Facebook page and says the group involved have been banned from its premises.

    We’re being told that bus use across Somerset has gone up by twenty percent after fares have been made cheaper. Campaigners say the rates will remain lower for another twelve months at least. September is Catch A Bus Month - but there've been recent complaints about services often being affected by staff shortages

    A Yeovil care home is taking part in a walking challenge this month to raise money for Dementia UK. Kim Retter is the manager at Compton View residential home and says staff and residents are getting together to walk 30 miles in September.

    A West Coker garage is due to be turned into a dog grooming salon after Somerset Council approved the application. The building on 5 Font Lane will be used for up to five appointments a day with only one dog on the premises at any one time.

    Yeovil Town drew one all at home to Chelmsford on Saturday with Morgan Williams scoring for Yeovil. Glovers' manager, Mark Cooper thought it was a game that his side should have won with the chances they had.

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      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

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