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.
Police are investigating the cause of a suspicious fire at the former Oscar Mayer site in Chard. Yeovil Town owner, Martin Hellier, has stepped down as club chairman. According to the website, Property Solvers, Martock has the slowest housing market in Somerset. A new Head Teacher has been appointed to run Sexeys School in Bruton...and more
Yeovil Town owner Martin Hellier has announced his intention to put the club up for sale. Somerset Chamber of Commerce says small businesses are bracing themselves for a challenging year. The Children's Hospice South West founder, Eddie Farwell, has died. Tintinhull Gardens near Yeovil have reopened for the new season...and more
First Bus has invested £12 million in buying 26 electric buses to run on routes in Somerset. Approval has been given to build 18 new homes in South Petherton. Somerset’s recycling sites, including Yeovil, will revert to their spring opening times next week. This year’s Somerset Drama Festival has been won by Ilminster Entertainments Society...and more.
Yeovil MP Adam Dance has criticised the Chancellor for not reforming business rates in her Spring Statement. Fifteen schools in Somerset are to be equipped with new facilities for children with special educational needs. A charity in Yeovil is appealing for donations of new underwear to give to people who are homeless...and more
The remains of a Roman settlement have been discovered near Langport. Chard Town Council has issued a formal apology over some of its recent conduct. Visitors to Ham Hill Country Park are being asked to tread carefully and keep pets on leads to protect breeding skylarks nesting at ground-level...and more
A teenage boy has been arrested following an incident in Castle Cary. Somerset Council has announced “wide-ranging improvements” to bus services. Work has started upgrading a doctor’s surgery in Chard. The finalists have been announced for this year’s Somerset Business Awards...and more
Numatic International Ltd in Chard has been given planning permission to build a giant solar farm off the A30 Crewkerne Road. The RSPCA says incidents of dropped litter impacting the lives of animals in Somerset is a growing problem. Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance is marking 25 years of saving lives across the two counties...and more
Leonardo in Yeovil is developing a new type of self-flying helicopter. A report into the creation of Somerset Council has found the case for it to be 'weak' and marked by 'poor decision making'. The village of Montecute has been told that it may have one of the country's oldest working clocks...and more.
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