A union leader representing workers at Pittards in Yeovil is asking the government to step in to help rescue the business. Yeovil MP Marcus Fysh is demanding swift action from Royal Mail to resolve long delays in delivering the post in the Yeovil area. Planners have given the go-ahead to convert a listed building in Chard into seven flats...and more.
A union leader representing workers at Pittards in Yeovil is asking the government to step in to help rescue the business. Administrators have been appointed to run Pittards, who employ around two hundred people at their factory on Sherborne Road, after the company failed to raise one-point-one million pounds needed to stay afloat. Regional Secretary of the Trades Union Congress, Ines Lage, says Pittards has been facing exceptional economic pressures and wants the government to support the business and protect local jobs.
Yeovil MP Marcus Fysh is demanding swift action to resolve delays in delivering the mail to homes and businesses in the Yeovil area. He’s written to Royal Mail and Ofcom, who oversee postal services, after receiving complaints that letters are arriving up to two weeks late. The Post Office is blaming staff shortages at the Yeovil sorting office for the problem. Mr Fysh says the situation can’t be allowed to continue.
Somerset Council says the roadworks in the High Street in Bruton should be completed by the end of the month. A sinkhole in the High Street has been blamed for the delay in finishing the work.
Better support is being provided to rape and abuse victims in Somerset. It follows a grant of one million pounds given by the government to the charity, Avon and Somerset Sexual Assault and Rape Support.
Planners have given the go-ahead to convert a listed building in Chard into seven flats. The addition of a retail unit is also included in the agreed changes to the property at seventeen Fore Street.
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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