News in Glastonbury

New signs to welcome visitors to the Somerset Rural Life Museum in Glastonbury have been given the green light, and more enhancements are planned at the tourist attraction.

A planning application for a new pole-mounted entrance sign and the relocation of an existing ground-mounted sign at the museum at Abbey Farm, Chilkwell Street, Glastonbury, had been submitted to Mendip District Council by the South West Heritage Trust.

The A39 is closed this afternoon (June 8) between Glastonbury and Wells following a second serious crash on the same stretch in a matter of weeks.

The crash is reported to have happened just after 2.30pm, and a police officer at the road closure told Glastonbury Nub News the incident was on the bumpy stretch of straight road between Polsham and Glastonbury.

Planned changes to General Election boundaries could see Glastonbury moved into a new constituency with Street and Somerton, away from the Wells area.

The Boundary Commission for England says the aim is to make Parliament fairer by giving each MP a roughly similar number of voters.

The £23.6 million of government money that has been awarded to Glastonbury has been hailed as a "once in a lifetime" opportunity to regenerate the town.

The Glastonbury Town's Fund Board this morning (May 8) confirmed that it is to receive £23.6 million from the Government's Towns Fund scheme.

The improved weather has seen many people getting out and about at events in the Glastonbury area.

A number of these events in Glastonbury are being added to our recently revamped What's On section.

Police are renewing an appeal to find Alan Stoles who has now been missing for more than four months.

Officers now believe that Alan left his home in Bedminster Down, Bristol, on Thursday 21 January and caught a bus to Wells. From there he walked to Glastonbury, where he was last sighted in Fisher's Hill the same afternoon.

Somerset electors have until 5pm on Friday 4 June to make it clear which option for change in local government in the county they support by voting in the local poll.

The poll asks electors to choose between the two options for change currently being considered by government to replace Somerset's five existing county and district councils: One Somerset, the plan for a single council proposed by Somerset County Council or Stronger Somerset, the plan for two councils - an Eastern Somerset and a Western Somerset council - proposed by Somerset's District Councils.

A local care provider is the latest organisation to introduce a recruitment app – and give an extra bonus to their existing employees at the same time.

Candlelight Care in (area) has installed the 'Care Friends' app, which was developed in conjunction with Skills for Care. The app displays job vacancies listed by Candlelight Care on employees' mobile phones, which they can then share easily with their friends or on social media. Care organisations already using 'Care Friends' have reported much higher interview attendance and staff retention rates, and the referring staff member also earns reward points at each stage of the recruitment process.

The Bath & West Country Festival, which is replacing the Royal Bath & West Show for 2021, promises fun activities and performances for every member of the family.

Families and children have always enjoyed the Show, and the one-off Festival taking place this year is no different. It retains the Main Ring, Main Lawn, Woodland and Countryside Arena which visitors know and love, whilst also introducing some new features to enjoy.

A free information event, brought to you by Avalon Community Energy (ACE) & Bath and West Community Energy (BWCE), will explore the challenge of energy demand and how we can achieve a lower-carbon electricity grid.

More solar and wind power? More homes heated and vehicles powered by electricity rather than fossil fuels? This is all well and good but it leads to a big challenge. The national grid needs to match demand with supply at all times, but we can't control the wind or the sunshine. So what low carbon solutions can we employ for this balancing act?