News in Glastonbury

Britain's biggest business representation group the FSB (Federation of Small Businesses) has launched it's 2022 FSB Celebrating Small Business Awards which will culminate in both regional and national finals.

Small businesses throughout the South West will battle it out for prizes across 12 different categories and both FSB members and non-members alike can enter the awards for free.

Veteran war reporter Kate Adie, in conversation with festival patron William Waldegrave, set the tone for this year's Wells Festival of Literature during a unique pre-festival event held at Cedars Hall recently.

Kate reported from battlefields and disaster zones all over the globe and her descriptions of what she saw were mesmerising.

A petition has been launched for the Queen to issue a Royal Pardon to the last Abbot of Glastonbury, Richard Whiting, who was hanged on the Tor in 1539.

Whiting presided over Glastonbury Abbey at the time of the Dissolution of the Monasteries, which took place from 1536 to 1541 under King Henry VIII.

Plans to allow a traveller pitch to be located on land on the edge of Glastonbury have been turned down by Mendip District Council.

A planning application for the proposed change of use of land to a traveller pitch, dayroom and stables, with associated works and hard standing on land at Dyehouse Lane, Glastonbury, had been submitted by Ms J Ellis.

The advent of Covid-19 has had a major impact on the mental health of people of all ages, but none more so than young people.

A recent survey by Young Minds found 67 per cent believed that the pandemic will have a long-term negative effect on their mental health.

Firefighters from Glastonbury were among three crews called to tackle a grain silo fire on a farm in Chewton Mendip yesterday afternoon (August 30).

Just before 3.15pm, crews from Wells, Shepton Mallet and Glastonbury attended the incident involving a fire in a grain silo on the farm in Chewton Mendip.

It is a bank holiday and a number of events are taking place all week in Glastonbury and the surrounding area.

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

In an effort to help our readers who are looking for a new work position or a career change, we have compiled a list of roles currently available in the Glastonbury area to give you a helping hand in your job hunt.

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Somerset's recycling centres, including the one in Street that serves Glastonbury, will be under new management from the autumn as a new contract takes effect.

The Somerset Waste Partnership (SWP) currently has a deal with Viridor to manage its 16 household waste recycling centres across the county.

After being closed for over a year, a local theatre has reopened its doors and has cinema and theatre productions back in full swing.

Like cinemas and live venues across the country, Strode Theatre in Street suffered from the national restrictions caused by the pandemic, shutting its doors in March last year.