Local News Wednesday 1st March

Wednesday, 1 March 2023 06:00

Yeovil Town have confirmed that the club has been sold to new owners. Avon and Somerset Police have started a three-week crack down on people who use mobile phones whilst driving. Plans have been submitted to build a new operating theatre at Yeovil Hospital. People in Yeovil are being asked to decide the future for a 40-foot high tree stump in Sidney Gardens...and more.

Yeovil Town have confirmed that the club has been sold to new owners SU Glovers Ltd. On the Companies House website, SU Glovers Ltd is listed as having two directors - Matt Uggla and Julie-Anne Uggla who are the son and former wife of the multi-millionaire businessman, Lance Uggla. In a statement, SU Glovers Ltd say their vision is to create a football club that is not only successful on the field but also plays an integral role in the local community. In last night’s football, Yeovil draws 1-1 at home against Altrincham. The one point from the game has moved the Glovers out of the relegation zone in the National League.

Avon and Somerset Police have started a three-week crackdown on people who use mobile phones whilst driving. Officers will be using the operation to educate drivers on recent law changes that make it illegal to hold and use a mobile phone, tablet or sat nav while at the wheel of a moving vehicle.

Plans have been submitted to build a new operating theatre at Yeovil Hospital. The main theatre department would be extended to provide an additional fifth theatre on the fourth floor of the hospital. If the plans are approved, the new theatre will be the third big recent redevelopment at Yeovil Hospital, with a new "modular" day theatre in the car park due to be completed later this year, and a new breast care unit due to be completed next year.

A Yeovil man has been found guilty of sexually assaulting a child. Taunton Crown Court was told that Willian Farthing, aged 34, of Buckle Place at Houndstone in Yeovil, committed the offences against two girls aged under 13. Farthing was released on conditional bail including a condition that he must not live at his home address and will return to court for sentencing on Thursday, March 30th

People in Yeovil are being asked for being asked to decide what should happen to a 40-foot-high tree trunk. The trunk is all that is left standing from the 150-year-old Cedar Tree that had to be heavily pruned when it was found to be infected with Honey Fungus disease. The Friends of Sidney Gardens are now asking local people for ideas about what the trunk might be used for.

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