Local News Tuesday 5th April

    Maiden Beech Academy in Crewkerne has retained its 'good' Ofsted rating. A local man has raised £12,000 for Ukraine by selling his motorbike. Ilminster Town Council is asking people to act as resilience wardens should the town be subjected to a major flooding event. Ilminster Town Council is asking people to act as resilience wardens should the town be subjected to a major flooding event. Tickets are on sale for a fundraising match in memory of former Yeovil Town player, Adam Stansfield, who died of bowel cancer 12-years ago...and more.

    Maiden Beech Academy in Crewkerne has retained its 'good' Ofsted rating. The school that caters to children aged 9 -13 was rated good in all areas following an inspection in February. The report said the school, which has 383 children, had a 'harmonious' atmosphere. It said that leaders had devised a broad curriculum that benefited from the strong subject knowledge of the staff. Pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities thrived at the school. Across the curriculum, lessons enriched pupils’ understanding of the world around them.

    A local man has raised £12,000 for Ukraine by selling his motorbike. Malcolm Rivers who lives in Shepton Beauchamp sold his Kawasaki KZ100 through Aspire Competitions of Yeovil with the proceeds going towards the relief effort for Ukraine. Two-and-a-half thousand pounds have been raised in the village of Neroche near Ilminster for Ukraine. Eight hundred pounds was collected by children at Neroche Primary School and a further two thousand five hundred pounds through a quiz night held at the local pub, The Bell.

    Ilminster Town Council is asking people to act as resilience wardens should the town be subjected to a major flooding event. Homes and businesses in Ilminster were left underwater last year following heavy rain and a yellow weather warning from the Met Office. The Town Council’s looking for a team of volunteers in Station Road and Ditton Street where last year’s floods were at their worst.

    Tickets are on sale for a fundraising match in memory of former Yeovil Town player, Adam Stansfield, who died of bowel cancer twelve years ago. A team of Yeovil Town Legends will play South West Legends at Huish Park on Saturday, 14th May to raise funds for cancer charities. 

    Eight-year-old, Eleanor Foxx-Neal, a pupil at St Bartholomew’s First School in Crewkerne, has won a competition, naming a new housing development. Eleanor’s suggestion of calling the development in Station Road, Wool Gardens, based on Crewkerne’s historic reputation for sheep farming and wool production, won her first prize in the competition, organized by housebuilder, Taylor Wimpey.

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    • Wednesday 16th April

      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

    • Tuesday 15th April

      A 36-year-old man remains in police custody after being arrested on suspicion of a sexual assault in Yeovil. Yeovil Labour Club has had its drinks licence revoked. NHS Somerset has been taking its physiotherapy team around the county to cut waiting times for patients. A men-only cooking course has been launched in Sherborne with all ingredients and equipment provided free of charge...and more

    • Monday 14th April

      A new banking hub has opened in Crewkerne. South Western Ambulance is asking people to only dial 999 in a life-threatening emergency over the Easter weekend. £1.8 million is being spent improving walking and cycling routes around a major new housing development at Up Mudford in Yeovil...and more

    • Friday 11th April

      Police are appealing for witnesses to an accident in Yeovil in which a man riding an e-bike was injured and later died in hospital. Somerset Fire and Rescue Service says the number of false alarm calls it receives is on the increase. A new micro-pub opens in Chard next week...and more

    • Thursday 10th April 

      Yeovil MP Adam Dance is calling for more targeted support for schools in Somerset. Police are appealing for witnesses to an accident near Wells in which a cyclist died. Plans have been approved to convert a former care home in Yeovil into a house of multiple occupation...and more

    • Wednesday 9th April

      A man from Yeovil has been jailed for stabbing another man in a pub in the town. Work is underway to help minimize the flood risk at Chard Reservoir. Plans have been submitted to build thirty-six new homes at Sparkford. A new Town Crier is needed in Glastonbury...and more

    • Tuesday 8th April

      Work is underway to demolish the Glovers Walk Shopping Centre in Yeovil. A Yeovil man has appeared in court charged with drink driving for a third time. Somerset Council has paid £35,000 in compensation for failing to deliver the right support to children with special educational needs. Another shop in Yeovil town centre is closing for good today...and more

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