News in Glastonbury

Mendip District Council has extended the deadline for applications for both its Communities Fund and its Climate and Ecological Emergency Fund, to September 30th, 2021.

The one-month extension follows feedback from community groups who requested the change.

Firefighters from Glastonbury were in action yesterday (July 15) after a plane had to make an emergency landing in East Pennard.

Just after noon, the ambulance service requested the attendance from Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue after the pilot of a light aircraft contacted Bristol International airport to say their plane was going down near a farm at East Pennard.

Up to 3,000 campers will be able to consume alcohol on the Glastonbury Festival site this summer if a new licence is granted.

Glastonbury Festival Events Ltd (GFEL) has applied for a licence to sell alcohol from the Goose Hall within the Worthy Farm site in Pilton, as part of the Worthy Pastures event.

In an effort to help our readers who have lost their jobs due to the coronavirus crisis, we have compiled a list of jobs currently available in Glastonbury to give you a helping hand in your job hunt.

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More than 600 low-cost homes will be provided in rural parts of Somerset by 2024, a housing association has promised, including 28 in Glastonbury and Butleigh.

Exeter-based firm LiveWest has delivered nearly 100 homes across rural Somerset over the last two years, investing more than £33 million in rural areas across the South West.

A woman was taken to hospital following a two-vehicle crash in Glastonbury yesterday evening (July 13).

Just after 5pm, crews from Glastonbury and Street fire stations responded to a two-vehicle collision in Glastonbury where both vehicles had people trapped inside.

The European Football Championships might be over, but there are plenty of events taking place in Glastonbury to keep you entertained.

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

Poor broadband speeds will be a thing of the past for several villages in the Glastonbury area, with the rollout of gigabit-capable broadband picking up pace.

Voneus, one of the UK's largest rural broadband specialists, is behind the installation and is holding a series of events this week for residents.

The high altar area of Glastonbury Abbey is fenced off after vandals dug a hole within the ruins.

At some point before 10.45am on Thursday (July 8) the vandals caused the damage, and an investigation is now underway.

Avon and Somerset Police are seeking witnesses after a number of cars were damaged in Glastonbury last week.

Several vehicles were damaged by a male in Bove Town at about 2.45pm on Monday June 28. It's believed an axe, or a similar weapon, was used to cause the damage.