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.
More than 4,500 people have expressed interest in joining a new NHS dental practice in Crewkerne. Somerset Council says a long-term solution is needed to make Hendford Hill in Yeovil fully safe for motorists. A Somerset man has won first prize at the World Marmalade Awards... and more
Somerset Council says Hendford Hill in Yeovil should be fully reopened to traffic by the end of May. Plans have been approved to build 40 new homes in Crewkerne. A huge pile of illegally dumped rubbish in Glastonbury has been cleared... and more
Police are appealing for witnesses to a fatal collision at Rimpton. A 19-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of criminal damage in South Petherton. Former Yeovil Town manager Gary Johnson has been retained as first-team manager of Taunton Town for next season... and more
A former school in Sherborne has been badly damaged by fire. A care home in Yeovil has been rated outstanding. ublic spaces in West Coker owned by Somerset Council are being handed over to the parish council. Mendip Golf Club has presented a cheque for £12,000 to Mind in Somerset... and more
Plans have been submitted to turn a property on Preston Road in Yeovil into a House in Multiple Occupation. Yeovil’s Marlie Packer has been recalled to the England Red Roses starting line-up for tomorrow’s Women’s Six Nations game against Wales. Three sisters from Yeovil will be running the London Marathon this weekend in support of Guide Dogs UK... and more
Helicopters from RNAS Yeovilton have completed six weeks of sorties, protecting Cyprus from attacks by Iran. People in Somerset who use domestic heating oil are calling on the government to regulate the oil supply industry. Patients are being invited to register at a new NHS dentist in Crewkerne... and more
Expectant mothers are using Yeovil Hospital once again to give birth following the reopening of the maternity unit. A Yeovil man has been jailed for four years for committing sexual offences against two young girls. Plans have been approved to convert a pub in Milborne Port into housing... and more
NHS Somerset has delayed closing the hyper-acute stroke unit at Yeovil Hospital. A former Avon and Somerset Police officer has been jailed for making indecent images of children. A Somerset man has been fined after pleading guilty to hunting a wild animal with dogs... and more
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