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BBC News
15-06-2025
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Headlines: Plane crash tributes and the Bristol park 'pong'
Here's our weekly round up of stories from across local websites in the West of have a daily round up as well. Make sure you look out for it on the website and the local section of the BBC News app. What have been the big stories in the West this week? Posts on the Air India crash dominated headlines in the West this week with Gloucestershire Live paying tribute to the Gloucester family killed in the Nanabawa and Hannaa Vorajee died alongside their four-year-old daughter Sara when a flight bound for London's Gatwick Airport crashed on Thursday. Abdullah Samad, imam at the Masjid E Umar mosque and head teacher of Sara's primary school, said: "They were widely loved and deeply respected."Bristol Live's story on the "pong" in Castle Park has attracted lots of comments, with claims that the stench is causing people to "strong smell of cannabis" is leading to concerns that the green space has become "unsuitable" for children, with readers alleging that "a lack of visible policing" was a problem.A new era begins at Yeovil Town as a new owner took over this week at Huish Park. Prabhu Srinivasan said the club needs "calm and sustainable" growth to get back to the English Football Swindon Advertiser reported on Swindon's bus shelters "entering the digital age".However, readers have complained about how long the town's regeneration works are there has been a lot of excitement in Bath this weekend as the city hosted Robbie Williams for two live of the famous Royal Crescent got a front row seat as the stage was erected with the historic row of homes as a backdrop. Top five local stories for the BBC in the West Something longer to read Bristol 24/7 feature writer, Hannah Massoudi, has written about the rise of tensions at Durdham Down in Bristol between the van-dwelling community and local residents. The article explores the concerns on both sides of the debate, with van-dwellers fearful about their safety after a caravan was set on fire in February, and householders who say they are worried about anti-social behaviour and flytipping. Explore more with our daily roundups
Yahoo
11-06-2025
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- Yahoo
Yeovil need 'sustainable' growth
Prabhu Srinivasan was confirmed as Yeovil's new owner at the end of May [BBC] Yeovil Town's new owner Prabhu Srinivasan said the club needs "calm and sustainable" growth to get back to the English Football League. The entrepreneur's family office, Inflection Holdings, acquired all shares in the National League outfit last month, with Srinivasan also becoming club chairman. Advertisement Srinivasan becomes the club's third owner since 2023 following periods of turbulence under previous regimes in recent years. "Our desire is to get to the EFL as soon as we can but we want to be very measured on what we do, we want to get some sustainable growth for the club, therefore we need to work on the pitch and off the pitch," Srinivasan told BBC Radio Somerset. "We need to make the club competitive. I don't want to do a one-season wonder club. We need to create an atmosphere of calm in the club, there's been a lot of rollercoaster - this season will be about calmness and sustainability." Srinivasan's takeover of Yeovil comes following a period of instability and tension between the ownership and fans stretching back over the past two club owners. Advertisement At their peak, Yeovil played in the Championship during 2013 but a decade-long spiral followed and they have not played in the EFL since 2019. Former owner Scott Priestnall left in 2023 at a time the club temporarily tumbled down to regional football in the National League South. Martin Hellier then took over and while the club won promotion back to the National League in 2024, his relationship with fans was incredibly strained in the final months and ended with hostility. Srinivasan said it was a "huge moment of pride" when the takeover was confirmed. "At the same time we realised there's a lot of work to be done, the pride flipped into what we need to do to transform the club," Srinivasan said. Advertisement "We will be competitive on the pitch but competitive in terms of what we pay the players. We also want to make sure that Mark [Cooper, manager] - who has done a lot of work the past two years - and his team are augmented with the strengths they need, and the training facility is appropriate." Training facility relocated to Bristol Srinivasan says the "DNA" of his family is sport. He ran a youth sports platform in India and the Middle East, although his own experience is more in the finance and technology industries with investment banking within English football among his work in recent years. Advertisement Srinivasan's first experience of Yeovil was in April after a friend suggested he look at the club and he came to the Huish Park to watch them play Sutton United. "I had to come down and feel it, I'm glad I was here. This is not something I would have done remote, I came here to be with the people," he said. "I spent almost three weeks here connecting with the people and I went away saying this is a place I want to be deeply involved." Stuart Robins (left) is now executive chairman at Yeovil with manager Mark Cooper still running the team [Rex Features] One of the first major acts of the new ownership has been to move the club's training base to Bristol, to the South Gloucestershire and Stroud College campus in Filton, ahead of the new season. Advertisement Srinivasan cited injuries within the squad as part of the reason to relocate, as well as the need for the players to train on grass and not 4G pitches. However, he stressed they would not lose their Somerset roots. "We went and saw the facility and it's outstanding," he said. "The one thing we need to understand is this does not mean we will not have players from Yeovil. We will keep coming here checking for players, evaluating them on their capabilities and then taking them to Bristol for efficient training."
