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.
Yeovil MP Adam Dance has criticised the Chancellor’s Spending Review for not delivering real change for Yeovil and South Somerset. Speaking in the Commons, Mr Dance said the Labour’s spending plans failed to support children with special educational needs and warned that cuts to the DEFRA budget would impact Somerset farmers and the rural economy.
The CEO of Leonardo UK, Clive Higgins, says they’re working towards closing the gender pay gap at the company. It’s reported that Leonardo female employees are paid around 10% less than their male counterparts. Mr Higgins was speaking at a conference held at the Yeovil factory, aimed at attracting more women to take up careers in aerospace.
Police are advising people flying from Bristol airport to check the parking company they’re using is official. It comes after meet-and-greet operators failed to hand back vehicles on time when passengers had landed. Police say other vehicles were returned damaged and with unexplained additional mileage on the clock.
Yeovil Town is moving its training camp to Bristol. From the start of the new season, first-team players will train at the SGS Wise Campus at Stoke Gifford in Bristol. Yeovil Town states that relocating training to Bristol will be a better location for the Club to attract a wider pool of talent and build a squad capable of pushing for promotion to the Football League.
Plans to build 252 new houses off Mudford Road in Yeovil have been submitted to Somerset Council for final approval. The scheme on land to the north of Mudford Road was granted outline permission on appeal in January of last year. Now, the developer is requesting that Somerset Council vary and remove some of the conditions of the outline permission.
The fire service says they still don’t know what caused Monday’s major shop fire in Yeovil. A safeguarding review is being carried out into the case of Daniel Gunter, who was found guilty at Bristol Crown Court last week of murdering his two-week-old baby son at Yeovil Hospital. National convenience store chain, Costcutter, has taken over the empty YMCA charity shop in Middle Street in Yeovil for a new store...and more
Parents in Somerset are being advised not to leave their children unsupervised with pets. Somerset Council says it's dealing with a backlog of sixteen hundred planning applications. Ninety thousand pounds has been raised so far for Somerset Community Foundation’s appeal supporting people affected by last week’s coach crash in West Somerset...and more
A boat used for sightseeing trips on the River Parrett at Langport has sunk after being vandalised. A union representing firefighters in Somerset says former retained staff are missing out on pension payments. Thirty-nine new affordable homes are to be built in Merriot...and more
A father has been found guilty of murdering his two-week-old son at Yeovil Hospital. From Monday, no trains will be stopping at Crewkerne until further notice. Experts say the dry weather has created ideal conditions for wasps to multiply in significant numbers across Somerset. A rare railway carriage from the 1880s, believed to have been built in Somerset, is being given a new lease of life...and more.
Tourism leaders in Somerset are hoping to reverse last year’s downturn in visitor numbers now that the six-week-long school summer holiday is underway. A Chard woman who was driving a van without insurance that crashed has been given a 16-month driving ban. A Somerset hedgehog rescue centre says a lack of rain and hard ground conditions are making it difficult for hedgehogs to survive this summer...and more.
Somerset Council is planning to open twelve new Special Educational Needs units in mainstream schools. Yeovil Hospital is participating in a trial that could revolutionise the treatment of sepsis within the NHS. A 55-acre site in Chard, with plans approved to build 295 homes and a new football ground, has been put up for sale...and more
Somerset Community Foundation has launched a "Together for West Somerset Appeal" to help families affected by last Thursday's school coach crash on Exmoor. People in Somerset are being encouraged to improve their recycling of food waste. Free family cooking sessions are being held in Chard. A new children’s soft play area is soon to open in Yeovil...and more
A GoFundMe page set up to support families of last week’s Exmoor bus crash, in which a 10-year-old boy died, has raised over forty thousand pounds. A local councillor is calling for the introduction of speed cameras on the A30, from Yeovil to Sherborne. A group from a school in Ilchester have hiked 26 miles across the Jurassic Coast to fundraise in memory of a school colleague...and more
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