News in Glastonbury

A new school in Meare that specialises in educating children with learning difficulties has received a donation of free ultrafast broadband connectivity for life, courtesy of full fibre infrastructure provider and ISP Truespeed.

A community-focused business, Truespeed provides schools passed by its network with a free Gigabit-capable service, ensuring school-age children have fast, reliable internet access to support their education.

No matter how eco-conscious we try to be, single-use plastics are impossible to avoid.

You can swap out freezer bags with re-usable containers, give up cling film and switch to beeswax food wraps, swap plastic straws for metal ones but some single-use plastics are really difficult to work around due to costly and/or inaccessible alternatives.

The Red Brick Building in Glastonbury is no longer accepting EcoBricks.

Watch this space for further news on Ecobricking, or contact the GEA.

Glastonbury firefighters were among three crews who tackled a fire at a bungalow in Street this afternoon (September 23).

Just after 2.30pm, Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue control received a call to a property in Street reporting a fire in the kitchen.

Glastonbury Nub News puts local community at the heart of everything we do.

Personally it has been a privilege to cover Glastonbury for the past year-and-a-half - the atmosphere around the town is amazing and the people have been incredibly helpful.

The National Trust has published a report showing connections between 93 of its historic places and colonialism and historic slavery, including Glastonbury Tor.

The survey, commissioned by the trust last September, is part of a broader commitment to ensuring links to colonialism and historic slavery are properly represented, shared and interpreted as part of a broader narrative at relevant National Trust places.

Glastonbury building contractors Melhuish and Saunders have completed the extension to the Avalon Plastics factory in the town.

The project was to extend the side of the existing facility to allow for greater capacity, thereby enhancing business operations.

Cinnamon Lane in Glastonbury is scheduled to be closed for roadworks for two days next week.

The road is set to be shut on Thursday (September 24) and Friday (September 25) from the junction with the A361 to the junction with Kennard Moor Drove.

The Glastonbury Tor Fair could return to Northload Bridge next year.

The Tor Fair – also known as the Glastonbury Royal Charter Fair – is the second longest-running fair in Britain and has been in existence for more than 800 years.

A care assessor who works for a Glastonbury company is running a marathon next month to raise money for the National Autistic Society.

Jayne Moxham had planned to run the London Marathon in aid of the charity, but as it was cancelled she will now be running the 26.2 miles closer to home.