Local News Wednesday 8th June

Wednesday, 8 June 2022 06:00

A man remains in hospital with serious injuries after a crash in Yeovil that happened last month. Land in Yeovil with permission to build 24 flats has been put up for sale. Local accountancy firm, Old Mill, has acquired the Ilminster-based financial outsourcing firm, Brook Financial. People in Ilminster are being invited to submit comments on the town's neighbourhood plan, which has now entered its final stages of adoption...and more.

A man remains in hospital with serious injuries after a crash in Yeovil that happened last month. A BMW he was travelling in overturned on the Western Relief Road in the early hours of Friday, May 20th. Another man suffered minor injuries. Police are appealing for witnesses and those with dash cam footage to contact the non-emergency number 101.

Land in Yeovil with permission to build 24 flats has been put up for sale. South Somerset District Council gave the green light to build two blocks of twelve flats on the land between Victoria Road, Cromwell Road and Lyde Road in 2009 but as yet no work has been undertaken at the site.

Local accountancy firm, Old Mill, has acquired the Ilminster-based financial outsourcing firm, Brook Financial. Brook Financial was launched by husband-and-wife team Alison and Kevin Smith in 2006 and provides a variety of outsourced financial services. Old Mill says the purchase supports its target of doubling the size of the business by 2026.

People in Ilminster are being invited to submit comments on the town's neighbourhood plan, which has now entered its final stages of adoption. The plan, which was published in June last year, outlines the future development, regeneration, and conservation within Ilminster up to 2036. Anyone wishing to make a comment can view the plan at Ilminster Library, and at the offices of Ilminster Town Council.

A Somerset woman has started a project aimed at helping older people get out and socialise more. ‘Chat-e-Cycle’ see’s people chatting with friends, riding side-by-side on an electric tandem bicycle. Project manager, Kate Mattick, says they’re delighted to have raised enough financial backing through a crowd funding appeal to buy their first electric tandem.

Yeovil Town has announced that Lawson D’Ath and goalkeeper Max Evans have extended their contracts with the Club to the end of the 2022/23 season. Meanwhile, off the field, businessman and lifelong Glover’s supporter, Stuart Robins, has joined Yeovil Town as a director and shareholder.

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Tuesday 29th April

New figures have shown that registering as a new patient with an NHS dentist in Somerset is still just as difficult as it was six months ago. The go-ahead has been given to build 160 new houses on Station Road in Castle Cary. A sailor from South Petherton has been chosen to lead a team in the round-the-world Clipper Race...and more.
Monday 28th April

Somerset Council is being criticised for taking too long to re-open Yeovil's Octagon Theatre. The Liberal Democrats have won a seat on Chard Town Council by one vote. Dates have been announced for this year’s illuminated carnival processions in South Somerset...and more.
Friday 25th April

Police are investigating the theft of a motorbike in Ilminster. Tributes have been paid to the former Yeovil Town player-manager, Cecil Irwin, who has died aged 83. Town criers from across the South West will be in Yeovil tomorrow competing for the loudest voice in the Yeovil Town Crier Competition 2025...and more
Thursday 24th April

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Wednesday 23rd April

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