A COUPLE from Uffculme who posed as a vicar and his wife to obtain thousands of pounds worth of property by deception have narrowly escaped a jail sentence. Anthony and Ivy Hooke, of Selgars Lane, claimed they were the clergy to scam expensive works of
A NEW register of where sex offenders are living locally will not be made public amid fear of the wrong people being targeted in revenge attacks. Devon and Cornwall police disclosed this week that there are 586 registered sex offenders living in the two
Tiverton Town clawed their way to the top of the Dr Martens Premier Division on Wednesday evening. Prevailing against early setbacks against local rivals Bath City, Town forced a 2-1 victory which, combined with Saturdays 3-1 victory over Ilkeston Town
CREDITON UNITED 0 ELBURTON VILLA 7 CREDITON are now anchored at the bottom of the table and, to make it worse, had keeper Steve Johns sent off in conceding the foul for villa's fourth goal. The match was a triumphant return for Villa striker Ben Hayden
SCHOOL staff who have not been cleared with the Criminal Record Bureau to work with young people will not be allowed to start work this week. The list of those involved includes teachers, classroom assistants, lunchtime supervisors, after-school club
THE Yeovil Express FAST (Fund A Scanner Today) Appeal stands to be around £2,500 better off thanks to the efforts of five walkers who successfully completed a 23-mile charity walk on Tuesday. Express chief reporter Steve Sowden was joined by Mark Grose
We take a look at what has been happening at Yeovil Town over the past seven days. AUGUST 29, 2002 Yeovil Town manager Gary Johnson and players Terry Skiverton and Nick Crittenden had a fashion make-over at Asda. The Yeovil Town Independent Supporters
FOR full match statistics from Yeovil Town's match with Farnborough Town see here: MATCH 06 Nationwide Conference September 3, 2002 Yeovil Town 2, Farnborough Town 0 Half-time: Yeovil 0, Farnborough 0 Full-time: Yeovil 2, Farnborough 0. Scorers: Yeovil
FOR full match report of Yeovil Town's 2-0 Nationwide Conference victory over Farnborough Town see here: NATIONWIDE CONFERENCE YEOVIL TOWN 2, FARNBOROUGH TOWN 0 STEVE SOWDEN REPORTS FROM THE AVENUE STADIUM YOU can safely say that there is never a dull
YEOVIL Town striker Howard Forinton looks set to join the Glovers on a permanent basis -- if final negotiations with the club's board of directors can be successfully agreed upon. Forinton -- who has been training with the Glovers for the past two weeks
THE Yeovil Express FAST (Fund A Scanner Today) Appeal stands to be around £2,500 better off thanks to the efforts of five walkers who successfully completed a 23-mile charity walk on Tuesday. Express chief reporter Steve Sowden was joined by Mark Grose
YEOVIL Town Ladies FC fell to a disappointing 3-0 defeat at home to Newton Abbott on Sunday in the South West Women's Combination League. The Glovers were without three players - Jodie Rice, Charlotte Sparrow and Kayleigh Nardiello - but the scoreline
FOR full match report of Yeovil Town's 1-0 Nationwide Conference victory at Kettering Town see here: NATIONWIDE CONFERENCE KETTERING TOWN 0, YEOVIL TOWN 1 STEVE SOWDEN REPORTS FROM ROCKINGHAM ROAD SKIPPER supreme Terry Skiverton scored a scorching last-gasp
THE Yeovil Town Independent Supporters' Association has donated some new training equipment to the Glovers. Association chairman Mark Kelly presented the equipment to Yeovil Town manager Gary Johnson on Thursday during one of their training sessions at
TAUNTON'S teenage wake-boarder Wesley Hosie has flown to the European Championships in Greece after landing a national double title win. Wesley won the British Open and British National under-15 championships, and this week he was called up by the British
A CAMPER van was destroyed and cars covered in ash during a fire at Wellington's Buckwell in the early hours of Monday morning. The fire, in the residential area near the town centre, which spread from the vehicle to another camper van nearby, also set
A POOR second-half performance cost United all three points as Cassis Close on Saturday. They started well and took the lead, but could not keep up the pressure and faded midway through the second half. They were without Andy Jarvis, Simon Kidner and
SOMERSET householders have been warned to be on their guard against aggressive doorstep cold callers. The county council has offered tips following national concern over pushy salespeople who force their way into people's homes and even lie to secure
SOMERSET youngster Matt Wood hit a career best 196 as Somerset piled up the runs on the first day of the championship match against Kent at Taunton on Wednesday (September 4). Somerset however, collapsed on Thursday morning to 460 all out losing their
