With more than 170,000 music fans about to descend on Mendip for this year’s world-famous Glastonbury Festival, staff at the district council have been hard at work behind the scenes. The council boasts many years of Glastonbury Festival experience between the band of staff that work on all aspects of monitoring the legendary event. Full Story: Read More
Council Tax reduction scam in South Somerset
Police are reminding residents in South Somerset to be wary of unsolicited mailings, telephone calls and emails following a suspected postal scam about council tax reductions. A number of residents have contacted South Somerset District Council and the Police about a letter they received from a Manchester-based company suggesting they could lower their council tax bills and secure a refund on a no win no fee basis. Full Story: Read More
Concerts in the West Review by Anthony Pither
Chimera string trio concert at Ilminster Arts Centre on Friday 21 June. The recently formed string trio, Chimera, gave an enthusiastic audience at Ilminster Arts Centre a rare chance to hear works in a genre generally neglected by classical composers on Friday 21 June. Opening with two unfinished works by Schubert and Sibelius, moving on to a serenade by Bartόk’s rather overshadowed Hungarian contemporary, Dohnányi, Chimera closed the concert with one of Beethoven’s great early works, the first of his three Opus 9 trios. Full Story: Read More