News in Glastonbury

Mendip District Council is to receive more than £102,000 from the government to help it support the recovery of high streets including the one in Glastonbury.

A new £50 million fund for councils to support their local high streets get safely back to business was announced today (May 24) by High Streets Minister Simon Clarke.

Only one of Glastonbury's pharmacies will be open over the late May Bank Holiday weekend.

According to the official list provided by NHS England, the Boots Pharmacy in the High Street and Knight's Pharmacy in Feversham Lane will both be closed tomorrow (Sunday May 24) and on Bank Holiday Monday (May 25).

After initially being delayed to September, the 2020 Godney Gathering has now been postponed to 2021 - but performers booked for the event have committed to the dates for next year.

The two-day festival was initially due to take place in July, but in March it was postponed to September in the hope the impact of the coronavirus crisis would have eased.

The English Department at Strode College has launched a lockdown creative writing competition for students and non-students alike.

As we cope with the strains of lockdown, many of us are inspired to write. Strode College in Street is offering the opportunity to harness that creative energy with a free writing competition – with entries accepted in any genre.

A new school for children with learning differences is set to open in Meare.

Abbot's Way School has capacity for up to 40 students, between the ages of eight and 14 years old, and it will focus on supporting pupils with dyslexia, dyscalculia and dyspraxia when its doors officially open in September subject to approval from the Department of Education.

A 48-year-old man has been named as the victim of a car fire on the outskirts of Glastonbury last week.

Senior Somerset coroner Tony Williams has confirmed that he has opened an inquest into the death of Jason Rowland Carombayenin following the fire on May 14.

Cancer counselling charity We Hear You (WHY) is delighted to announce the results of its spring short story competition.

The competition judges, children's author Michelle Robinson and Tina Gaisford-Waller of Frome's Hunting Raven Books, chose the winning stories from the 75 entries received.

Skaters are being urged to stay away from Glastonbury Skate Park, which remains closed despite the easing of lockdown restrictions.

Glastonbury Town Council have asked Glastonbury Nub News to share their request that users respect the guidance of social distancing and stay away from the facility.

St Mary's Church Hall in Glastonbury will soon be more accessible for people with disabilities after approval was given for the installation of a lift and the building of an external walkway.

The planning application for an external covered walkway including platform lift at St Mary's Church Hall, St Mary's Walk, Magdalene Street, Glastonbury, was submitted by the Clifton Diocese and has been approved by Mendip District Council.

A police stop-check of a car in Romania has resulted in a 23-year-old man being convicted of a series of burglaries committed in Somerset, including in Glastonbury.

Claudiu Popa, of no fixed address, was jailed for three years and 10 months at Taunton Crown Court on Friday (May 15), after admitting conspiracy to commit burglaries.