BBC News
11-06-2025
- Business
- BBC News
Yeovil need 'sustainable' growth
Yeovil Town's new owner Prabhu Srinivasan said the club needs "calm and sustainable" growth to get back to the English Football entrepreneur's family office, Inflection Holdings, acquired all shares in the National League outfit last month, with Srinivasan also becoming club becomes the club's third owner since 2023 following periods of turbulence under previous regimes in recent years. "Our desire is to get to the EFL as soon as we can but we want to be very measured on what we do, we want to get some sustainable growth for the club, therefore we need to work on the pitch and off the pitch," Srinivasan told BBC Radio Somerset."We need to make the club competitive. I don't want to do a one-season wonder club. We need to create an atmosphere of calm in the club, there's been a lot of rollercoaster - this season will be about calmness and sustainability." Srinivasan's takeover of Yeovil comes following a period of instability and tension between the ownership and fans stretching back over the past two club owners. At their peak, Yeovil played in the Championship during 2013 but a decade-long spiral followed and they have not played in the EFL since 2019. Former owner Scott Priestnall left in 2023 at a time the club temporarily tumbled down to regional football in the National League South. Martin Hellier then took over and while the club won promotion back to the National League in 2024, his relationship with fans was incredibly strained in the final months and ended with hostility. Srinivasan said it was a "huge moment of pride" when the takeover was confirmed."At the same time we realised there's a lot of work to be done, the pride flipped into what we need to do to transform the club," Srinivasan said."We will be competitive on the pitch but competitive in terms of what we pay the players. We also want to make sure that Mark [Cooper, manager] - who has done a lot of work the past two years - and his team are augmented with the strengths they need, and the training facility is appropriate." Training facility relocated to Bristol Srinivasan says the "DNA" of his family is sport. He ran a youth sports platform in India and the Middle East, although his own experience is more in the finance and technology industries with investment banking within English football among his work in recent first experience of Yeovil was in April after a friend suggested he look at the club and he came to the Huish Park to watch them play Sutton United."I had to come down and feel it, I'm glad I was here. This is not something I would have done remote, I came here to be with the people," he said."I spent almost three weeks here connecting with the people and I went away saying this is a place I want to be deeply involved." One of the first major acts of the new ownership has been to move the club's training base to Bristol, to the South Gloucestershire and Stroud College campus in Filton, ahead of the new season. Srinivasan cited injuries within the squad as part of the reason to relocate, as well as the need for the players to train on grass and not 4G pitches. However, he stressed they would not lose their Somerset roots."We went and saw the facility and it's outstanding," he said."The one thing we need to understand is this does not mean we will not have players from Yeovil. We will keep coming here checking for players, evaluating them on their capabilities and then taking them to Bristol for efficient training."
BBC News
01-06-2025
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- BBC News
West of England headlines: New Banksy art and football club sale
Here's our weekly round up of stories from across local websites in the West of have a daily round up as well. Make sure you look out for it on the website and the local section of the BBC News app. What have been the big stories in the West this week? The news that a majority stake in Yeovil Town FC has been sold to Dubai-based entrepreneur Prabhu Srinivasan, with a major investment in the club promised, was reported by ITV West Country. Somerset Live reported on Wednesday that four police officers had been attacked after disorder in Midsomer Norton - reportedly during a gathering of 200 school-leavers. Avon and Somerset Police said its officers were "pushed, punched, and spat at" by "a small number of people" there.A nurse in Wiltshire has been struck off the register after filming people through a cubicle wall in Asda, Bristol Live reported. He was convicted of voyeurism and making an indecent image of a child and given a suspended sentence last story of an 80-year-old man who still works in the family newsagents he was born above in 1945 was widely shared from Somerset Live. Colin Morris, the grandson of the founder of GW Hurley Newsagents on Burnham-on-Sea High Street, told the paper he still regularly works 13-hour shifts. Bristol 24/7 reports that Banksy had shared a new work in an unknown location - though internet sleuths have raised the possibility it could be in the French city of Marseille. The work shows a lighthouse on the side of a building, with the words "I want to be what you saw in me" over the top. Top five local stories for the BBC in the West Something longer to read The Bristol Cable published its latest investigation on Thursday. It found homes owned by a landlord banned by Bristol City Council from letting properties are being rented by the council as emergency accommodation for homeless people. Explore more with our daily roundups
BBC News
30-05-2025
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Robins targeting EFL return after Yeovil takeover
Yeovil Town executive chairman Stuart Robins hopes a change of ownership can propel the club back into the English Football League (EFL), but has warned it will take Prabhu Srinivasan completed a takeover of the club from the Hellier Trading Group this week, two months after it was put up for who has been interim chairman during the takeover, will work alongside Srinivasan and has big plans for the future. "I'm relieved and excited," he told BBC Radio Somerset. "We can get rid of all the uncertainty."Prabhu saw there was a good opportunity to make a difference. We've gone through difficult times since we were in the Championship; we are back on the way up and he can be part of that."We've been working behind the scenes to ensure a sensible budget. It is really important to build sensibly; we are not going to be Wrexham."We will be able to bring calm and stability. It has been difficult for the fans, the team, the people who work here. "We've got a big responsibility to make sure that stability runs right throughout the club. I firmly believe we should be a League One or League Two club - that is the vision."The Glovers have fallen from the Championship into non-league over the last decade, finishing 18th in the National League last said it was important the new owners had the right ideals for Yeovil both as a club and a town."I've had so many conversations with different suitors. What was exciting about Prabhu was that it was about the community, not just the football club," he said."Because this is is so close to my heart, it was important for me as a Yeovil boy to know it wasn't just about someone coming in just to be part of a famous football club. "It was somebody who wanted to build the club as part of the community and make it more inclusive for everyone."
