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  • Students defy Covid to take part in 'Best Bum' contest

    DOZENS of 'cheeky' university students have bared all in a bid to scoop top spot in an annual 'Best Bum' competition. Not even a pandemic and two national lockdowns have stopped students at a top university from stripping down and baring their

  • Council considering purchase of football ground

    THE purchase of Huish Park and other land owned by Yeovil Town Football Club is to be considered by South Somerset District Council (SSDC) to help ease financial pressures on the club caused by Covid-19. If agreed, the proposal, which will be on

  • Another 'deliberate' car fire in Somerset town this morning

    FIRE crews tackled two 'deliberate' vehicle fires in Crewkerne this morning (November 25). A fire engine from Crewkerne attended a car fire on Langmead Square at 4.47am, but once they arrived two vehicles were alight. A spokesperson for Devon

  • Fire crews tackle 'deliberate' car fire in Somerset town

    A CAR was deliberately set on fire in Yeovil in the early hours of this morning (November 25). A fire crew from Yeovil attended the incident at 2.22am on St Georges Avenue. The fire then spread to a second vehicle.  A spokesperson for Devon

  • Nine hundred trees to be planted in Chard and Martock

    NINE hundred trees will be planted in Chard and Martock thanks to the Forestry Commission’s Urban Tree Challenge Fund. South Somerset District Council (SSDC) has been awarded the funding to plant 500 trees in Chard and 400 in Martock. In this