"We must not wait until dead four-year-old is found on…
GLASTONBURY residents Hugh Sharp wrote to the Central somerset Gazette concerned about the safety of the A361. He wrote:THE number, weight and length of HGVs from the Puriton Bridgwater M5 roundabout to the A361/A37 junction near Shepton Mallet on the A361 through Glastonbury has significantly increased in the past nine months.Particularly noticeable are the number of five and six-axle (ten and 12 wheels to a maximum gross weight of 44 tons) juggernauts and quarry traffic.Weekday recent traffic…

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Author: Central Somerset Gazette

'We must police ourselves to preserve our freedoms'
This week, we published a report that Clarks Village had upped security in the wake of the Paris atrocities. While some welcomed the news, others accused the media of scaremongering, and some attacked Clarks Village itself for using the horrors as a way to get ‘free publicity’. We should make it clear that Clarks Village issued the statement in response to a request for information from ourselves. Editor Bede MacGowan used his editorial this week to talk about Clarks’ move and why it might not…

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Author: Central Somerset Gazette

Glastonbury man thinks 'new town memorial' at market cross is…
THE Gazette reported that Glastonbury civic leaders hope to create a memorial near the market cross to remember people from the town who have died. The news came after complaints were heard about people leave memorials on Glastonbury War Memorial. But one Glastonbury resident, who wrote a letter to the paper, thinks a memorial at the market cross is also inappropriate. He said:I HAVE serious concerns reference to the use of Glastonbury town’s war memorial as a shrine, especially as the previous…

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Author: Central Somerset Gazette

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