Leonardo Helicopters has won a £165 million repair and maintenance contract that will secure 200 jobs at the Yeovil factory. Police are searching for a thief who stole a safe containing £1500 in cash from a pub in Ilminster. Alzheimer's UK says the number of people with dementia in Somerset is massively under-recorded... and more.
Leonardo in Yeovil has won a contract extension worth £165 million to support the Royal Navy’s fleet of Merlin Mark 2 and Mark 4 helicopters. The deal secures 200 jobs at the Yeovil factory, together with hundreds more in the wider supply chain, and also provides training opportunities for apprentices.
Police are searching for a thief who broke into a pub in Ilminster and stole a safe containing £1500 in cash and items of jewellery. It happened at The Dolphin Pub on Silver Street in Ilminster at around 7 am last Saturday. Police believe the thief entered the premises when the cleaner was in the front of the pub and had left the back door unlocked. Anyone who saw a man wearing a white hoody and yellow high visibility tabard over black clothing carrying a safe in Ilminster at around 7 am last Saturday is asked to call the non-emergency number 101.
Citizens Advice Somerset is offering advice to people struggling with higher household bills. Council tax, water and energy charges and a host of other charges have gone up from this week, putting even greater pressure on people’s incomes. The government says the rise in the national living wage will help many people.
Alzheimer's UK says ten thousand people in Somerset are living with dementia, although the real figure is far higher, with many cases yet to be diagnosed.
A team of archaeologists and volunteers have started work reconstructing an Iron Age roundhouse near Glastonbury.
Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service says July has been its busiest month ever for emergency calls. Police have recovered a 1970s Austin Mini pick-up stolen in Shepton Mallet. A specialist spinal injuries service at Yeovil Hospital has treated three hundred patients in its first year... and more
The Environment Agency has declared a drought across Somerset as the hot weather takes its toll on the county's water supplies. Police are appealing for witnesses following a fatal road traffic accident near Crewkerne. A bowls player from Yeovil has won a silver medal at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow...and more
Police have arrested two suspects in connection with a series of moped thefts in Chard. A combine harvester has been destroyed in a farm fire at Forton, near Chard. A bowls player from Yeovil has won a silver medal at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow... and more
The former Beales department store in Yeovil could be brought back into use as part of a wider masterplan for the future of the town. A yellow heat health alert is in place across Somerset from nine o’clock this morning until nine o’clock on Friday morning. A Somerset farmer says this year is the driest on his land since 1976... and more
Gooch and Housego, based in Ilminster and one of the town’s biggest employers, has been sold in a multi-million-pound deal to an American private equity firm. A father who shook his four-week-old baby to death at a house in Chard has been sentenced to life in prison. A doctor who works for the Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance is one of five people to have jointly set a new world record for rowing around Great Britain... and more
Avon and Somerset Police are warning people to watch out for scammers posing as Amazon. The CEO of the company that provides Somerset's recycling is warning of a major incident if people continue to put used batteries in waste bins. A former Yeovil pub could be demolished to make way for a major hotel expansion.
The West Country is officially one step closer to being declared in drought. Somerset Council says it's remodelling its service after a children's home was closed following an inspection. A new McDonald's planned off the M5 at Bridgwater could create up to 120 local jobs... and more
Two men have been jailed for stealing electrical items and cash from a property in Yeovil. Somerset Council has defended its use of Yeovil’s new performance area in The Triangle, in Lower Middle Street. Tintinhull Primary School, near Yeovil, has won a top national award for outdoor play... and more
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