News in Glastonbury

Somerset's GP surgeries take too long to answer the phone and need to provide more appointments for patients.

That is the verdict of a new report by Healthwatch Somerset into the quality of GP surgeries across the county.

Lockdown is so tough for local businesses in Glastonbury and across the country.

Luckily here at Nub News we are here to help.

Thank you to the huge number of people who read our stories and have listed their services on our online newspaper over the past year.

In 2020, Glastonbury Nub News averaged 23,000 page visits a month.

The Glastonbury Festival 2021 has been cancelled, despite the organisers Michael and Emily Eavis moving "Heaven and Earth" to make it happen.

In a statement released today (January 21), the festival organisers confirmed that ticket deposits can be rolled over to the 2022 festival.

The finalists have been announced in this year's Somerset Business Awards, with organisations based in West Pennard and Baltonsborough vying for the honours.

Judges faced a tough time whittling down a record-breaking number of entries in this year's awards, which are run annually by the Somerset Chamber of Commerce.

A planning application has been submitted to build a drive-thru coffee shop in the car park at B&Q in Glastonbury.

The application for the building of a coffee shop with drive-thru facility in the car park of the B&Q store, Wirral Park Road, Glastonbury, was submitted for South Somerset District Council, who bought the site for £4.4 million in September 2019.

Somerset County Council has apologised to a family after three young children were left without any protection from their violent older brother.

The children's mother, known only as Mrs X, asked the council to provide a residential school placement for her eldest child, Mr Z, to prevent him from lashing out at her other children.

More free short-stay parking could be introduced in Mendip to entice people back into town centres after the coronavirus pandemic.

Mendip District Council is carrying out a review of its car parking provision, seeking to improve the experience for both residents and visitors to the area.

Is Glastonbury a nice place to live?

This is the question that was asked to Glastonbury residents online recently, and you certainly had your say, with dozens of comments from local people giving their thoughts on the town.

Avon and Somerset Police are asking the public to help them identify a man as part of their investigation into a gathering at Glastonbury Tor on Sunday January 10.

Police were called at 12.40pm to reports of a breach of the Covid-19 regulations with approximately 30 people gathering at the tor.