News in Glastonbury

A group of 13 students have completed their Duke of Edinburgh Gold practice and qualifying expeditions.

Divided into two teams, the students from Strode College in Street planned their navigation and resources needed for the two expeditions perfectly.

Cycling trips shot up 26% across England in 2020 compared to the previous year, according to new data from the Department for Transport (DfT).

Riders also travelled much further, with average cycling distances 62% longer in 2020 than in 2019.

Bristol Water has revealed plans and a route for a new five-mile main that it would like to lay to protect Glastonbury's water supply.

A planning application to Request a Screening Opinion for the installation of approximately 7.85km of new 400mm diameter water main pipeline between the A371 near Wells and Glastonbury, has been submitted by the company to Mendip District Council.

Glastonbury Nub News aims to be supportive to every element of the town's community from business and shops to people and charities, clubs and sports organisations.

We will be profiling some of these businesses and organisations regularly in a feature called 'Up Close in Glastonbury'.

Glastonbury pizza lovers will soon be able to enjoy a slice of Papa John's after plans for a new outlet in the town were approved.

A planning application for the change of use of the ground floor area from currently vacant bookmakers (Sui Generis) to a hot food takeaway (Sui Generis) and associated works at 17 Market Place, Glastonbury, had been submitted to Mendip District Council by Aman Virk on behalf of Papa John's (GB) Ltd.

The Art Department at Strode College in Street likes to kick-off a new year in festive fashion with the annual Cardboard Catwalk.

With only two days to design and make their creations the new and returning art students delighted an audience of cheering staff and students as they paraded their amazing creations in this unique event of the college year.

Only one of Glastonbury's two petrol stations was selling fuel this afternoon (September 28) and there were long queues for the pumps

The Morrisons petrol station had fuel but there were queues that were sometimes back to the main road.

Scientists from Bangor University have found environmentally-damaging levels of illicit drugs in the river running through the Glastonbury Festival site.

The team discovered that levels of MDMA and cocaine in the water during the festival were so high it could be harming wildlife further downstream, including rare populations of eels.

St John's Church in Glastonbury has a team of volunteers, called Welcomers, who enable the building to be open to the community and visitors to our town, many of whom come from around the world, every day of the week.

The church would like to invite anyone from the community to join the Welcoming Team. There is no need for a church background, they are looking for people who would like to welcome and share the beautiful building with anyone who steps over the threshold.

As we move into October, there is no let up in the number of events taking place in and around Glastonbury.

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