The Latest Breaking News from Yeovil

Rachel Reeves ‘to give go-ahead’ for £1bn military helicopter deal

Reports say chancellor to sign contract with Italy’s Leonardo, saving 3,000 manufacturing jobs at Yeovil factory

The Guardian - UK · Feb 27

Rachel Reeves set to approve Leonardo helicopter deal for Somerset plant

The Italian company’s Yeovil site had been left in limbo as it awaited the Government’s decision on whether to award the contract.

Evening Standard · Feb 27

3,000 jobs at risk unless MoD signs helicopter order, sources say

Skilled workers at Leonardo Helicopters fear it will close Yeovil site if Ministry of Defence delays awarding contract

The Guardian - UK · Jan 11

Live and let fly: James Bond helicopter firm awaits UK decision on £1bn deal

Jobs in Yeovil, the UK’s last helicopter factory, could be at risk if Labour decides not to award contract to Leonardo

The Guardian - UK · Sep 20, 2024

Yeovil Town Football Club taken over by local firm The Hellier Group

The deal comes weeks after a separate bid for the recently relegated Somerset club appeared to have collapsed

Birmingham Post · May 15, 2023

Pub tells punters to leave phones at home ahead of 'noisy' alert test or pay a donation

The Camelot pub near Yeovil has asked that customers leave their phones at home on April 23, when every UK mobile number will receive an emergency text alert from the British government

Daily Mirror · Apr 18, 2023

Screaming mum fights off man who tried to drag her son, 8, into his car on way to school

Avon and Somerset Police are investigating after the man pulled up in a 'dirty white estate car' before jumping out and grabbing the child on a street in Yeovil on Monday

Daily Mirror · Mar 9, 2023

Italian restaurant group takes full ownership of Dorset eatery

Family-run Tamburino has two other restaurants in Yeovil and Street in Somerset

Birmingham Post · Feb 23, 2023

Yeovil cleaning product firm acquired by global business

Somerset-based Craftex manufactures cleaning chemicals and machinery for a range of industries in the UK and Europe

Birmingham Post · Jan 23, 2023

Aerospace innovation centre in Yeovil welcomes first tenants

iAero was built to support the competitiveness and growth of the region's aerospace sector and associated supply chains

Birmingham Post · Nov 2, 2022