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Selfie sticks NOT banned at Glastonbury Festival – yet

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Selfie sticks NOT banned at Glastonbury Festival – yet
THEY’RE the must have item of 2015, the accessory we love to hate, or just hate, and for the time being they’ll be safe at the UK’s biggest music festival. Amidst rumours that selfie sticks would be banned from Glastonbury Festival, organiser Emily Eavis has shrugged off suggestions that her festival would be following the lead of US events Coachella and Lollapalooza in banning the photographic aids. She told NME: “A lot of festivals have banned selfie sticks, but we’re not really in the…

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Author: Central Somerset Gazette
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How to get to Glastonbury Festival by bus from Glastonbury,…

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A NEW bus route is to be introduced this year to get music fans to and from the Glastonbury Festival site.

People living locally are being encouraged to use buses to get to and from the festival.

As well as operating the usual GF1 and GF2 services, going to and from Glastonbury and Shepton Mallet respectively, Wells will now be served with its own dedicated bus, GF6.

Last year buses made approximately 3500 journeys between the festival site and the town of Glastonbury, and around 1700…

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Author: IanMat
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Emily Eavis designs charity handbag – gladrags to follow?

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Emily Eavis designs charity handbag – gladrags to follow?
GLASTONBURY Festival’s Emily Eavis has taken a break from booking acts ahead of the big event in June to design a leather handbag for Owen Barry – to see the finished article, click here.The company have been producing award winning leather handbags from their traditional workshops in Street since 1948, with their goods appearing in fashion houses across the world. “I’ve always been a fan of the Tanyard,” says Emily Eavis. “When I visited I was blown away by the beautiful high…

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Author: Shepton Mallet Journal
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Glastonbury Festival stage rigger Olly Banks' death in Cambodia…

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Glastonbury Festival stage rigger Olly Banks' death in Cambodia…
A Glastonbury Festival stage rigger who travelled the world has died mysteriously the day before he was due to fly home to Somerset.Oliver Banks, aged 32, known as Olly, was taken ill in Phnom Penh, capital of Cambodia, and was rushed to hospital by ‘tuk-tuk’ taxi, but died on the way.A freelance stage and event rigger who worked world-wide had recently travelled to the country from Thailand where he had gone for work.Oliver’s parents, Russell and Caroline, were due to meet him at Heathrow…

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Author: Tina_Rowe
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