• Injured ex-motorcycle racer: 'I am disabled, not drunk'

  By godbotherer

  i have the same problem when police pull me over and breathalyse me - its a disgrace and people...

            

   

  By Western Gazette - Yeovil at 08:00 on 04/02/12

  

  A former motorcycle racer whose career was cut short by a terrible accident says she is tired of being mistaken for a drunk by people who don't understand her disabilities. Alma Flower, 51, of Martock, also says she has problems with parking in the village because inconsiderate non-blue badge holders take all the disabled spaces. Mrs Flower has difficulty walking and speaking because of injuries she sustained in a motorcycle accident...

• 300 cyclists set for mammoth charity bike ride: Yeovil - Huddersfield

  By danhallas

  http://tinyurl.com/70p9 justgiving...

            

   

  By jashby1 at 17:38 on 25/01/12

  

  An astonishing 300 cyclists are now signed up to take part a charity cycle ride that starts at Huish Park in Yeovil and ends 260 miles away - in Huddersfield. The Pink Link 'Pedal for Pounds 3' bike ride from Yeovil to Huddersfield will be Huddersfield Town FC's third charity bike ride, which raises money for the 'Keep It Up' campaign, benefiting local charity and partner Yorkshire Air Ambulance as well as the Huddersfield Town...

• Entry fee barrier for Crewkerne recycling site

  By Claire_x1

  I understand why recycling centres have had to introduce charges for using their sites, but isn't...

            

   

  By NickCaterSWP at 10:39 on 12/01/12

  

  A payment barrier will be installed at Crewkerne Community Recycling Site and go into operation from next Monday, 16 January, to automate collection of the £2 entry fee and the issuing of receipts. The barrier is expected to save time for customers and free one staff member to assist colleagues in site management instead of collecting entry fees. The barrier will take the exact amount of the £2 entry fee in cash,...

• Terry Skiverton: Gary Johnson's arrival at Yeovil Town FC is 'a perfect fit'

  By mark_996

  Well done and thank you Terry for all you have done as manager and what you will do as assistant....

            

   

  By This is Somerset at 15:20 on 09/01/12

  

  Terry Skiverton says he will do everything within his powers to take Yeovil Town forward - including stepping down from manager to assistant. Gary Johnson was confirmed as the new Glovers boss at a Huish Park press conference this afternoon, and Skiverton will stay at the club as Johnson's assistant. Skiverton, who took over as manager in 2009 after a playing career that included more than 300 appearances for the club, admitted that...

• New Yeovil Town FC boss Gary Johnson's managerial career in pictures

  By johnskipper

  I would say 'back in the days when Gary Johnson had a full head of hair' but it seems I'd be...

            

   

  By This is Somerset at 13:45 on 09/01/12

  

  Yeovil Town climbed from the Conference to League One during the four years of Gary Johnson's first spell in charge at Huish Park. Johnson took over the Glovers in 2001, steering them to third place in the Conference and an FA Trophy triumph at Villa Park during his first season as manager. A Conference title and promotion to the Football League followed 12 months later and, in 2005, Johnson's Glovers stormed to the League Two...

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