News in Shepton Mallet

Plans to convert a barn in Cranmore into four homes have been refused by Mendip District Council.

The planning application for prior approval for a proposed change of use of agricultural building to two smaller dwellinghouses and two larger dwellinghouses (Class C3) and for associated operational development at Southill Farm, Southill House to Hemberton Cottage, Cranmore, had been submitted by Nick Hiscox.

Shepton Mallet AFC plan to welcome fans back to watch their matches following a change in government guidelines.

Shepton are hoping to be able to allow fans into the West Shepton ground from this weekend, with their friendly match against Frome Town.

A crash in Nettlebridge today (August 19) is causing traffic delays on the A367 through the hamlet and in the surrounding area.

The crash is reported to have happened at the bottom on Nettlebridge, at the junction where the A367 meets the road up to Harridge Woods nature reserve.

Mendip District Council has announced that Easton and Frome have been chosen to take part in its manual weed management trials.

Volunteers in the Somerset village and town are being asked to step forward and sign-up for the scheme. The council is to hold its first hoe-down on September 26 and 27.

The biggest step forward for recycling in Somerset in nearly a decade starts in Shepton Mallet this October.

Somerset Waste Partnership will be introducing its Recycle More service to more than 51,000 homes across Mendip over two weeks from Monday, October 26.

A call has been made to Shepton Mallet residents to help blanket the town white with snowdrops.

The cataclysmic Storm Dennis didn't stop the Shepton Mallet Snowdrop Festival earlier this year and nor will coronavirus stop the 2021 festival, say the organisers.

The organisers of the campervan show at the Bath and West Showground has announced they will be proceeding with the event next month with Covid secure measures in place.

This year the event will be called the South West Motorhome and Campervan Sale 2020, and it will take place at the showground near Shepton Mallet from September 11 to 13.

Students from Shepton Mallet and East Pennard have reflected on their grades after results day and are now looking to the future.

Amy Smith, of Shepton Mallet, attended Strode College in Street and in her A-levels achieved Chemistry A*, Biology A*, Art and Design (Fine Art) A* and Extended Project Qualification A*.

The Red Arrows are scheduled to be flying over Evercreech tomorrow (Saturday August 15).

The planes will be flying over as part of a national flypast to commemorate the 75th anniversary of Victory in Japan (VJ) Day.

A new political party could soon be formed to represent the people of Somerset in the 2021 local elections.

The Somerset Independents pressure group was created by partners Andrew Pope and Denise Wyatt to "protect Somerset residents, their democratic rights, their area and families, their ways of life and their environment".