Police are searching for the driver of a silver Volkswagen Golf after a man was threatened and forced into the vehicle in Yeovil. Police are also investigating a break-in at a house in Crewkerne in which jewellery was stolen. A new skatepark in Yeovil is being officially opened today...and more.
Police are trying to trace the driver of a silver Volkswagen Golf after a man was threatened and forced into the vehicle in Yeovil. It happened on Lufton Way near Huish Park last Sunday evening at about 8.25 pm when a firearm was reported being used but not discharged. Police want to hear from motorists in Lufton Way at the time who captured dashcam footage of a silver Volkswagen Golf, registration number YA69 OVC. If you can help you’re asked to call the non-emergency number 101.
Police are also investigating a break-in at a house in Crewkerne in which jewellery was stolen. It happened at a property on Clapton Road on Friday, August 11th but has now been made public by the Police. Watches, cufflinks, and bracelets were among the items taken. If you live in the area and can help the Police you are asked to call the non-emergency number 101.
A new skatepark at Milford Park in Yeovil is being officially opened today by the Chairman of Somerset Council, Mike Best and the Leader of Yeovil Town Council, Graham Oakes.
The search is on for people who remember the playing fields in South Barrow, near Sparkford opening in 1973. A fete is being held in the village this weekend to mark the fiftieth anniversary of the playing fields with locals asked to bring along photos and memorabilia of the opening day.
Waste collections will be running a day late next week due to Monday being a Bank Holiday. If your recycling or refuse is collected on Monday, then it will be collected on Tuesday, if your usual day is Tuesday, it will be collected on Wednesday, and so on. Somerset Waste Partnership asked that bins are ready for collection by 7 am on the day of collection, or the night before, to help speed up collections.
The Liberal Democrat Leader of Somerset Council, Councillor Bill Revans, says they had no choice but to ask the government to allow them to lift the 5 percent cap on raising Council Tax. Two teenagers have been released on bail following the stabbing in Yeovil. More than six thousand pounds has been awarded to local groups by Chard Carnival Committee...and more.
Somerset has been permitted to increase its Council Tax share by 7.5 percent. An Ilminster man, forced out of his house by last week's floods, says he doesn't know when he will be able to return home. Ilminster Literary Festival has launched its annual children’s writing competition, designed to encourage local children to write creative literature...and more.
Five men have appeared in court charged with the murder of a man in Yeovil. A 16-year-old is the second person to be arrested in connection with a stabbing in Yeovil. Yeovil’s new outdoor entertainment space in Lower Middle Street has been officially opened by the town’s MP... and more.
A teenager has been arrested following a stabbing in Yeovil. Water bills in Somerset are set to go up on average by £123 from April. Yeovil MP, Adam Dance will officially open Yeovil’s new outdoor performance space later today...and more
Lloyds bank is closing its branch in Chard. A Sherborne man has been jailed after defrauding a Yeovil woman of £40,000. A volunteer group in Chard is urging people to sign up to a flood victims register. A councillor in Shepton Mallet has become the first Reform UK member on Somerset Council... and more
New mums in Somerset could soon be offered a cervical screening test six weeks after giving birth. Police are asking for help in finding a Yeovil man wanted on recall to prison. The government has given half a million pounds towards planting more trees in Somerset, including 100 new trees in Yeovil...and more
Work continues to clean up from the floods in Chard, Ilminster, Somerton, South Petherton, and parts of Yeovil. A man who threatened to kill a support worker at the mental health unit in Yeovil has been sentenced to a community order. A competition that gives new musicians the chance to play at this year's Glastonbury festival has opened for entries...and more
A major incident has been declared by Somerset Council to ensure a multi-agency response to the flash flooding that's affected Chard, Crewkerne, Ilminster, South Petherton and parts of Yeovil. Police believe a 4x4 pick-up truck, found submerged in the River Yeo at Yeovilton at the weekend, may have been stolen. An appeal to raise £2 million to restore the Grand Organ at Wells Cathedral has raised over £1 million in less than 18 months...and more
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