Wednesday 16th April

Wednesday, 16 April 2025 06:00

By Steve Haigh

Big changes are being made to where taxi ranks in Yeovil are located. Farmers are being told to keep an extra lookout for people acting suspiciously following the latest livestock theft near the Devon and Somerset border. Channel 4’s Location Location Location is coming to Somerset, with anyone looking to buy a property locally invited to apply to be in the show...and more

Big changes are being made to where taxi ranks in Yeovil are located. The taxi rank on Silver Street by St John's Church is being removed, with a new rank created on Princes Street. The two-car taxi rank on Stars Lane is also being replaced with additional spaces within the Stars Lane car park. The taxi rank on Lower Middle Street, near the junction with Central Road and South Western Terrace, is being scrapped and replaced with a loading bay. The ranks on Earle Street, Old Station Road, and South Street are being retained. Somerset Council says the changes will take effect over the coming months but hasn’t decided when the work will start.

Farmers are being told to keep an extra lookout for people acting suspiciously following the latest theft of livestock near the Devon and Somerset border. The raid, on a farm near Bampton, in which Angus cross bullocks were stolen, happened sometime between Wednesday, April 9th and Thursday, April 10th. Police are investigating and anyone with information that would help their inquiries is asked to call the non-emergency number 101.

A Yeovil woman has appeared in court charged with theft. Appearing before local magistrates, Madalina Radu, aged 27, of Freedom Avenue, pleaded guilty to stealing clothing worth £98 from Primark. Radu was fined £100 and ordered to pay £85 in costs.

Channel 4’s Location Location Location is coming to Somerset, with anyone looking to buy a property locally invited to apply to be in the show. The show’s producers say that whether you're a first-time buyer, looking for your next home, downsizing or relocating, they would like to hear from you. To apply, go to the Channel 4 website and search for Location Location Location.

A tractor driver from Compton Dundon has been banned from driving after being caught at the wheel of a tractor over the drink drive limit. Magistrates in Yeovil were told that James Hill, of Ham Lane in Compton Dundon, was double the drink drive limit when he was stopped by Police driving a tractor in Street in February. Hill was banned from driving for 20 months and fined £450.

A consultant radiologist at Yeovil Hospital has won a top award. Dr Cen Thomas was nominated for the Best Teacher Severn Deanery Award by doctors he mentored during their time at Yeovil Hospital.

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