TIVERTON'S brand new £11 million hospital will finally start to be built later this month. The new community hospital , with its pioneering octagonal design, will be the first in the north and east Devon health area to be built under the Government's
A GOVERNMENT employee who claimed expenses for staying at the Tiverton Hotel at the height of the foot-and-mouth crisis was actually staying with relatives. Jeremy Duncan obtained £605 from taxpayers by saying he stayed at the hotel for eleven nights,
CULLOMPTON Cricket Club ended the season on a high note - but was it just a little bit too high? Cully's star player Kirat Domani flew back to India on Sunday just hours after scoring 300no against Stoodleigh. Domani is a high class all-round player who
A MOTHER and daughter team have raised £48.14 for the Express FAST (Fund A Scanner Today) Appeal by selling pot plants outside their home in Ilminster. Mrs Hilary Gough and her daughter Rachel Walsh have spent the past few weeks busily potting up plants
POLICE officers from the Yeovil town centre team have arranged special 'beat surgeries' in the area in a bid to get closer to the community. PC Tony Foster, one of the town centre beat managers, will be at the Town House in Union Street, Yeovil, on Wednesday
THE Crafties group from Yeovil has donated £50 to the FAST Appeal following a sale of craft items. YEOVIL Town FC supporter Hugh Gleave has auctioned off a 1982 copy of the FA Cup Non-League Giant-Killers Annual in aid of the FAST Appeal. The 352-page
THE Yeovil Express FAST (Fund A Scanner Today) Appeal started September off at a flying start by topping the £7,000 barrier. And with several thousand pounds still to be included in the overall total, appeal organisers are confident that they would have
CUSTOMERS at the Asda supermarket in Yeovil donated £114 to the FAST (Fund A Scanner Today) Appeal on Friday where they put their loose change into collection buckets. Earlier in the day training instructor Mark Harvey, of Yeovil-based Cannons Health
STEVE SOWDEN, CHIEF REPORTER OF THE YEOVIL EXPRESS, HAS BEEN INVITED TO WRITE A COLUMN IN EACH OF YEOVIL TOWN'S HOME MATCHDAY PROGRAMMES THIS SEASON. LOOK OUT FOR STEVE'S VIEWS AND REPORTS ON THE GLOVERS' EACH THURSDAY IN THE YEOVIL EXPRESS WHICH IS DISTRIBUTED
THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK: 'We have won our last four Nationwide Conference matches on merit' Gary Johnson
FOR full match statistics of Yeovil Town's Nationwide Conference match at Kettering Town see here: MATCH 05 Nationwide Conference August 31, 2002 Kettering Town 0, Yeovil Town 1 Half-time: Kettering 0, Yeovil 0 Full-time: Kettering 0, Yeovil 1 Scorers
THE director of nursing at Bishop's Hull-based St Margaret's Somerset Hospice has moved to reassure people it does not turn away the terminally ill. Ann Lee spoke out after a nationalnewspaper claimed that funding shortfalls were forcing hospices in parts
IF MEDALS for bravery were handed out in speedway, then Somerset would certainly be decorating Glenn Cunningham. The popular Bristolian declared himself fit to ride in last week's two matches against Arena Essex despite being black and blue all over after
BURNHAM ended their first Division. One season in a comfortable mid-table position, despite this defeat in the last game of the season at Street on Saturday. It was something of an anti-climax as they were dismissed for 85; they're lowest total since
CARS could be banned from the town centre as part of the ongoing regeneration of Burnham. Traders, residents and councillors could be consulted as early as next year on plans by Somerset County Council to pedestrianise the seaside town. If plans are agreed
STRIKE action by firefighters across Sedgemoor moved a step closer after talks between management and union representatives broke down on Monday. Fire chiefs have been locked in talks with the Fire Brigade Union (FBU) after they put in a claim to improve
ORGANISERS of Highbridge Festival of the Arts have been forces to bring the event forward or face closure. The prestigious festival, which is in its 56th year, has always been held in May. But a lull in festival goers in the past few years has led organisers
IAN Blackwell has at last been given the recognition by the England selectors that cider county followers have been expecting for some time when he was named as the replacement for the injured Andrew Flintoff for the ICC Trophy this autumn. The former
FORMER Chelsea and Fulham defender Jimmy Aggrey has joined Dr Martens League side Taunton Town. Aggrey who is still only in his early twenties, makes his debut for Taunton in Saturday's league game at home to Sutton Coldfield.
