Home energy assessments worth up
to £175 are available free to householders in the Mendip area, thanks to an initiative called Our Green Deal in Somerset run on behalf of seven local authorities in the county by the Centre for Sustainable Energy and funded by the Department of Energy and Climate Change. Full Story: Read More
Ronnie Wood keen on Rolling Stones headline spot at 2013 Glastonbury Festival | This is Somerset
Rolling Stones star Ronnie Wood has 
revealed he is planning to persuade the rest of the band to headline Glastonbury this year. The rockers – Wood, 65, Sir Mick Jagger, 69, Keith Richards, 69, and drummer Charlie Watts, 71 – performed a series of live concerts last year to mark their 50th anniversary, and Wood is keen to continue the celebrations. Full Story: Read More
Dorset schoolgirl joins forces to pen a tribute to Enid Blyton’s famous boarding school series
This week sees the publication of St. Mallo
ry’s Forever!, a four-author collaboration between 17-year-old student Charley Robson, from Sherborne Girls school in Dorset,
16-year-old Miriam Joy from Bexley Heath, and a best-selling writing partnership of London-based Sarah Griffiths and Africa-based Mark Williams, under the pseudonym Saffina Desforges. The 80,000-word novel has been written and edited entirely by email exchange across two continents (three if you include the American ebook cover designer and the Canadian print-cover designer). Full Story: Read More