Timpson at Sainsbury's in Street will be 'another nail in the…
WHY on earth did Mendip District Council allow Sainsbury’s to open up a Timpson Pod at its store?Did it not think that it would have a detrimental effect on two well established businesses? Two businesses that have paid rent and business rates for years in the High Street? Did Sainsbury’s really need a Timpson’s there? Street was doing OK without it.We are always being told to “shop local”, by that they mean in the high streets to help protect the decline in them, not out on trading…

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Author: Central Somerset Gazette

Coronation coincidence is reason to vote for Somerset Day
IN the January 8 issue, you supported the proposal from Passion for Somerset to create an annual Somerset Day and readers were encouraged to vote for one of three nominated days.By a happy coincidence, there is more reason to vote for May 11 than the start of King Alfred’s campaign to remove the Danish invaders. This is the date in 973 AD of the coronation of King Edgar in Bath Abbey.The coronation service, for the man who would be the first king of a united England, was devised and conducted by…

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Author: Central Somerset Gazette

Campaign to re-route Glastonbury traffic 'illustrates the lie of…
FOLLOWING the launch of the campaign to prevent heavy traffic travelling through Glastonbury, one Walton woman wrote to the Gazette to have her opinions heard:

IT is sad to see the good people of Wells and Glastonbury bickering over the route of the thousands of filthy lorries heading for Hinkley Point.
It illustrates the lie of “clean nuclear energy”, forgetting Fukushima, Chernobyl and concerns that Sellafield is still leaking to this day. EDF needs to hear your protests and feel the loss of…

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Author: Central Somerset Gazette

Glastonbury Town Council's proposal to buy St Dunstan's House is…
FOLLOWING the news that Glastonbury Town Council hopes to buy St Dunstan’s House, one Glastonbury resident has spoken out:

I ATTENDED the Glastonbury Town Council meeting when Councillor John Keery announced the proposal to buy St Dunstan’s House (a Grade II listed building to the left of the town hall) for £350,000 and in addition to this the council would also have to give part of St Dunstan’s Car Park to Glastonbury Abbey.
I say proposal but in fact according to Mr Keery it was a done…

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Author: Central Somerset Gazette