News in Shepton Mallet

Mendip District Council is to lift restrictions on its play areas in the Shepton Mallet area from Saturday July 4.

All 45 council-owned play spaces, kick-about areas and skate parks across the district will be accessible again this weekend.

Somerset Skills Bank, run by Somerset Community Foundation (SCF) in partnership with Spark Somerset, is an initiative that aims to encourage volunteers to donate their time and expert skills to support local charities.

If you're looking to develop new skills and experience, or have recently been furloughed and would like to use your free time to volunteer in the Shepton Mallet area, this could be just what you're looking for.

Shepton Mallet Prison has a chapter dedicated to it in a new book on executions in Somerset over the years.

Author Ann Marie Gould has just released Somerset Executions, and Shepton Mallet Prison is featured in the chapter about American military executions in the Second World War.

Residents in Shepton Mallet can now take an advantage of a service offered by the Co-op – and get their prescriptions delivered direct to their door at no extra cost.

Though the service is a permanent one going forward, it is particularly important during this crisis time of social distancing guidelines.

Temporary traffic lights are scheduled to be in place on the A361 Charlton Road in Shepton Mallet this week.

The multi-way lights are set to be used at the junction of Charlton Road and the Crown Trading Estate from Wednesday (July 1) to Friday (July 3).

Properties had to be evacuated in Pilton overnight after a stable block was destroyed by fire.

Two fire crews from Shepton Mallet, together with a water carrier from Bridgwater, were initially mobilised following calls reporting a barn on fire in Higher Westholme Road just after 2am today (June 28).

A Shepton Mallet mum has been juggling home learning with ensuring her customers get their essential groceries as safely as possible.

During the coronavirus lockdown, she re-purposed the coffee and zero waste shop business that she runs with her partner, Gunter Hollenstein, on Shepton Mallet High Street, into a Covid Secure Essential Grocery shop.

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Mendip District Council is raising a flag from its head office in Shepton Mallet on Armed Forces Day today (June 27).

The gesture is an opportunity to celebrate the men and women of the Armed Forces, past and present, who work across the world, defending our country and its interests. It's also to show support for service families, reservists, our veterans and cadets.

A family of Glastonbury Festival-lovers in Shepton Mallet have decided not to let the cancellation of this year's event get them down - so they have created their own event in their back garden.

Katie and Russ Gillard, along with six-year-old son Noah, have made their own charming Glasthomebury Festival, featuring homemade signs, wristbands, programmes, tents and, of course, music.