Some bus routes in Yeovil and around South Somerset won’t be running as normal today due to strike action by members of the RMT union. Yeovil College has signed up with Leonardo Helicopters in Yeovil as a Community Member of its AW149 Team. Yeovil Town Football Club says its stewards and volunteers are being subjected to abuse on match days and Somerset Waste Partnership is running a series of activities this week to encourage more of us to reuse and recycle our waste.
Some bus routes in Yeovil and around South Somerset won’t be running as normal today due to strike action by members of the RMT union. The stoppage is the latest in a long-running dispute over pay involving drivers and other staff at First South West. Passengers are being advised to check what buses are running before they leave home.
Yeovil College has signed up with Leonardo Helicopters in Yeovil as a Community Member of its AW149 Team. Leonardo is bidding to win a £1.3 billion pound contract to supply the AW149 to the UK Armed Forces, with Yeovil College now on board through its apprenticeship scheme backing the bid.
Yeovil Town Football Club says its stewards and volunteers are being subjected to abuse on match days. The club says it has a zero-tolerance policy to abuse and those found responsible could face exclusion from Huish Park. The club has thanked the Green and White Supporters Club, the Disabled Supporters Association and the Cary Glovers for their co-operation in dealing with the problem.
Somerset Waste Partnership is running a series of activities this week to encourage more of us to reuse and recycle our waste. ‘Reduce Week’ is asking people to share tips and ideas to help cut down on food, clothing and plastic waste.
The NHS is offering spring COVID-19 vaccines to people in Somerset who are at increased risk of serious illness from the virus. A new way of making roads safer for children in Somerset has started this week. A Yeovil-based apprentice has been named as a winner in the JTL Regional Awards. Haselbury Mill near Crewkerne has been put up for sale...and more
Yeovil Town FC have sent a strongly worded letter to the Football Association asking for plans to end FA Cup replays to be dropped. A Somerset woman who's spent the last 32 years living with Hepatitis C, says better support is needed for those affected by the contaminated blood scandal. A new school of musical theatre has opened in Chard...and more.
Two teenage boys have admitted animal cruelty after filming themselves throwing a lamb down a stone staircase at Montacute. Somerset Council could lose around £5 million by selling the Marks and Spencer building in Yeovil. Chard, Wincanton, Castle Cary and Ansford are on a list of fifteen places in Somerset where new 20 mph speed limits could soon be introduced...and more.
The parents of a two-week-old baby boy, accused of his murder at Yeovil Hospital, are to stand trial. Protesters have splashed red paint across the front of County Hall in Taunton for a second time. A comedy film about the world of competitive marrow-growing and made in Shepton Mallet has opened in cinemas across the UK...and more.
Work starts today building a new eastbound carriageway as part of dualling the A303 between Sparkford and Podimore. A childhood obesity clinic in Somerset has revealed that it is treating children as young as eight months old. Somerset Wildlife Trust has launched a campaign to recruit an army of young people to act as conservation champions...and more.
A Martock man has been jailed after admitting to shining lasers at aircraft flying over Yeovil. Police are investigating an attempted break-in at the TK Maxx store at Babylon Hill. Nearly four hundred people have put their names forward for redundancy at Somerset Council...and more.
Three local primary schools have been named on a list of England's top five hundred primary schools. A new co-working space for businesswomen has opened in Wincanton. Urgent repairs are being carried out to Ilminster's new public clock after it started showing the wrong time...and more
A new operator has been found to run a Chard care home that has been at risk of closure. A licence has been granted to run a new music festival in West Dorset. People have until midnight tonight to register for a vote in the election for a Police and Crime Commissioner for Avon and Somerset...and more.
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