News in Glastonbury

The Aster Group housing association has revealed plans to build six homes on the site of Norbins Road car park in Glastonbury.

The company has put its plans out for consultation prior to a formal planning application being submitted.

Temporary traffic lights are planned on the A39 on the edge of Glastonbury this week for roadworks.

The lights are scheduled to be in place on Hartlake Straight on the A39 Wells Road from Tuesday (December 8) to Friday (December 11).

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Shoppers, visitors and businesses in Glastonbury will benefit from free parking in the run up to Christmas.

Mendip District Council is to introduce festive free parking so people can "keep it local" while doing their essential retail shopping, and support our businesses at the same time.

A Glastonbury shop has been stopped from running advertisements that encourage people to not wear face masks during the coronavirus pandemic.

Hemp in Avalon broke rules regarding advertising, according to the Advertising Standards Agency (ASA), in which adverts contained "misleading, irresponsible and harmful" information.

A man had to to be rescued by Glastonbury firefighters from up on scaffolding in Cocklake yesterday (December 1) after he became unwell.

Just after 12.45pm, Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service received a call from the ambulance requesting their assistance with the rescue of a male who had become unwell while up scaffolding in Cocklake and was unable to get himself down.

The Somerset Wildlife Trust has set itself a target to raise £13,000 in a week for habitat work and enhancements at Westhay Moor National Nature Reserve.

The trust's project is entitled A Wetland Wonderland for Wildlife and People, and it launched today (December 1) as part of a festive match-funding challenge.

The acting chairman of Glastonbury Chamber of Commerce has called on people to support local shops when the national lockdown ends this week.

Paul Manning, who runs Blue Cedar Print Works, says he hopes Glastonbury residents will do their Christmas shopping locally once the area moves into the Tier 2 restrictions on Wednesday (December 2).

Cancer counselling charity We Hear You (WHY) is hosting a Virtual Christmas Fair this Saturday and Sunday November 28 and 29.

Thirty-seven small local businesses have signed up to take part and will be donating 10 per cent of all purchases made during the fair.

Heartstart Somerset have said there will now be a delay in installing a life-saving defibrillator at Glastonbury Tor after the initial equipment at the site was damaged.

It is thought by the organisation that the equipment was damaged by someone who was anti-5G, thinking that it was going to be a mast. The repairs will cost around £2,500.