Category: South Somerset
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Yeovil Town Football Club badge designer explains changes and reassures fans
“The identity was inconsistent across different medias and proving difficult” The brand consultant responsible for the redesign of Yeovil Town Football Club badge has explained the reasoning behind the new look as he looked to reassure fans of the National League South side. Chris Payne has spoken exclusively to Somerset’s Alive! about the major rebranding…
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Yeovil Town F.C. responds to fans after new badge reveal
“Let’s focus on the promotion push for the rest of the season” Yeovil Town Football Club has responded to fans after they revealed a new club badge and rebranding that will come into play next season. There had been a consultancy with the fanbase about a new badge, after the current design was deemed too…
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Leonardo Yeovil brings ‘high-end skills and direct long-term investment’
“We continue to raise awareness of Yeovil’s significance in the defence of the realm” Clive Higgins, Chair and CEO of Leonardo in the UK, who started his career as an apprentice at the Leonardo’s helicopters site in Yeovil, delivered a compelling address to assembled MPs at the Houses of Parliament. Clive described Leonardo’s groundbreaking innovation…
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Sarah Beeny says Yeovil Town’s ‘Paint the Park Pink’ game is ‘most important match in the world’
‘Yeovil Town Football Club will play in a special pink and black kit for breast cancer awareness’ Yeovil Town Football Club face Braintree Town in the National League South on Saturday, October 28, and TV star Sarah Beeny has described it as the “most important football match in the world.” The Property Ladder star has…
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Leonardo’s Olio collaboration brings hundreds of meals to Somerset families
‘This has saved 725kgs of Co2 from entering the atmosphere, preventing 125,000 litres of water from going to waste’ Yeovil-based aerospace engineering company Leonardo has revealed that its collaboration with food donation company Olio has rescued hundreds of meals for families in Somerset. The company, which was recently crowned ‘The Home of British Helicopters’, has…
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Christmas Elves project will bring festive cheer to children – and you can help
‘Our Easter egg project was hugely successful and we want to do it again for Xmas’ After the success of an Easter project that aimed to not leave any children without an Easter egg at that time, the organisers of that hugely popular appeal are now looking to repeat this again for Christmas. Paige-Marie Crossman-Edwards…
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Yeovil Town’s Josh Staunton shares ‘pride’ at club’s cancer initiative after personal loss
‘I have been unfortunate enough to losing both one of my best friend and his wife to cancer’ Yeovil Town Football Club have announced an initiative for Cancer Awareness Month and for their game with Braintree Town on Saturday 28th October, they will be turning Huish Park pink and sporting a special, one-off kit. The…
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Lovington Festival’s big day of food, drink and music raises thousands for local school
‘Over £13,000 has been raised by the festival since its inception after lockdown’ As school fundraisers go, the Lovington Festival is up there with the most successful in Somerset and has put thousands of pounds into the coffers of the local primary school. Saturday, September 16 will see the latest incarnation of the festival open…
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How Grace Palmer’s Novel Nights and Fresh Fiction helps Somerset storytellers grow
‘We wanted to attract an audience beyond writers to those who just love listening to stories’ For aspiring writers and storytellers, the chance to share your work with an audience and receive instant feedback on the tale you have spun is not an opportunity that regularly presents itself. This was until South Petherton resident Grace…
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Vinted icon Alex Errey explains infamous selling posts and being ‘fat bloke in mirror’
‘I could call it a form of art, but the only art here is the ability to fill time between my sons naps’ If you are looking for a preloved item to buy there could be a chance that you have turned to a site and/or app called Vinted. While there are thousands of people…
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