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A message from the team at LocalReach Community Magazines. LocalReach Community Magazines are still open for business! We are delivered monthly by Royal Mail to 47,500 homes & businesses across Somerset. We are working on the September issues and the deadline is 1st August If you would like to advertise email us at hello@localreach.co.uk. If you know anybody who wants to advertise please let them know we would welcome their business. We can be also contacted online at www.localreach.co.uk or call 01934 312171. LocalReach is now delivered to ALL of TA8, TA9, BS28, BS27, BS26, BS25, BA6, BA16 & BA5. That includes all towns & villages; Burnham, Highbridge, Berrow, Brent, Brean, Mark, Cheddar, Axbridge, Wedmore, Winscombe, Street, Glastonbury & Wells. Below is a map that indicates where LocalReach is delivered in your area. Should you not receive a copy by the 1st of each month please email us with your full address and we will investigate and make sure you do receive a copy. We would like to take this opportunity to thank all the businesses & community groups that have supported LocalReach over the last 10 years and who continue to support us. These are unprecedented times and many of the events we normally publicise are not going ahead so we have put in content that we hope you like as an alternative. We usually give 30% of our content to the community free of charge and will happily receive your editorial if you believe it would be of interest to our readers. Email between 70-100 words to editor@localreach.co.uk before 1st August for the September issues. Stay safe. From the team at LocalReach Community Magazines.
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Top gardening jobs for August - Sultry late summer August is usually one of the hottest months of the year - making watering essential. Try to use grey water wherever possible, especially as water butts may be running low if it has been a dry summer. Take the time to prune Wisteria and summer-flowering shrubs such as lavender once they’ve finished flowering.
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Community strengthened by the Covid-19 crisis however, is a sense of community. People have always been pack animals by nature, building wattle-and-daub huts next to each other, towns and cities. It is both natural and reassuring to cluster together with those of one’s own kind. Coronavirus has seen so many, in the Biblical phrase from Matthew 5: 41 going “the extra mile” to aid others – perhaps even people who were previously near-strangers, just known on nodding terms or by a brief exchange of “hellos” every day.
As lockdown slowly continues to ease and we now emerge into a changed world (the ghastly, ungrammatical ‘new normal’ will not appear here), it is stating the obvious to note that many matters that we all took for granted will have changed. At least in the short term. Something that has been constant since time immemorial and has only been enhanced and
This is far from being a Christian preserve, of course. People from all creeds or none and from many differing socio-demographic groups have metaphorically and literally reached out to help others, whether by means of an enquiring telephone call, running errands, giving fts or in myriad other ways. Such widened community spirit is admirable. Let us try to ensure a remains a lasting legacy arising from this pandemic. Kindly provided by Ade Macrow, St Andrew’s Church, Cheddar www.standrewscheddar.org.uk
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Fraudsters taking advantage of Covid fears As always, fraudsters are finding new ways to trick their victims into handing over sensitive information and stealing their money. Scam techniques are forever changing, so the only thing we can do is stay alert and remember the basic principles. Organisations, such as banks, internet providers, and the HMRC, will never call you out of the blue to request your passwords, account details or ask to remote access/control your computer. When unsure if you are speaking to a legitimate representative, end the call, get the real contact number from their website, and confirm if the initial call received was legitimate. Lately we are seeing a phone scam where the fraudsters pretend to be the victim’s internet provider, tell them a new router is due, then attempt to gain remote access into the victim’s computer. We urge readers to spread this information to friends and family to increase awareness. If you have recently allowed remote access into your computer(s), let us know immediately (see our advert on this page) as you may have been scammed, and we would want to check your computer for viruses or key loggers which spy on your keyboard input. Once a fraudster obtains remote access, there are various malicious activities they often perform, such as encrypting your data, making it unreadable, so they can try and sell it back to you. Legitimate providers tend to email you with new offers (quoting your name and part of your account number), or occasionally write in the post, rather than cold calling. To stay safe, be sure to run a powerful antivirus on your devices (never a free one), keep your computers up to date, and perform routine backups of your data. A new Windows 10 update, named the 20H2 update, is scheduled for release soon. This update will include a major update to Microsoft’s Edge browser and is set to improve Windows 10 performance across the board.
