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Ashcott Village Shop, near Street, received a certificate of appreciation from the Glastonbury and Street Lions Club. Samantha Hoyle-Linham, owner of the shop, decided to offer deliveries and serve customers outside the shop when lockdown started in March. “It is a small shop and I decided I needed to do something I felt was safe," she said. “We changed our hours in the shop from 8am until 2pm and then closed in the afternoon to delivery to people. “We were going out to Langport Tesco and picking up things for people that we didn’t have. "The suppliers I use are very local...

THOUSANDS of new homes could still be approved in Somerset in 2021 if the government acts to end local authorities’ planning paralysis. The four Somerset district councils have been struggling to make decisions on major planning applications since a court ruling which required additional tests to be carried out on developments planned in the county. The councils have requested assistance from central government to carry out these tests and help them clear this backlog. If successful, thousands more homes could be approved across the county on top of those permissions already granted...

A 13-YEAR-OLD horse rider is already aiming for the Olympics - and to be the 'Lewis Hamilton of Equestrianism'. Rupert Hyde is heading for the top of his sport and to be as successful as the Formula One champion. Born in London to black British dad James, 49 and white mum Katie, 50, Rupert isn't a natural fit in the often white elitist world of horse riding. But he is determined to succeed and his horse-riding ability has already won him a scholarship to one of Britain's top public schools. He wants to represent his country at the Olympics and is already regularly winning show jumpi...

A 13-YEAR-OLD horse rider is already aiming for the Olympics - and to be the 'Lewis Hamilton of Equestrianism'. Rupert Hyde is heading for the top of his sport and to be as successful as the Formula One champion. Born in London to black British dad James, 49 and white mum Katie, 50, Rupert isn't a natural fit in the often white elitist world of horse riding. But he is determined to succeed and his horse-riding ability has already won him a scholarship to one of Britain's top public schools. He wants to represent his country at the Olympics and is already regularly winning show jumpi...

A SOMERSET man who was left paralysed after a bus crash in 2018 is still questioning how and why it happened. Rob Butt, 47, of Barton St David, near Somerton, sustained a severe spinal cord injury when a city sightseeing open-top bus in Zurrieq, Malta, crashed into low-lying tree branches in April 2018. His wife, Kathy, and three children were also on the bus. Mr Butt, who the head of history at Downside School in Radstock, is now tetraplegic and wheelchair-dependent. The pair had secured teaching jobs in Malaysia before the crash and were looking forward to starting a new life ther...