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College courses on tap for brewer's employees

YEOVIL College and Palmers Brewery are working in partnership to deliver training to employees in more than 50 public houses across Somerset and Dorset.

The training will be provided through Train to Gain, a national initiative that has already had a huge impact on businesses across the country.

Yeovil College will be providing...



Blandford care home marks resident's century

STAFF at a Blandford care home turned back the clock to Edwardian times on Sunday to celebrate a resident's 100th birthday. Oskar Kleperis came to the UK from Latvia in the 1940s, but...


Pimperne tea dance

THE life of Blandford Lions Club president Misty Morgan has been remembered with joy at two events in Pimperne. She died on Tuesday 4 November after a brave battle with cancer. She was...


Uplifting future for former ski centre

IT was one of Yeovil's most popular venues and attracted a range of music lovers and thrill seekers but has become a magnet for arsonists and vagrants since its shock closure. But now the...


Waitrose store opens in Crewkerne

ABOUT 40 shoppers were eager to be among the first customers in a new multimillion-pound Waitrose store that opened in Crewkerne last week. It is hoped the store, which opened on Thursday,...


Blandford firm cuts hours

HUNDREDS of households in North Dorset are facing a bleaker winter, Christmas and New Year. Unemployment has rocketed 38 per cent since this time last year, and working hours have been cut...


Ilminster views on 'early' Christmas

IT IS often thought Christmas comes earlier each year, with celebrations starting weeks before and shops selling festive goods months in advance. The annual Victorian evening and Christmas...


Bridport parents condemn life sentence

THE Bridport parents of a murder victim say the killer's punishment can never be adequate. Stephen Pinker, aged 43, was fatally knifed in Oxford, five years after his parents Peter and...


Glastonbury to host GB race

ONE of the biggest spectator events in the British sporting calendar could come to Glastonbury next year. The Tour Of Britain could pass through if the town council puts up £5,000 to have...


Community say on cash for Yeovil

PEOPLE living in the Yeovil area are being invited to help decide how £20,000 of community funding should be spent. South Somerset District Council's area south forum, which last year funded...


Concert for Kington bells

THREE budding young musicians are organising a concert to raise money for the restoration of the church bells in their village. Olivia Vita, aged 14, and brothers Jamie, 12, and Gabriel,...










 

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Ex-Glover looks to career in football management

AFTER 13 years as a footballer former Glovers' striker Warren Patmore is now targeting a career in management.

The striker, who was at Huish Park between 1995 and 2001, hung up his boots for the final time four years ago.

And the 37-year-old has since been enjoying life coaching at Devon & Exeter League Senior Division Two side...



Former Glover: I'll overcome setback

FORMER Yeovil Town right-back Andy Lindegaard has vowed to bounce back after being transfer listed by Cheltenham Town. See Thursday's Western Gazette (2 October) for full interview.


Glovers pledge to fans

NEW STARNES LEN 1

CHIEF executive Martyn Starnes has stressed the Glovers need to do more to help supporters through the turnstiles.Only 4,451 people saw...


Dorchester 1 Hayes 2, Saturday 13 September

Dorchester Town 1 Hayes & Yeading United 2 5th A Dorchester attack ends with Wes Fogden lifting a shot over Hayes' goal. 13th A Nick Crittenden through-ball puts Fogden through but the...







 

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