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Glastonbury 2024 tickets go on sale on November 16 and November 19

Glastonbury Festival 2024 ticket sales pushed back amid registration issues

THE ticket sale for the 2024 Glastonbury Festival has been dramatically moved back by two weeks…

How the development in Charlton Horethorne could look. Picture: Orme/Somerset Council

Vale villagers’ fury over plans for 31 new homes on field site

PLANS for 31 homes and two commercial buildings in a Vale village have received fierce criticism from residents. The scheme…

The 1st Woodcutts Scouts' Sixpenny Handley Firework Spectacular on November 4

Fireworks Spectacular is going ahead!

AS bad weather forces some fireworks displays to cancel, an intrepid Vale group is determined to go ahead. The 1st…

Scott Evans was formerly a teacher at King Arthur's School in Wincanton. Picture: Google

Former Wincanton teacher Scott Evans banned from classroom for life

SCOTT Evans, a former teacher at King Arthur’s School in Wincanton, has been banned from the profession for life…

Kerri Mansfield JP with some of the new robots at Blandford Camp. Picture: Royal Signals Museum

Robots invade Blandford Camp – but for educational reasons!

ROBOTS have invaded Blandford – but only for sound educational reasons. The Royal Signals Museum, at Blandford Camp, has purchased…

The A358 at Donyatt is closed due to flooding. Picture: Travel Somerset

Storm Ciarán: Roads and schools closed as Somerset, Wiltshire and Dorset battered

A DRIVER was rescued from a vehicle stuck in flood water in the Marston Magna area as Storm Ciarán…

The 2024 NASS festival, in Shepton Mallet, has been cancelled

NASS festival 2024 cancelled amid “significant increase” in costs

THE 2024 NASS festival has been cancelled. The event, at the Royal Bath & West Showground, in Shepton Mallet, was…

The Top Brass & Wind Concert Band is set to perform in Gillingham

Free Musical Memories Concert set to take place in Gillingham

ST Mary’s Church in Gillingham will be alive with the sound of music at a concert this month. The Musical…

Members of the Wickfest organising committee recently presented a cheque for £4,500 to Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance

Somerset village music festival raises £9,000 for life-saving charities

A VILLAGE music festival raised £9,000 for charity. The 2023 edition of Wickfest, which takes place in Milborne Wick, has…

Interim Spaces trustees Marcus Warry and Joshua Neicho outside 10 Market Place with charity director, Dan Simon

Historic Shepton Mallet building set for new life after £264k funding secured

A HISTORIC building is set to be brought back to life after a £264,000 charity fundraising effort. Interim Spaces, a…