Staff at Yeovil-based leather manufacturer Pittards have had their salaries and hours cut to save money. Work trimming roadside verges in Somerset is to continue into September. Yeovil MP Marcus Fysh has been lobbied by green activists in Ilminster. A new music shop is soon to open in Chard...and more.
Staff at Yeovil-based leather manufacturer Pittards have had their salaries and hours cut to save money. It follows news that the company failed to raise the one-point-one million pounds it needed to stay afloat. Pittards say all options - including selling the business - are being considered.
Yeovil MP Marcus Fysh has been lobbied by green activists in Ilminster. While attending the Great Big Green Week in the town he was handed more than fifty letters demanding the government act more urgently to protect the environment.
Work trimming roadside verges in Somerset is to continue into September. Somerset Council says it’s become necessary to ensure that all road users are kept safe. The programme of verge trimming was cut back earlier in the year to promote habitat creation and protect wildlife.
A new music shop is soon to open in Chard. Run by local musician, Dan Shortland, it will be in the Stringfellow Gallery on Holyrood Street, selling all types of instruments and offering music lessons and a repair service.
Donations of cakes, jams and chutneys are needed for an event in Ilminster next month raising money for Macmillan Cancer Support. The event’s part of the World’s Biggest Coffee Morning and takes place on Saturday, 9th of September. If you can help, you’re asked to please take your items to Cottage Flowers in Ilminster.
It's claimed the increasing availability of drugs such as ketamine and cocaine has normalised drug use among young people in Somerset. The trial of a man accused of killing his one-month-old son in Chard begins today at Bristol Crown Court. A stone pillar outside the Langport Arms Hotel in Langport has been replaced after it was destroyed in a car crash... and more
Sir Keir Starmer has paid tribute to the three aircrew from RNAS Yeovilton who died in last week's helicopter crash in Devon. Two men have been arrested and stolen vehicles seized following a major multi-agency operation in South Somerset. An event highlighting opportunities for women in the aerospace industry has been held in Yeovil... and more
The public will be consulted on how best to spend fifty million pounds of government funding to tackle flooding in Somerset. Avon and Somerset Police are backing a new road safety campaign aimed at reducing motorcycle fatalities. New welcome signs have been installed at entrances to the Mendip Hills National Landscape... and more
The government has announced a £50 million investment to strengthen Somerset’s flood defences. A woman from Stoke-sub-Hamdon has been banned from driving for 14 months after admitting drink-driving. Somerset Council has been told it must improve its adult social care services... and more
Plans for a new railway station in Langport remain stalled in Whitehall, according to Somerset Council. Plans to build 50 new homes in Broadway, near Ilminster, have been refused. The new water fountains in Yeovil’s Triangle, in Lower Middle Street, are being switched off during very hot weather because of safety concerns... and more.
A new NHS dental practice in Crewkerne says it won’t start operating at full capacity until July due to staff shortages. Somerset Council says it has no plans to show England matches in the World Cup on the Big Screen in Yeovil town centre due to safety concerns. A Somerset family has been thanked after completing a 73-mile walk raising money for a third world charity... and more
An investigation continues today into the crash of a Royal Navy helicopter, based at RNAS Yeovilton, in which all three aircrew were killed. Somerset Council has confirmed that a new operator will take over several leisure centres across the county. The new live-action Masters of the Universe movie, filmed in Somerset, is released this week...and more
A Yeovil man has appeared in court charged with assaulting three police officers. Somerset Council has begun legal action to recover more than £320,000 owed by housing developers. The line-up has been announced for this year’s Ilminster Midsummer Experience...and more
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