Early morning fire at Frome home being investigated

September 27, 2016, 11:26 pm

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Investigations are under way into the cause of a fire in the small hours of this morning in Frome.Firefighters were called to Somerton Gardens in the town at 3.25am.Two fire appliances from Frome were mobilised to reports of a fire at a property in the residential area.Police crime scene investigators are due to visit the property later today.The fire broke out in a bin store and had spread a property.Fire crews put the fire out with water jets, but the smoke was intense enough for them to need...

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September 28, 2016, 2:41 am

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A fire in Frome is being investigated to find out if it was started deliberately.Firefighters were called to Somerton Gardens in the town at 3.25am on Wednesday (September 28) after a fire broke out in a bin store and spread to a house.Police and a fire investigator are visiting the property this morning.Two fire appliances from Frome were sent to the fire in a residential area of the town.Fire crews put the fire out with water jets, but the smoke was intense enough for them to need to use...

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September 28, 2016, 3:52 am

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A Frome man who allegedly used a sledgehammer to attack a car and a property in the town has been ordered to stand trial before Somerset Magistrates.Lawrence Edward Garmston, 37, of Cherry Grove, appeared in court at Yeovil charged with the two offences which are said to have taken place in the Culverhill area.He pleaded not guilty to damaging a vehicle belonging to David Shaun Hedley on July 23.He also denied damaging a window of an unknown value belonging to Sanctuary Housing on the same...

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September 28, 2016, 4:59 am

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A surgery in Frome has been vacated and all medical services have been suspended before a decision on closure has been made by NHS England. A consultation process for the closure of the Locks Hill Surgery came to an end on Friday, August 19 with 386 patients submitting their thoughts on its future. A spokesman for the Frome Medical Centre said on Friday, September 2 that following the end of the public consultation they would collate all the information and submit it to NHS England. They...

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September 28, 2016, 7:38 am

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A dedicated crowdfunding website for Frome is to be set up following unanimous approval by town councillors.At a cost of £15,500 the website would be set up by crowdfunder.co.uk and Frome Town Council would then contribute £25,000 for two years in addition to this.At a town council meeting held on Wednesday, September 21, councillor Mel Usher outlined his plans for the scheme which he says will enable community groups to fundraise for their own projects.Community groups would...

Frome house fire suspicious say police as images show devastation...

September 28, 2016, 9:15 am

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A fire which destroyed a family home in Frome is being treated as suspicious by police as local people expressed their fury at the "complete b*******" who put children's lives in danger. Firefighters were called to Somerton Gardens in the town at 3.25am today, (Wednesday, September 28) after a fire broke out in a bin store and spread to a house. Images of the burnt-out house show the walls blackened, the door way incinerated, and part of the door overhang caved in. A Just Giving...

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September 29, 2016, 2:06 am

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NHS England is "seeking assurances" from a surgery in Frome after it shut suddenly without the go-ahead from the medical body. Locks Hill Surgery closed its doors on Tuesday, September 27 before NHS England had finished considering the application for its closure. The surgery had been the subject of a consultation process which came to an end on Friday, August 19 with 386 patients submitting their thoughts on its future. Marina Muirhead, head of primary care for NHS England South...

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September 29, 2016, 5:48 am

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A man from Somerset was left with a gaping hole in his hand after he was bitten by what he believes was a false widow spider.Chris Whittock, 57, who is an HGV driver for Andy Gillard, was folding tables at the West Woodlands showground following the Frome Cheese Show when he was bitten.SCROLL DOWN FOR GRAPHIC IMAGES OF THE HANDHe spent four days in hospital and needed an operation on his hand after a flesh wound opened up and grew to be several inches in size.He believes he had a violent...

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September 29, 2016, 9:02 am

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Jenson Button will celebrate a special milestone in Malaysia this weekend when he becomes just the third man in history to race in 300 Grands Prix.Button will join Michael Schumacher and Rubens Barrichello as the only men in the history of the sport to reach such a landmark and is hoping that he can celebrate the occasion in Sepang with a memorable result.The 2009 world champion will be looking to bounce back from a nightmare weekend in Singapore a fortnight ago when he retired late on after...

Frome lady believes she may have grown Somerset's largest...

September 29, 2016, 10:00 pm

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A Frome lady believes she may have grown one of the largest sunflower plants in the county.Maggi Binning planted her sunflower in June and since then it has sprouted a whopping 51 flowers from the same stem.Never believing it would grow to such a size, Ms Binning said that she had been completely bowled over by the magnitude of her sunflower.She said: "I never expected it to be the size it is. My friend brought me it over soon after growing it for a while in his own garden."I then...

