Vince Cable on Brexit: Ex-Minister tells Somerset crowd petrol…
The British economy is likely to enter recession next year as a result of the Brexit vote and supplies of petrol will soon be affected, according to a former Government minister.Ex-Business Secretary Vince Cable told a crowd in Somerset on Friday (October 14) that a week of turmoil at the supermarket Tesco – which saw supplies of popular product Marmite run out due to a pricing dispute with its manufacturer – was just the start of problems the economy will face because of…

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Author: LiamTrim

A37 Yeovil crash: woman suffers chest injury after car hits tree
A woman has sustained a chest injury after her car hit a tree in southern Yeovil.
Police and ambulance personnel were alerted at around 3.15pm today (October 5) after a car crashed into a tree on the A37 Dorchester Road.
The crash occurred near the junction with Two Tower Lane, which runs passed the Yeovil Showground towards Yeovil Junction railway station.
The female driver of the car, a Ford Fiesta, was reported by police to have suffered a chest injury, but paramedics are not currently at…

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Author: Daniel Mumby

A30 road closure: Commuter route to shut for two days as trees a…
A major A-road will be closed because a trees are in danger of falling into the path of motorists.The four-and-a-half-mile section of the A30 will close on October 18 and 19 so the trees bordering the road can be safely removed.The road between Honiton and the Stockland Straight junction will close from 9am to 6pm and Highways England has advised motorists to allow extra time for their journey.Highways England Area Team Leader Rachel Nichols said: “The trees have been identified as a…

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A303 in Somerset to be inundated with roadworks from September 19
Somerset residents who use the A303 will have to negotiate several different sets of roadworks from tomorrow (September 19).

In addition to the beginning of highway improvement at the junction of Lyde Road and Sherborne Road in Yeovil, drivers will have to contend with a number of disruptions on the region’s main dual carriageway next week.

Please note that the following list is correct as of Friday (September 16) and is subject to change.

A spokesperson for Highways England said:…

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Author: Daniel Mumby