Helicopter manufacturer Leonardo could face legal action from the family of the former owner of Leicester City Football Club. Marcus Fysh MP says he's talking to Pittards administrators to see if anything can be done to protect jobs. Parents and carers are being urged to get their school place choices in as soon as possible... and more.
Yeovil based helicopter manufacturer Leonardo could face legal action from the family of the former owner of Leicester City Football Club - who died along with four others in a crash in 2018. In a report by the Air Accident Investigation Branch - it states the crash was "inevitable" after a sequence of mechanical failures. The AAIB stresses Leonardo did not need to take regular inspections of bearings under regulations in place at the time and the firm says no recommendations have been made since.
Yeovil MP Marcus Fysh says he's talking to administrators of the collapsed firm Pittards to see if anything can be done to protect jobs at the manufacturer. This comes after last week’s news that Somerset Council is offering support where it can. Pittards employs over 135 people at their headquarters on Sherborne Road and over a thousand at its factory in Ethiopia.
Parents and carers in Yeovil & South Somerset are being urged to get their school place choices for 2024 in as soon as possible after applications open. All children starting school for the first time or moving to middle or secondary school can apply from the 25th of this month.
Yeovil Town earned three points in the sunshine at Huish Park on Saturday, beating Eastbourne Borough 3-2 in National League South. The Glovers goals came from Frank Nouble who got two and Josh Owers.
Radio Ninesprings had a good weekend, after winning first prize in one of the categories at the South Petherton Carnival. The station's entry Radio Ga Ga took the winner's trophy in the Trade section.
The new owner of Yeovil Town says he’s in talks with Somerset Council about buying back Huish Park. Water levels at some of Somerset’s reservoirs are below what they should be for this time of year. A Chard woman has been recognised in the King's Birthday Honours... and more.
Police are appealing for witnesses to a road traffic accident near Chard, which left one person with life-threatening injuries. Texas Rocks in Middle Street, Yeovil, has closed temporarily following a significant fire. A Yeovil dental hygienist has been named as a finalist in the Ms Great Britain competition...and more.
Yeovil MP Adam Dance has criticised the Chancellor’s Spending Review for not delivering real change for Yeovil and South Somerset. The CEO of Leonardo UK states that they’re working towards closing the gender pay gap within the company. Yeovil Town is relocating its first-team training camp to Bristol... and more.
People in Somerset are being asked for their views on the state of the county’s roads and footpaths. A trial is being conducted at Yeovil Hospital to investigate whether administering shorter courses of antibiotics to patients can effectively treat sepsis. Somerset Council says it has no plans to reopen a block of public toilets in Chard...and more.
A mother from Chard says schools need to do more to identify students with dyslexia. A fire in a van that caught alight at Stoke-sub-Hamdon is being treated as accidental. A former Yeovil-based police officer, who made it appear he was working when he wasn’t, has been barred from policing...and more
Somerset Council is giving £1.5m to Hill View Special School at Ash near Martock to prevent it from closing. Two men have been convicted of killing a Yeovil man they mistakenly believed to be a convicted paedophile. People across Somerset are being asked to make a note of any wildlife they see...and more
Community Speedwatch volunteers in Keinton Mandeville have stopped monitoring the local traffic
because of online and verbal abuse. Redstart Primary School in Chard has been rated as ‘Good’ by Ofsted. A care home resident in Glastonbury has raised more than one thousand pounds for Children's Hospice Southwest by knitting soft toys...and more.
Yeovil MP Adam Dance says he’s been told the temporary closure of the maternity unit at Yeovil Hospital will not be made permanent. Firefighters have dealt with a fire on a coach carrying passengers at Vagg Hill in Yeovil. The authorities in Chile are holding a man who lives in Milborne Port after being found with class-A drugs in a suitcase...and more.
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