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Warning: Men should avoid eating fried potatoes In 1836 in Compton Bishop, one Elizabeth Dunn was concerned about her elderly neighbour, John Edney who was extremely unwell, supposedly suffering from an old stomach complaint. Elizabeth and John’s wife, Sophia, gave him orange juice, milk and mutton broth but he just brought everything up. He told Mrs Dunn that the gruel and ginger Sophia made for him burned his mouth and that he had a raging thirst. None of the powders or mixtures Edward Wade, the local doctor, prescribed seemed to improve matters either. In fact, they made things worse. John complained to another neighbour, Elizabeth Collins, that the doctor’s medicine had ‘burnt his inside out’ and that his throat felt raw and ‘on fire’. According to Mrs Collins he was “in dreadful agonies, twisting and turning himself about, and his features very much discoloured’. John died a few hours later. Edward Wade was suspicious and despite Sophia’s objections, ordered an autopsy. John had told the doctor that he had a burning sensation in his stomach after eating fried potatoes. Wade, suspecting that John may been poisoned with arsenic, took the contents of John’s stomach to Professor William Herapath, the Professor of Chemistry at Bristol Medical School. Wade also collected scrapings from the skillet in which the potatoes had been fried. The Edneys were clearly an ill-matched couple. Sophia Vane was 16 and in domestic service in Bath when
she had met John Edney six years previously; John, a 61-year-old widower, delivered eggs, butter and poultry to the household. Later, the couple settled in the village of Compton Bishop, where John continued with his eggs and butter business and also gathered watercress. They had three children but there were rumours that Sophia had wanted to be rid of her elderly spouse in order to marry a younger man.1 On 12 April 1836, a month after John’s death, Sophia stood trial at Taunton Assizes in front of judge Joseph Littledale. A druggist from Axbridge said that he had sold Sophia arsenic for killing rats. Mr Wade outlined his suspicions at the time of John’s illness and death and Professor Herapath described his tests on the contents of John’s duodenum, which confirmed the presence of arsenic. He also stated that he had found a small amount of arsenic in the scrapings from the skillet. Sophia was found guilty and sentenced her to death. In prison she was said to have conducted herself ‘with great propriety’ and to have confessed to the crime. She was the last woman to be executed in England before Victoria ascended the throne.
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The COVID-19 impact on annual leave One of the few changes to employment law due to the coronavirus pandemic was made via the Working Time (Coronavirus) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (SI 2020/365), which came into force on 26 March 2020. The change is to prevent workers losing out on annual leave when it is not reasonably practicable for them to take all or part of their statutory four-week holiday entitlement “as a result of the effects of coronavirus”. Any leave that is not taken for this reason can be carried over into the next two holiday years. The change applies only to the four weeks’ statutory leave required by the Working Time Directive (2003/88/ EC). When it comes to the additional 1.6 weeks leave (bank holidays), it has always been possible for that to be carried over into the next holiday year, if the employment contract allows this. However, there is debate about whether an employer can ask an employee to take leave whilst furloughed. Usually, an employer can ask an employee to take annual leave on particular days by giving notice in accordance with the Working Time Regulations. This notice must be at least twice the duration of the leave to be taken - for example, 10 days’ notice to take five days’ leave. But when it comes to employees on furlough it may not be straightforward. The Working Time Regulations must be interpreted in line with EU law and in a few cases the European Court of Justice has emphasised that the purpose of annual leave is
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Times are changing Self-Employment Income Support Scheme (SEISS) This scheme is being extended. Those who are eligible will be able to claim a second and final grant in August 2020. The grant will be worth 70% of the average monthly trading profits, paid out in a single instalment covering three months’ worth of profits, and capped this time at £6,570 in total. The eligibility criteria is the same as the first grant and individuals will need to confirm that their business has been adversely affected by coronavirus on or after 14 July 2020. An individual does not need to have claimed the first grant to receive the second grant: for example, they may only have been adversely affected by COVID-19 in this later phase. Any money received from the SEISS must be treated as income and therefore included in Income Tax returns. Business rates relief If your business received the business rates relief grant, the grant must be treated as income in the business’s calculation of its taxable profits for Income Tax and Corporation Tax purposes. VAT payment deferral period Just to remind you that the deferral period ended on 30 June 2020, which means that: • cancelled direct debits need to be set up again in enough time for HMRC to take payment • VAT returns must be submitted as normal, on time and paid in full on payments due after 30 June • any VAT payments deferred between 20 March and 30 June should be paid in full on or before 31 March 2021.
