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 Liberal Democrat Leader of Somerset Council, Councillor Bill Revans, says they had no choice but to ask the government to allow them to lift the 5 percent cap on raising Council Tax. Two teenagers have been released on bail following the stabbing in Yeovil. More than six thousand pounds has been awarded to local groups by Chard Carnival Committee...and more.
Somerset has been permitted to increase its Council Tax share by 7.5 percent. An Ilminster man, forced out of his house by last week's floods, says he doesn't know when he will be able to return home. Ilminster Literary Festival has launched its annual children’s writing competition, designed to encourage local children to write creative literature...and more.
Five men have appeared in court charged with the murder of a man in Yeovil. A 16-year-old is the second person to be arrested in connection with a stabbing in Yeovil. Yeovil’s new outdoor entertainment space in Lower Middle Street has been officially opened by the town’s MP... and more.
A teenager has been arrested following a stabbing in Yeovil. Water bills in Somerset are set to go up on average by £123 from April. Yeovil MP, Adam Dance will officially open Yeovil’s new outdoor performance space later today...and more
Lloyds bank is closing its branch in Chard. A Sherborne man has been jailed after defrauding a Yeovil woman of £40,000. A volunteer group in Chard is urging people to sign up to a flood victims register. A councillor in Shepton Mallet has become the first Reform UK member on Somerset Council... and more
New mums in Somerset could soon be offered a cervical screening test six weeks after giving birth. Police are asking for help in finding a Yeovil man wanted on recall to prison. The government has given half a million pounds towards planting more trees in Somerset, including 100 new trees in Yeovil...and more
Work continues to clean up from the floods in Chard, Ilminster, Somerton, South Petherton, and parts of Yeovil. A man who threatened to kill a support worker at the mental health unit in Yeovil has been sentenced to a community order. A competition that gives new musicians the chance to play at this year's Glastonbury festival has opened for entries...and more
A major incident has been declared by Somerset Council to ensure a multi-agency response to the flash flooding that's affected Chard, Crewkerne, Ilminster, South Petherton and parts of Yeovil. Police believe a 4x4 pick-up truck, found submerged in the River Yeo at Yeovilton at the weekend, may have been stolen. An appeal to raise £2 million to restore the Grand Organ at Wells Cathedral has raised over £1 million in less than 18 months...and more
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