News in Shepton Mallet

Shepton Mallet resident Trevor Lethaby was one of the many Live at Worthy Farm ticket purchasers. Here he writes about his experience of the Glastonbury Festival livestream event:

After buying a £20 ticket, and donating a sum of money to charity, we sat down just before 7pm on Saturday to access the live stream.

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Fans of the Shepton Mallet parkrun will be disappointed to hear that its return has been delayed along with parkrun 5k events across England due to a lack of support from landowners.

More than 250 events in England obtained landowner permission to return, including Shepton Mallet, however this fell far short of the number needed for it to return on June 5 as hoped.

All four Somerset districts have become less prosperous in the past 12 months, according to a new report.

The United Kingdom Prosperity Report 2021 published by the Legatum Institute ranks the 379 local authorities across the United Kingdom according to 12 key measures.

Plans to build a 47-home housing development in Stoke St Michael have been turned down by Mendip District Council.

An outline planning application for the residential development of up to 47 dwellings, public open space, ecological mitigation land, landscaping and associated works with access from Coalpit Lane (all other matters reserved) on land south of Fairbanks, Coalpit Lane, Stoke St Michael, had been submitted by Stoke St Michael LVP LLP.

Firefighters from Shepton Mallet helped free two casualties who were trapped in their vehicles for nearly two hours following a crash that closed the A39 between Wells and Glastonbury yesterday (May 19).

At about 2.30pm, two fire appliances and a heavy rescue vehicle from Glastonbury and Street were mobilised following a call from police, requesting assistance to a crash between a car and a lorry on the A39 at Polsham, close to the former Three Wells pub, where people were reported to be trapped in both vehicles.

Fusion Lifestyle is pleased to announce the reopening of Shepton Mallet Lido for summer season on Saturday May 22.

The outdoor pool, popular with both adult and family swimmers, has been closed since 2019 due to lockdown restrictions but is now ready to welcome both residents and visitors back to the water.

A man has been issued with an indefinite hospital order after admitting manslaughter by reason of diminished responsibility over the death of his neighbour in Oakhill.

Peter Weldon, from Oakhill, was initially charged with murder in October last year following the fatal stabbing of his neighbour Stuart Noble, aged 52.

Somerset Community Foundation (SCF) welcomed His Royal Highness The Earl of Wessex to the Bath and West Showground, near Shepton Mallet, on Monday (May 17) where he also met some of the team at the vaccination centre.

The Earl asked how the voluntary sector dealt with the pandemic in Somerset, and heard about the incredible local community response, and how the charity and voluntary sector in Somerset responded so swiftly and nimbly to the immediate need at a local level, with many organisations adapting their services almost overnight.

A two-day concert at the Glastonbury Festival site will be able to go ahead – after councillors took nearly a week to make up their minds.

Glastonbury Festival Events Ltd (GFEL) applied to hold a two-day event at the Worthy Farm site in Pilton, with live music spanning September 17 and 18.