Job Retention Scheme As previously advised from August 2020, the Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) will be slowly tapered to reflect people returning to work. When claiming the CJRS grant for furloughed hours; employers will need to report and claim for a minimum period of a week, for grants to be calculated accurately across working patterns. The scheme updates means the following applies for the period employees are furloughed: • August: The government will pay 80% of wages up to a cap of £2,500. Employers will pay Employers NICs and pension contributions. • September: The government will pay 70% of wages up to a cap of £2,187.50. Employers will pay Employers NICs and pension contributions and 10% of wages up to £312.50 to make up 80% of the employees pay up to a cap of £2,500. • October: The government will pay 60% of wages up to a cap of £1,875. Employers will pay Employers NICs and pension contributions and 20% of wages up to £625 to make up 80% of the employees pay up to a cap of £2,500. • Note: The employer is responsible to pay employee wages for the days employees are in work. Businesses must include CJRS payments as income in the business’s calculation of its taxable profits for Income Tax and Corporation Tax purposes. Need help with the above, give us a call.
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Method 1. Preheat your grill to medium. 2. Grind the garlic, mustard seeds and salt to a paste using a pestle and mortar (or the end of a rolling pin). 3. Put the garlic paste in a large bowl along with the beef, onion, pepper, tomato purée, Worcestershire sauce and chilli. Mix well with your hands, divide the mixture into 4 portions and shape each one into a patty. 4. Put the burgers onto the grill pan and grill at the furthest point from the heat for 20 minutes or until cooked through, turning halfway. Reduce the heat if the burgers are cooking too quickly. 5. These burgers are delicious served in wholemeal rolls (Healthy Extra ‘b’ choice) with lots of salad and a little fat-free natural yogurt. Our groups currently meet virtually every Monday and Thursday, both at 5:00pm or 7:00pm. Details from Cathy on 07971 575 158. There are also groups with Martha all day on Wednesday - call 07528 731 797.
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Ultrafast full fibre: the best bang for your broadband buck A mega ‘what’ per second? Contention with who? Fibre to the where? From packages to providers, making sense of the bits and bytes of broadband can seem like an impossible task. Opting for the fastest speeds or lowest prices might seem the most obvious options, but they’re not always the smartest. Paying for a 500Mbps package isn’t a good move if you only get close to those speeds at 3am when no one else is online. And at the other end of the price spectrum, that £20 a month deal doesn’t seem such great value when your connection cuts out more often than it cuts the mustard. The past few months of Covid-19 lockdown have shown us how essential good broadband is to the smooth running of our daily and working lives. And revealed just how many of us are still splashing the cash on out-of-date broadband that’s slow, unreliable and often drops out altogether. So how do you make sure broadband can hold its own against a Playstation-playing teenager, a student studying virtually, a toddler tantrumming for Frozen on a never-ending loop and Grandma WhatsApping with her sister while parents are working their nine-to-fives remotely?
Bandwidth or speed? Everyone talks about broadband speeds. Of course, they’re an important measure for broadband. But at peak times, with everyone on their devices, speed alone won’t get you very far: bandwidth will. Think of bandwidth as the road or motorway: at rush hour, when there is a lot of traffic congestion, the number of lanes available will impact how fast the cars – in this case your broadband network users – can drive. Having enough bandwidth is like having the fast lane all to yourself – you can speed along happily without all those frustrating stop/starts. By contrast, if you have insufficient bandwidth to cope with all the other users on the digital highway, you will get shunted into the slow lane. So a broadband provider might claim to offer 500Mbps speeds, but if your network doesn’t have this bandwidth capacity available, then it simply won’t be able to reach those speeds. Sharing is caring, but not when it comes to broadband networks. While ultrafast full fibre (also known as FTTP/FTTH i.e. fibre to the premise or home) is undeniably the only route to consider, be careful which flavour you choose. Some full fibre providers (rather cheekily in our opinion) split their fibre between households on a street. Because you are sharing the same fibre you can easily get caught up in digital traffic jams at peak times. At Truespeed we don’t want you to have to share your fibre. Which is why with us you get your own dedicated digital ‘road’ right to your door – and the bandwidth you need guaranteed 24/7. And if and when you find you need more in the future, our service is equipped to offer speeds up to 10Gbps.
