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 first of the new medium lift helicopters being built by Leonardo in Yeovil for the RAF will be delivered in 2031. Somerset Council has launched a public consultation on planned new charges at its two hundred public car parks. More women in Somerset are said to be taking up walking football... and more
A Yeovil headteacher says he’s concerned about plans to stop giving school holiday food vouchers to families on low incomes. The owner of Yeovil Town is calling on fans to be patient as he continues his overhaul of the National League side. A high voltage fault is being blamed for plunging 1700 homes into darkness in the Ilminster area... and more
Plans have been submitted to convert two properties in Yeovil into houses of multiple occupation. A new court date has been announced for a Yeovil man charged with attempted murder. An engineer who has worked at the Leonardo factory in Yeovil for 40-years has won a top industry award... and more
Police say a fire at the former Oscar Mayer food factory in Chard was started deliberately. Yeovil College says it would have been adversely affected had Leonardo not won the contract to build new medium-lift helicopters. A seven-foot dragon will be visiting towns and villages in our area during the next few weeks to promote Somerset Day... and more
Two Wildcat helicopters from 815 Squadron at RNAS Yeovilton have arrived in Cyprus to help protect RAF Akrotiri from further Iranian drone strikes. New figures show that 40 people were killed on Avon and Somerset’s roads in the last 12-months. A Somerset man has been recalling the day 60-years ago when he was a passenger on the last train on the Somerset and Dorset Railway... and more
Defence Minister Luke Pollard has been explaining why it took the government so long to confirm a contract for the Leonardo in Yeovil to build new medium lift helicopters for the RAF. Police are investigating a break in at a pet shop in Ilminster. Somerset Council is to stop using red ink on council tax reminder letters... and more
Two military helicopters from RNAS Yeovilton are being sent to Cyprus to help bolster UK’s defences amid the US-Israel war with Iran. Yeovil Town Council is seeking legal advice over the closure of the hyper acute stroke unit at Yeovil Hospital. Flood warnings have been lifted on the Somerset Levels... and more
A man has died in a fire in Wincanton. Somerset Council is planning further cuts of twenty-one million pounds to help balance its books. A campaign to raise £30,000 for a minibus has been launched in Chard... and more
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