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Glastonbury & Somerton MP Sarah Dyke listens to Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer answering her question at PMQs. Picture: Parliament TV

Somerset MP takes plight of farmers’ funding scheme to PMQs

GLASTONBURY & Somerton MP Sarah Dyke raised the cancellation of a farming incentive scheme at PMQs on Wednesday (March…

The Glastonbury re-use shop is manned by volunteers. Picture: Somerset Council

New re-use shop opens at Red Brick Building in Glastonbury

A NEW re-use shop has opened in Glastonbury. Run by a group volunteers, around 50 people dropped in to the…

William 'Bill' Knight has passed away aged 87

Tributes to ‘Codfather’ Bill Knight who has passed away aged 87

FORMER Glastonbury mayor – and ‘cornerstone’ of a popular town fish and chip shop – Bill Knight, has passed…

Jack Ayers, sadly, was found dead in a rhyne in Street

Family’s heartbreaking tribute after Jack Ayers found dead in Street rhyne

THE body of 22-year-old Jack Ayers was recovered from a rhyne near Street last week, police have confirmed. A member…

The Bath & West Lodge at Cannards Grave, Shepton Mallet. Picture: Google

Shepton Mallet caravan park seeks permission to expand

A CARAVAN park in Shepton Mallet has applied for permission to expand. Bath & West Lodge Park, off the A37…

Somerset Council leader Bill Revans, inset, jokingly suggested a 'tourist tax' on Glastonbury tents. Pictures: Paul Jones/Leveller/Parliament TV

Somerset leader jokes of ‘tourist tax’ on Glastonbury tents during Commons hearing

A PARLIAMENTARY discussion over the sustainability of local government finance may seem a strange place to talk about tents…

Hundreds of ciders compete for awards at the Bath & West Show

Entries open for British Cider Championships – being hosted in Somerset

SOMERSET is synonymous with cider. And in May, the county will host Britain’s biggest cider competition. The Royal Bath &…

The plans would see three new homes built in Butleigh. Pictures: Della Valle/Somerset Council

Revised plans for three homes in Somerset village submitted

REVISED plans for three new homes in a Somerset village have been submitted – four years after a previous…

Clockwise from top left: The Newt, the Grosvenor Arms, The Old Bell Hotel and the Manor House

Somerset hotels among The Times top 100 places to stay in the UK

HOTELS and inns in Somerset make a new list of the 100 best places to stay in the UK. The…

Olivia Rodrigo, The 1975 and Neil Young will headline the Pyramid Stage at Glastonbury 2025. Pictures: Raph_PH/Paul Jones/Leveller

Glastonbury 2025: The 1975, Neil Young and Olivia Rodrigo top Pyramid bill

THE 1975, Neil Young and Olivia Rodrigo top the bill for the 2025 Glastonbury Festival. Organisers of the event, which…