News in Shepton Mallet

A planning application has been submitted to Mendip District Council for the building of a four-storey mill-style house in Shepton Mallet.

An application for outline planning permission with all matters reserved for the building of an eco-friendly detached stone-built mill-dwellinghouse at River Valley House, Pike Hill, Shepton Mallet, has been submitted by Kevin Young.

Shepton Mallet Nub News puts local community at the heart of everything we do.

Personally it has been a privilege to cover Shepton Mallet for the past year-and-a-half - the atmosphere around the town is amazing and the people have been incredibly helpful.

A props and model-making company has praised an event held near Shepton Mallet for the precautions it put in place to allow fun to happen while still being Covid safe.

Podpadstudios attended the Midsummer Night Market at the Bath and West Showground last month, and the husband and wife team behind the business were delighted with how the event was safely run.

Firefighters from Shepton Mallet put out a motorhome that had caught fire in Pylle this morning (September 21).

At 9.15am today, three fire appliances from Shepton Mallet, Castle Cary and Glastonbury were initially mobilised following a call from the occupant of a motorhome on the A37 Fosse Way in Pylle which had caught fire.

Temporary traffic lights are planned at the Commercial Road roundabout in Shepton Mallet next week.

Four-way lights are scheduled at the roundabout, where Commercial Road meets Rectory Road and Old Market Road, overnight from 9pm on Monday (September 21) to 6am on Tuesday (September 22).

Shepton Mallet Nub News aims to be supportive to every element of the town's community from business and shops to people and charities and clubs and sports organisations.

Everyone is finding it tough at the moment and is desperate to get back to normal.

Four new homes in Chilcompton, which have been described as being for "discretionary downsizers", have been given planning permission.

A planning application for a new development of four single-storey dwellings with associated access and parking on land to the west of 30 Stockhill Road, Chilcompton, by Winsley White Building Contractors has been approved by Mendip District Council.

Shepton Mallet student Lily Della Valle has won the Marie Curie Young Supporter of the Year as recognition for her outstanding fundraising and support in her local community.

A student at Millfield School in Street, Lily has volunteered for three years as a collection box co-ordinator in Somerset.

From Thursday to Sunday September 24 to 27, a Paul Smith Shoes Warehouse Sale will be held at Kilver Court Designer Village in Shepton Mallet.

Those of you who have been to Kilver Court's warehouse sales before, will see that they have extended the number of days.

The pizza chain Domino's is serving up 5,000 new jobs and more than 1,000 Kickstart placements in an employment drive across the country, including at its Shepton Mallet branch.

The 5,000 new roles include pizza chefs, customer service colleagues and delivery drivers. These positions are on top of the 6,000 jobs Domino's created since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic this year.