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.
Yeovil’s new MP Adam Dance has been speaking about his immediate priorities in the role. He says he will start work straight away on providing an accessible town centre office for his constituents and fighting hard to stop the planned closure of the acute stroke unit at Yeovil Hospital. Somerset’s Lando Norris says it would be a dream come true for him to win the British Grand Prix at Silverstone this weekend .. and more.
The RSPCA are appealing for help after an elderly neglected dog was found in Yeovil. The impact of flooding in Chard is being addressed by the Town Council. Stoke-sub-Hamdon’s new skate park is on its way to becoming a reality and more...
A prolific shoplifter has been banned from entering a number of stores in Yeovil. Motorway users faced a second weekday of problems on the M5 yesterday. The organisers of the Somerset Comedy Festival have had to cancel more shows...and more
A lorry driver has been taken to hospital after a crash. Coldplay becomes the first act to headline the Glastonbury festival five times. East Coker Community Primary raises school funds, supported by a Team England star...and more.
A man has died following a collision between a lorry and a van near Wincanton. A bottlenose dolphin has been photographed off the Somerset coast in what is being described as a rare sighting. Serving members of the armed forces, veterans and cadets are being offered free bus travel this Saturday to mark Armed Forces Day and more....
Revellers have been arriving in Somerset for the Glastonbury Festival. A local tech business has been heralded ‘Best Rural Enterprise In The UK’. Somerset Police have taken part in an operation that has seized 150 thousand pounds worth of drugs...and more
An investigation is being carried out following the sudden death of a man in Yeovil. Yeovil Town Football Club has condemned the use of its former club logo being used in anti-immigration campaigns. A touch of continental café culture is one step closer in Yeovil and more...
A West Camel bakery is hitting out at plans to open a new farm shop and hotel nearby. A 24-year-old man from Ilminster has been arrested and bailed after Police stopped an illegal rave in east Somerset. A man in his 80s has died after a collision on a rural Sherborne road and more...
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