News in Shepton Mallet

A planning application to build a house on the edge of Holcombe has been turned down by Mendip District Council.

The application for the proposed building of a single-storey two-bedroom dwellinghouse and associated works on land south of Budds Croft, Brewery Lane, Holcombe, has been submitted by Mr A Durici.

I've had the pleasure of covering local government in Somerset for the last two-and-a-half years since the Local Democracy Reporting Service was created.

'Unprecedented' is a lazy buzzword that often gets thrown around for political capital whenever new funding is announced or a scandal breaks – but it's hard to find a better word to describe the circumstances in which we find ourselves.

The meeting of Evercreech Parish Council tonight (October 6) is going to be held virtually via Zoom as so many members of the public want to attend.

Evercreech Village Hall has a maximum number of attendees due to coronavirus restrictions and guidelines, so tonight's full council meeting will be held as a video call.

Practice Plus Group Hospital Shepton Mallet, which was formerly known as the Shepton Mallet NHS Treatment Centre, continues to be a hit with patients, as they have given it a score of 99.7 per cent across all departments in the national Friends and Family Test.

The 325 patients who completed the survey at the hospital throughout September gave a perfect score of 100 per cent to the day ward, endoscopy and outpatients.

Businesswomen in Shepton Mallet are being invited to join a free networking group.

Business Women in Somerset is a community of businesswomen who pride themselves on the support, wealth of business knowledge and making genuine connections.

Wessex Water is providing more financial help from today (October 5) for Shepton Mallet community groups in response to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.

The Wessex Water Recovery Fund aims to strengthen communities following the Covid-19 outbreak, with an emphasis on local rather than national projects.

Shepton Mallet Library will be kicking off National Libraries Week with an innovative new scheme.

From tomorrow (October 5) iPads will be available to job seekers looking for an extra bit of help in their quest for employment.

Despite coronavirus restrictions, there will be a Remembrance Sunday ceremony at the Cenotaph in Shepton Mallet this year, though there will not be a parade or church service.

The Shepton Mallet branch of the Royal British Legion held their annual meeting this week, and the plans for Remembrance Sunday were put in place.

Local groups could sell electricity to their neighbours if new rules on the energy market are approved.

Residents' co-operatives or village hall committees could get a better price for surplus energy from their solar panels by selling it locally, rather than via the National Grid.

Temporary traffic lights are scheduled to be used for roadworks on the A371 through Croscombe next week.

The lights are due to be in place on Wednesday (October 7) and Thursday (October 8) on Long Street, in the area around Long Street House.