News in Shepton Mallet

Sweeping changes to kerbside recycling in Shepton Mallet will start being rolled out from October.

The Somerset Waste Partnership (SWP) has been gearing up for its new Recycle More scheme, which will see more items be accepted for recycling via weekly collections.

Dorothy House Hospice are calling on the superhero inside each one of us.

Over the last three months, our nation has spent a lot of time thinking about heroes. But what makes a hero? And how do you know one, when you see one?

An award-winning orthopaedic surgeon from Shepton Mallet NHS Treatment Centre is one of just 30 orthopaedic surgery experts worldwide who have contributed to a new orthopaedic textbook for medical students, trainees and junior surgeons called Orthopaedics of the Upper and Lower Limb.

Consultant orthopaedic surgeon Zahid Saeed has written a chapter in the book entitled Total Knee Replacement.

The East Somerset Railway reopened for train rides for the first time since the Covid-19 crisis on July 18.

Visitors were able to see Small Prairie 4555 make its first appearance at the railway at the weekend and the new attraction will also be steaming this weekend, July 25 and 26.

Update from Mendip District Council's first 'virtual' Full Council in July.

Throughout the coronavirus pandemic, Mendip District Council has been working hard to support the city, towns, parishes and its diverse local communities.

Firefighters had to put out a tractor on fire in Batcombe yesterday (July 22).

Just before 6.15pm, calls reporting a tractor on fire on Crow's Hill in Batcombe came into Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Control and as a result two fire appliances from Castle Cary and Shepton Mallet, together with a water carrier from Yeovil, were mobilised to deal with it.

A barn in Alhampton could soon be turned into a house after a planning application was approved by Mendip District Council.

The application for prior approval for change of use of agricultural building to a dwellinghouse (use Class C3) at Barn 3, Snagg Lane, Alhampton, was made by Mr M and B Osborne.

An "out of control" Shepton Mallet pub has had its licence revoked following reports of prostitution, drug abuse and antisocial behaviour on its premises.

Avon and Somerset Constabulary applied to revoke the licence for the Bell Hotel on the High Street in Shepton Mallet, after gathering evidence about the premises for 18 months.

Shepton Mallet Nub News aims to be supportive to every element of the 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.

A community protest against racism is set to be held in Shepton Mallet this weekend, following on from the Black Lives Matters gathering last month.

The Peaceful Protest Against Racism event will be held in Collett Park from 2pm to 4pm on Sunday (July 26).