Support system let down murdered mum Lisa Winn
Friends and family of murdered mum Lisa Winn have said she was badly let down by the system at her time of greatest need. In a strongly worded opinion piece this week, Mid Somerset Series editor Bede MacGowan backs their fight to ensure that in future, other victims of domestic violence have a support system they can trust and rely on:He writes: “READING the words of those close to murdered mother-of-five Lisa Winn is both desperately harrowing and alarming.”For years, it seems this…

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Author: Central Somerset Gazette

Glastonbury full of 'pseuds and phoneys' according to tourist
RESIDENTS in Glastonbury have been dubbed ‘pseuds and phoneys’ from a tourist who visited the town. Paul McLeod, who wrote to the Central Somerset Gazette, said:

I recently had the experience of passing through Glastonbury town where my friend and I stopped off for several hours.
I have to say, I have never come across such a contrived society of pseuds and phoneys in all my life, and I have travelled far over the years. All these silly people with their silly notions, potions and cheap…

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Author: Central Somerset Gazette

Street man has a 'feeling the vast majority of Street will be…
A STREET resident wrote to the Gazette revealing their thoughts following the news that Street Parish Council recommended the new war memorial should be placed on the grass area at the top of Cranhill Road.The letter read:

IN almost every town and village in this country you will find a war memorial situated in a prominent position in or near the centre of the town.
It would seem that our war memorial in Street is of so little importance that it is to be relegated to a side street away from…

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Author: Central Somerset Gazette