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.
The Leader of Somerset Council has repeated his call for a reform of the way that councils are funded. Crimestoppers is stepping up efforts to help tackle violent crime in Somerset. A new radar satellite is playing a crucial role in collecting data about flooding in Somerset...and more
Somerset Council has approved a seven-and-a-half percent increase in council tax. People are being asked to return boxes of paracetamol bought from Boots Chemists in Somerset. It’s been revealed that five members of staff at Somerset Council are being allowed to work from home outside the UK...and more
Somerset Council has been told that hundreds of millions of pounds in loans taken out by former district councils, including South Somerset, have to be paid back. A Somerset charity says it needs more volunteers to help with research into new treatments for dementia. A local shop owner has welcomed Somerset Council’s decision to scrap plans to charge for parking after 6 pm...and more.
The population of Somerset has reached record levels with nearly one in ten born outside the UK. Stanchester School in Stoke-sub-Hamdon has been rated as ‘requiring improvement’. Experts have been called in to appraise a 15th-century piece of artwork in Sherborne...and more.
A woman from Crewkerne has been fined £280 for assaulting two emergency workers. Plans have been announced to open new NHS dental surgeries in Chard and Crewkerne. A Yeovil man has been thanked for raising £10,000 for the cardiac charity Heartbeat...and more
A local man has been charged after allegedly driving a tractor while under the influence of alcohol. One hundred bikes, collected with household waste in Somerset, have been donated to charity. The junction of the A37 Ilchester Road and Stiby Road in Yeovil will again shut this evening for resurfacing...and more.
Fourteen hundred people have added their names to a petition against Somerset Council's plans to scrap free car parks. St Margaret’s Hospice has won a share of £25 million of government funding. A man from Charlton Adam is preparing to visit Ukraine as an Aid Worker for a tenth time...and more
A local man has been charged with possessing an air weapon following an incident in Yeovil town centre. The Labour government has removed funding to the Amulet Theatre in Shepton Mallet that the previous Conservative government had allocated. Entries are now open for this year’s Minster Miles 10K fun run with organisers aiming to exceed last year’s number of runners...and more.
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