Reports say chancellor to sign contract with Italy’s Leonardo, saving 3,000 manufacturing jobs at Yeovil factoryRachel Reeves is to approve a £1bn deal to build military helicopters in Yeovil, saving about 3,000...
Read MoreSharon Graham tells chancellor she should ‘back British industry’ by increasing military spendingThe head of Britain’s largest trade union has demanded that Rachel Reeves be sacked from her job as chancellor if...
Read MoreAs rivers swell and homes are cut off, scientists say UK winter rainfall is already 20 years ahead of predictionsWhen flooding hit the low-lying Somerset Levels in 2014, it took two months for the waters to rise. This week it...
Read MoreSkilled workers at Leonardo Helicopters fear it will close Yeovil factory if Ministry of Defence delays awarding contractThe UK’s last military helicopter factory must land a long-awaited order from the Ministry of Defence...
Read MoreAbout 150,000 under-16s will benefit across West of England combined authority and North SomersetChildren under the age of 16 will be able to travel for free on buses in the west of England during the school summer holidays in a...
Read MoreOxford analysis shows evidence of bloody massacre, with hand and feet bones chewed by human molarsA collection of human bones discovered 50 years ago in a Somerset pit are evidence of the bloodiest known massacre in British...
Read MoreEx-cabinet minister reiterates backing for Donald Trump and claims ‘Biden doesn’t like Britain’ in leaked recordingJacob Rees-Mogg has said he wants to “build a wall in the English Channel” in a...
Read MoreExclusive: Even seats with majorities of over 15,000 are deemed at risk and needing extra support from party HQThe Conservative party is quietly pouring extra resources into dozens of Tory-held seats deemed at risk at the next...
Read MoreHome Office rejects call for change from coroner in case of woman who died after ambulance delayThe minimum level of English language skills required for foreign care workers will not be raised despite the death of a care home...
Read MoreAs nuclear plant is hit by further delay, real cost will be far higher after inflation is included, as project uses 2015 prices The owner of Hinkley Point C has blamed inflation, Covid and Brexit as it announced the nuclear...
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