News in Glastonbury

Prime Minister Boris Johnson is expected to announce details of what and how new guidelines about coronavirus will be implemented when the current period of lockdown ends on Wednesday, December 2.

Before the second national lockdown was imposed Mendip was graded in Tier One, but on the resumption it is expected the government will make changes in the levels of restrictions imposed in each tier.

Firefighters from Glastonbury helped to free a man from a vehicle following a crash in Chewton Mendip yesterday afternoon (November 21).

Just before 2.30pm, Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service received a call reporting a single vehicle road traffic collision at Torhole Bottom, Chewton Mendip.

Tonight (November 21) would have been Glastonbury Carnival night, and if you are missing the spectacle then a virtual event will be shown on YouTube.

This will be Glastonbury's first Virtual Carnival. The idea was conceived one night by the Glastonbury Chilkwell Carnival committee, thinking about how the public could get involved because they were unable to put on the event due to Covid restrictions.

The Glastonbury building contractor Melhuish and Saunders is helping rescue animals by supporting a Somerset sanctuary.

A second lockdown and now winter has made it a very tough time for the Ferne Animal Sanctuary charity near Chard, which is 90 per cent down on its normal income with Covid closures.

Groundworks at Herbies Field in Glastonbury, close to Northload Bridge on the B3151, have got underway.

Glastonbury Town Council purchased this field to provide additional parking to support the various events that take place annually in and around the town.

The Conservatives have been accused of "running scared" from Somerset's voters after the party voted to ask the government to delay next year's local elections.

The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) is currently assessing whether Somerset's five existing local councils should be reorganised into either one or two new authorities.

Avon and Somerset Police are asking any witnesses to a burglary in Glastonbury to come forward.

At some point between noon on Wednesday November 11 and the early hours of the following morning, an unknown offender broke into a caravan in Beckery Old Road.

Health bosses have called for rapid improvements in Somerset's out-of-hours services to ensure patients are treated quickly and safely.

Devon Doctors Ltd provides Somerset's urgent integrated care service, comprising the out-of-hours GP and NHS 111 systems, which can diagnose and direct patients to the appropriate NHS services.

Plans have been submitted to Mendip District Council for a new farm shop and cafe to be built in a hamlet on the edge of Glastonbury.

A planning application for the building of a farm shop and cafe with associated kitchen, store and toilets at Middlewick Farm, Wick Lane, Wick, has been submitted by Mr and Mrs Barker.

Landlords in Glastonbury with an Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) rating of less than E will receive a letter from Mendip District Council over the next few weeks urging them to ensure their property has a rating of E or above.

They will be asked to confirm if works specified in their EPC have been addressed to improve the energy rating otherwise they may be committing an offence of letting a property that does not meet the minimum energy efficiency standards.