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For the first time ever Wedmore Bowls Club offers you a chance to win both an indoor winter and outdoor summer membership, starting on the 1st of October. 20 prizes to be drawn on Monday 7th September. Free coaching for all new bowlers. Enjoy our wonderful indoor facilities to beat the winter blues! Bowl on our top-class green during the summer season. It’s good for your body and your mind!!
Members now meet on Zoom for a “Virtual Sing Along” at 7:30pm each Wednesday; each meeting starts with a period of social greeting including a weekly quiz and then follows an hour of choral instruction and singing in parts accompanied by piano. The current programme will run until the end of August and will include some special appearances by “Guest Soloists”. Somerset Choral Society invites all current and previous members to join them each Wednesday for this new style of rehearsing and also welcomes singers from other choirs and Choral Societies to join them to try it out. In the first instance, please contact either their chairman Ginny Waters (01934-824846) or their publicity officer Paul Ashmore (01934-843388).
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Missing W.I. programmes Cheddar W.I. are looking for help with finding some past issues of their yearly programmes. The institute was started in Sept 1949 and Cheddar W.I. President, Val Webb, has saved their yearly programmes and would like to put them in a binder to keep them safe. Unfortunately she has just 6 missing and wondered if any local lady may have any in a forgotten drawer somewhere. The missing ones are 1956, 1969, 1974/76/77/78. Val is happy to photocopy and return originals if required. Thank you - fingers crossed. Contact Val Webb 01934 742081 or val.webb@hotmail.com
Cheddar Foodbank During the Covid 19 crisis, the Foodbank in Cheddar has been busy with more people requiring our services. We understand the difficulty of many families in need at this time, and are pleased we are able to assist. We are grateful for the donations made in money and food and especially would like to thank the residents of Wedmore for donating food and leaving it outside the vicarage.
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Anthony Smith Joins ASFL Solicitors Anthony began his Private Client career at Barclays Bank Trust Company in Exeter in 1982, and has since worked offshore in Cayman Islands, Panama, Jersey and Isle of Man, and also in the City of London with Barings Trust Company, where clients included members of the Royal Family. He is pleased to bring his experience back to the South West to assist my local clients. He can advise clients on drafting wills, probate & estate administration, trust drafting and management, powers of attorney and Court of Protection, and tax and estate planning, and this has included successfully taking power of attorney instructions from stroke patients. Anthony has been an Associate of the Chartered Institute of Bankers, since 1992, and a full member of the Society of Trust & Estate Practitioners (STEP), since 1996. Outside of the office, he enjoys swimming in the sea all year around, sea and estuary kayaking, walking in the South West countryside and playing guitar. He is happy to see client remotely by phone, zoom, skype / teams or at our Weston and Winscombe offices. He is happy to travel further afield and will also visit hospital or do home visits, if required.
Anthony can be reached on 01934 533130 or anthonysmith@asflsolicitors.co.uk
Why Make a Will, Have a Power of Attorney or Consider Tax Planning It is important that make your Will, if you have family or dependents on whom you wish to specify benefit. Otherwise, your estate will be the subject of statutory intestacy provisions, and these may not match your own wishes. If you wish to preserve your wealth, you can make use of trusts - will trusts that operate after your death, and lifetime trusts that you can set up now. In both scenarios, you can preserve wealth for your family for generations to come. The trustees manage the wealth objectively and so preserve it. The beneficiaries will not be able to squander the capital. Additionally, if you have a disabled child, for example, a trust is a good way to manage their money, and so lifestyle, in the future when you are unavailable to be there to help them. Where a person has already died, all may not be lost, as the beneficiaries of the will or intestacy can vary the terms of it within two years of death. Additionally, anyone may make a claim on a person’s estate, which may or may not be successful. Please contact Anthony Smith to make an appointment or with any questions.
