It’s the day of the General Election with voters across Yeovil and south Somerset heading to polling stations. Ilminster Carnival has announced its 2024 date. Local charities are set to receive funds from this year’s Glastonbury Festival and more...
It’s the day of the General Election with voters across Yeovil and south Somerset heading to polling stations across the area. Polls are open until 10pm and you should take appropriate photographic ID with you to vote. We’ll bring you the results in tomorrow morning’s local news bulletins and online at radioninesprings.com.
Ilminster Carnival has announced that the annual event will take place on Saturday October 5th this year. Entry for the grand procession and Ilminster Rules has opened – whilst the date for the Children’s carnival is yet to be announced. To get an entry form, or find out more, you can visit Ilminster Carnival’s website.
An Ilminster lawyer who is dedicated to fighting for the rights of injured, vulnerable and disabled people has been appointed to a top role at a national campaign group. Erin Darling-Finan from Amicus Law Solicitors is a new junior member of the executive committee at the not-for-profit Association of Personal Injury Lawyers. The association has members across the UK.
Local charities are set to receive funds from this year’s Glastonbury Festival. Young Minds and MIND in Somerset, along with other organisations such as Girls Out Loud, Young Women’s Trust and Beyond Equality have been supported by monies raised over the years.
And Haynes Motor Museum has announced a new summer exhibition with the promise of new features and interactive displays. New trails and car exhibitions feature as part of the plans.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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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