I've just come home from the Parish Church, where a crowded church saw Christmas Day in at the Midnight Communion.   more »

The centre of Christmas is Christ. A symbol of this is the crib scene in the Parish Church.   more »

Opera singer Kira Slovacek has come from the USA to spend Christmas with her in-laws in Walton, and is generously going to sing at the Midnight Mass (Holy Communion) at Street Parish Church.   more »

Councillor David Pipes has told me about a very recent application to demolish this handsome 19th century house near Street Cross.   more »

This seems such a major development that it needs everyone to study the plans and make their views known.   more »

McCarthy and Stone's latest application for the development of Holmcroft is on the Mendip site. You can see the general views of the proposed building here.   more »

The Times today gives a positive spin to proposals to take away many of the powers of local people to influence what new building is allowed in their area, by leading on loft conversions; but the sinister larger picture is hidden several paragraphs down.   more »