Yeovil Rotary Club’s annual Last Night of the Proms concert featuring The British Philharmonic Concert Orchestra is being held at The Octagon Theatre Yeovil, on Friday 4th September, 7.30pm. Programme will include popular classics, light orchestral pieces, music from the movies and theatre and the big finale complete with pomp and flag waving. Proceeds from this year’s concert will benefit the new CT Scanner at Yeovil District Hospital, equipment which could prove vital to anyone, including those close to us and all those living in our local communities as well as those not so local. Tickets £24.50 / £22.00 available from: The Rotary Club of Yeovil 01460 240984, The Octagon Theatre 01935 422884.
Air Day’s Special V- Jet Formation for Vulcan Farewell
The Avro Vulcan’s final appearance at RNAS Yeovilton Air Day on Saturday 11 July will include a special ‘V-Jet Formation’ flypast. The famed ‘V-Bomber’ will be joined by Naval Aviation Ltd’s de Havilland Sea Vixen and the Norwegian Air Force Historical Flight’s two de Havilland Vampires to present a unique four-ship classic British jets flight. While the Vulcan and Sea Vixen’s joint flypasts were an outstanding highlight of Air Day 2011, the expanded formation will be a unique spectacle with the Sea Vixen leading the Vulcan with a Vampire on each wing. Full story: Read more
SHERBORNE RACE FOR LIFE – WOMEN ASKED TO MAKE EVERY STEP COUNT
THOUSANDS of women united at Sherborne Castle, Sherborne on Sunday June 21, with one mission in mind – to conquer cancer. Now Cancer Research UK is calling on the town’s formidable army of mighty-mums, gutsy-grans, and go-getting girls to make every step count by paying in their sponsorship money as soon as possible. Cancer Research UK’s Race for Life, in partnership with Tesco, is an inspiring women-only series of 5k, 10k and Pretty Muddy events which raises millions of pounds every year to fund life-saving research. Full story: Read more