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September 30, 2016, 6:49 am

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A woman has appeared in court accused of fiddling the books of Frome and District Conservative Club to the tune of £20,000 while acting as the club steward.Dannette Stelcel was said to have helped herself to the cash after allegedly falsifying the accounts over the course of a year.The 31-year-old defendant, of Vallis Road, Frome, appeared in the dock before Somerset Magistrates, sitting at Yeovil.She was charged that between April 1, 2014 and March 31, 2015 at Frome she committed fraud in...

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September 30, 2016, 7:16 am

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An unlucky Frome man who pulled over to help an off-duty police officer who was changing a tyre and was found to be over the drink drive limit has been jailed for five months after breaching his suspended prison sentence.Convicted sex offender James Searle-Mallon had been out drinking when he stopped to offer assistance to the officer, but when he spoke to him the officer believed he was drunk.After he was breathalysed and gave a positive result he appeared in court charged with drink driving...

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September 30, 2016, 7:57 am

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Jenson Button makes history at the Malaysian Grand Prix this weekend when he becomes just the third man in Formula One history to start his 300th Grand Prix.Button will follow Rubens Barrichello and Michael Schumacher as the only people to reach the landmark when the starting lights go out at Sepang on Sunday.The milestone is just the latest in a list of distinguished honours that Button has picked up in a glittering career that saw him win the world championship in 2009 and win 15 Grands...

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September 30, 2016, 2:23 pm

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He knew exactly what to expect when diagnosed with a cancer very few people survive, but this retired Frome GP now counts himself "extremely lucky" to have overcome all the odds and beaten it.Dr David Blacklidge, aged 79, was given possibly only 18 months to live after doctors found he had oesophageal cancer and it was at an advanced stage. Having professional knowledge of the disease it meant there was nowhere to hide but six years later he is cancer free and enjoying life to the...

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September 30, 2016, 3:10 pm

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Life is about to get a whole lot easier for Somerset commuters with the news that rail services across the county are to be extended.A new timetable that comes into effect in December will see extra trains added in Somerset, Dorset and Wiltshire and make travelling on South West Trains services easier for thousands of passengers.What are the improvements?Among the changes are:Two more trains each day between London Waterloo and Castle Cary, Bruton and Frome – bringing the total number to...

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Stable block blaze near Frome brings in mass fire service...

October 2, 2016, 6:52 am

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Fire fighters from nine stations spent last night at an isolated farm near Frome fighting a stable block blaze.The fire broke out at a property on Crosselm Road, Upton Noble at around 11pm.Two fire appliances from Frome, one from Castle Cary, one from Wincanton and the Water Carrier from Yeovil were sent after reports of a fire at a stable block containing hay and machinery. An Environmental Protection Unit with supporting appliance from Taunton were also sent.On arrival crews confirmed smoke...

Who do you think you are? Frome company offering DNA service...

October 3, 2016, 4:29 am

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If you've always wondered what your family tree might look like then this newly launched Frome business could be right up your street as it offers a DNA tracking service like no other.Living DNA, run by husband and wife team David Nicholson and Hannah Morden, traces your DNA all the way back to a point at which humanity was entirely connected.All it takes is a mouth swab sent to your house which you then send back to the team. It will then analyse your data at a lab in Holland.Your DNA can be...

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October 3, 2016, 5:13 am

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A well-used footbridge in Frome is to remain closed for another week because of "structural concerns".The bridge, which links the Cattle Market car park and the Westway Shopping Centre, was closed on September 26 so it could be re-decked.It was due to reopen on Friday (September 30).Investigations have found that more work is needed to secure the structure of the bridge and it will now stay closed until Friday, October 7.Mendip District Council has carried out routine maintenance tasks...

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October 3, 2016, 9:35 am

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Frome's roads could be made safer if proposals to install yellow lines along problematic roads in the town come to fruition. After reading a series of articles in the Frome Standard highlighting issues residents have with parking and speeding in the town, Linda Oliver, a Somerset county and Mendip district councillor, has put forward the proposals to tackle the problems. Evelyn Withey, of Clumber Drive, raised her concerns with parking at the junction where Park Hill Drive joins Clumber Drive...

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October 3, 2016, 10:21 am

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Police are still investigating the circumstances surrounding the sudden death of a university student in Frome.Three months on from the discovery of the dead body of Hamish Howitt, 20, at a property on Orchard Street, the cause of his death still remains unclear.Speaking today (October 3) a spokesman for Avon and Somerset Police said that they were still investigating the circumstances surrounding his death on the morning of Friday, July 1 and that when they had finished doing so a report would...