Glastonbury Festival herd wins Michael Eavis Gold Cup at…
Glastonbury Festival founder Michael Eavis has collected the NMR/RABDF Gold Cup at the Livestock Event in Birmingham.

His was one of two Somerset dairy herds to be listed in the final six for the prestigious award, alongside Neil Baker, from Rushywood Farm, at Haselbury Plucknett.

The announcement, at Birmingham’s NEC, comes days after the Glastonbury Festival ended, and as hundreds of volunteers clear up for the return of the cows.

BREAKING: Michael’s just won his first ever NMR/RABDF Gold…

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Wells Waitrose cash machine nearly blown up in targeted gas…
A gas attack aimed at blowing open a supermarket ATM cash machine is under investigation by police.

The Avon & Somerset Force believes that people leaving Glastonbury Festival may be useful witnesses to the attack, the second in seven weeks on the wall-mounted machine outside Waitrose supermarket in Whiting Way, Wells.

The incident happened at around 4am today.

The gas ignited inside the machine and Devon and Somerset Fire Service was alerted after smoke was seen coming from the machine….

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Who will play at Glastonbury Festival 2015?
The mud from this year’s festival is still drying up, but thoughts have already turned to Glastonbury 2015.

And Michael Eavis said the festivals headliners have already been booked – although Prince fans will be disappointed, as Eavis claims he’s not Worthy-bound next year.

He called this year’s event a “great success,” and hinted at his future, saying he hoped to remain at the helm of the festival until 2020 – the festival’s fiftieth year.

“Myself, I think I can run another…

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Army of 800 hit Glastonbury Festival for giant clear-up as…
The giant clean-up operation at Glastonbury got under way on Monday as more than 120,000 festival-goers were leaving the site.

Many of those travelling home were caught up in delays as the country roads around the Somerset site became clogged up with traffic, although organisers said they were not as bad as expected.

After five days of tumultuous weather which saw torrential rain, hail, thunder and lightning lead to the plug being pulled on the Pyramid Stage, campers packed up their tents…

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