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Cheddar Valley U3A As lockdown is slowly being lifted, Cheddar Valley U3A is cautiously considering how we might restart our groups in line with the changing government advice. However, in view of our demographic, it is likely to be a slow process. But, in the meantime, a number of our groups are already communicating via Zoom meetings and keeping things going as much as possible and we are still open to new members. We will also continue with our online Speaker Meetings and Coffee Mornings aiming to keep our members in touch with each other. Because of the changing situation it is advisable to keep up to date by following us on our website where you’ll find full and up to date details of what we can offer: u3asites.org.uk/cheddar-valley/ welcome
Axbridge Royal British Legion The Legion is planning to meet on the first Tuesday of September subject of course to the Guide lines in operation at that time. Please check nearer the day. However just a reminder that the Royal British Legion nationally continues it’s work assisting those ex-service men and women who may be in need. If you are in need, or know someone who is, there are Local members available with advice or help. Visit axbridgebritishlegion.com or contact the Chairman Mervyn by phone 01934 732630 for more information.
COMMUNITY Each organisation behind the festival is coping with different priorities at present. The Somerset Earth Science Centre staff are all furloughed, volunteers from the Mendip Society have personal situations to deal with and the Mendip Hills AONB Unit is focusing on managing visitor pressure.
St. Andrew’s Church, Cheddar NOW OPEN 9:00AM – 5:00 PM for Private worship (individual/couples). Funerals (maximum 40 people). More details on church websites. www.standrewscheddar.org.uk
Prickles Hedgehog Rescue Prickles Hedgehog Rescue are now operating with limited volunteer help to achieve social distancing. During the lockdown increased garden clearance has resulted in the arrival of disturbed nests of hoglets and pregnant females searching for suitable nest sites. With so many hungry mouths to feed we would welcome sachets of Whiskas kitten good and Felix cat food in jelly. Boxes of Nitrile free gloves would also be most welcome. Contact 01934 742120.
JLS Design Services ARCHITECTURAL ARCHITECTURAL PLANS DRAWN PLANS DRAWN
The Mendip Hills will rock again in 2021 Organisers of the annual Mendip Rocks! festival that celebrates the geology of the Mendip Hills have postponed this years events that were due to take place in September and October. Although the events are much later in the year the organisers have made the decision now to save any confusion.
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If you’re looking to sell and want some up to date honest advice, please call us today.
£325,000
Draycott OIEO£450,000
Lovely link detached bungalow • Two bedrooms • Two additional converted loft rooms • Fantastic gardens • Popular village location • Kitchen/diner • Family room • Dining room • Garage • Off street parking • EPC to be confirmed
Cheddar
Extended and completely renovated to a very high standard • Three bedrooms • En suite • Family bathroom • Extended kitchen/ diner • Separate utility • Good size lounge • Low maintenance gardens • Off street parking
Cheddar
£277,000
Previously a 3 bed semi which, could easily be converted back into a family home • Currently used as 1 bedroom apartment with rental income of circa £650 pcm and commercial premises across the ground floor with rental income of circa £650 pcm
Cheddar
£375,000
OIEO
Semi-detached period property • Sought after location • Large entrance hall • Four double bedrooms • Master en-suite • Family bathroom • Lounge/diner • Separate sitting room • Downstairs cloakroom • Kitchen/diner • Period features
Cheddar OIEO£247,000
Axbridge £375,000
Cheddar £640,000
Cheddar
Semi detached family home • Living room • Kitchen / family room • Three bedrooms • Family bathroom • Garage & parking (Garage currently a store room and utility room) • Quiet, elevated location • Rear garden
Four bedroom property • Extremely desirable location within walking distance to the heart of Axbridge • Lounge • Dual aspect, light and airy kitchen / diner • Utility • Downstairs cloakroom • En-suite shower room • Outside courtyard area
Entrance hall with galleried landing over • Living room with brick built fireplace • Kitchen / family room • Utility room • Cloakroom • Master suite with dressing room and ensuite shower room • Study / office on the 3rd floor • Hobbies room
Unique detached house in a stunning location • Lounge • Separate dining/sitting room • Kitchen • Utility • Downstairs cloakroom • Partially converted attic room, perfect for use as a study • Three bedrooms
£595,000
For a free valuation of your property, please call on 01934 742966 to have an up to date market appraisal.