News in Glastonbury

The money has come from the Coronavirus Community Support Fund

The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport has now announced that 11 charities in the Wells constituency, including two in Glastonbury, have received a combined total of more than £196,000 to help their crucial work continue, despite the challenges of the coronavirus pandemic.

Wells MP James Heappey has said this money will be a "lifeline" for these charities and those that they help.

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Lowerside Allotments (Photo: Google Maps)

Glastonbury's town clerk has moved to reassured Lowerside allotment holders in the town after concerns were raised that affordable housing could be build on the land.

Allotment holders expressed their worries about losing their space after receiving a letter from Glastonbury Town Council saying the Lowerside Allotments could be a site where the building of affordable housing was being considered with money from the government's Town Fund that Glastonbury is eligible for.

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The West Mendip Hospital in Glastonbury (Photo: Google Street View)

More people could be treated in their own homes or designated "frailty units" this winter to relieve pressure on the NHS during the ongoing pandemic.

The Somerset Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG), which is responsible for allocating the county's health resources, has published its plan for how hospital services will cope with additional demand over the winter months.

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