News in Cheddar

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Somerset Wildlife Trust has announced an urgent appeal for £35,000 to help secure a positive future for the county's dormice in the face of possible extinction at sites such as Black Rock Nature Reserve in Cheddar.

Through regular surveying, the trust knows that dormice are present at Black Rock but despite once being common, in the last 100 years, the native hazel dormouse has become extinct in 17 English counties, with recent UK reports showing that their numbers have declined by 51 per cent in just 18 years.

A flood alert has been issued for the Cheddar Yeo river for tonight (February 14) and tomorrow as Storm Dennis moves in.

The Environment Agency has issued the Be Prepared flood alert as flooding is possible for rivers including the Congresbury Yeo, Cheddar Yeo, Axe and tributaries.

There will be traffic control at the bottom of Cheddar Gorge for three days next week.

From Tuesday February 18 to Thursday February 20, stop and go traffic control will be used in the area to enable jetting works to be carried out.

CHEDDAR BRIEFING: Friday February 14 2020

TODAY'S CHEDDAR SUNRISE:

We all need good quality sleep to function well, to keep our physical and mental health in tip-top condition.

Yet we live in a society that burns the candle at both ends, staying up late working, scrolling through social media, or just having fun.

Yesterday (February 12) marked a special occasion as the school chaplain at the Kings of Wessex Academy in Cheddar, Ruth Motion, was commissioned by the Rt Rev Ruth Worsley, Bishop of Taunton.

As Avalon, Camelot, Lyonesse and Tintagel Houses entered the Kings Fitness and Leisure Sports Hall to the melodic tune of True Colours played by Kings student Thomas Walsh, the bishop and school chaplain prepared for the service ahead clad in full bishop attire, as Gavin Ball, CE of the Wessex Learning Trust, referred to it.

The private rented sector is a hot political potato right now and Parliament is keen to provide a fairer housing system for both tenants and landlords.

This inevitably means an increase in legislation and regulation and many landlords in Cheddar simply cannot keep up to date.

CHEDDAR BRIEFING: Thursday February 13 2020

TODAY'S CHEDDAR SUNRISE:

A man had to be freed from a van after it tipped on to its side in a road near Charterhouse last night (February 11).

Just before 9pm, three fire appliances from Wells and Shepton Mallet along with the rescue tender from Glastonbury attended Ubley Drove, near Charterhouse, after reports of a vehicle on its side and a man trapped inside.