South West Highways has been awarded the contract to carry out improvements to Yeovil town centre. A Sherborne man has won his appeal against a conviction for encouraging illegal fox hunting in an online talk. The UK’s largest inflatable obstacle course is coming to Yeovil next month and Parents in Somerset whose children are in receipt of free school meals are being given food vouchers.
South West Highways has been awarded the contract to carry out improvements to The High Street, Middle Street and The Borough in Yeovil town centre. The works, which are part of the Yeovil Refresh Project include widening footpaths, improving street lighting, building an amphitheatre in Lower Middle Street, and providing new facilities to hold street markets.
A Sherborne man has won his appeal against a conviction for encouraging illegal fox hunting in an online talk. At an earlier hearing, Mark Hankinson, of Frampton Farm, Sherborne, and former Director of the Masters of Foxhounds Association, was found guilty of intentionally encouraging huntsmen to use trail hunting as a “smokescreen” for hunting foxes. But on appeal at Southwark Crown Court Mr Hankinson was cleared of the charge.
The UK’s largest inflatable obstacle course - The Labyrinth Challenge - is coming to Yeovil next month. The 1,000ft long course, includes hurdles, climbing walls, tunnels and slides. There’ll also be a cabaret-themed circus in a Big Top, along with funfair rides. The Summer XL Family Extravaganza is being staged at Yeovil Showground on the 13th and 14th of August and parents in Somerset whose children are in receipt of free school meals are being given food vouchers to cover the period of the school summer holidays.
Parents in Somerset whose children are in receipt of free school meals are being given food vouchers to cover the period of the school summer holidays. Somerset County Council is issuing vouchers to provide ten pounds worth of food each week over the summer school break and offering children free places at holiday clubs all around the County.
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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