News in Street

The police are asking for help to identify the woman pictured, in connection with a burglary at the Sainsbury store in Gravenchon Way, Street, on July 12 in which cigarettes were stolen.

Officers would like the woman, or anyone who recognises her, to get in touch through www.avonandsomerset.police.uk/contact, or by calling 101, quoting reference 5219130725.

Street Parish Council recently agreed to confer the title of Honorary Freeman to Cllr Lloyd Hughes for his valued and dedicated service to the community as a parish councillor for a total of 21 years and as a district councillor for 12 years.

He served as chairman of Street Parish Council in 1997/98 and in 2011/12.

Landlords in Street should ensure that they are aware of the full implications of the Tenant Fees Act 2019 which came into force on Saturday 1st June, advises Stuart Nash, owner of Stuarts Residential, a Somerset-based letting agency specialising in the management of landlords' properties.

He said: "The Tenant Fees Act is one of the biggest changes in legislation for 30 years and both landlords and tenants will need to fully understand what this means for them."

Strode College in Street is aspiring to be the first choice in the local area for education and training.

The college is currently engaged in a project to research not only what the local community needs in terms of skills and training, but how employers and individuals would like that training delivered.

Grants have been made available for training and business support for young people in Street.

Funding is available from Somerset Community Foundation (SCF) for young people, from two grants programmes:

Over the past year many of us have found ourselves with more time on our hands and have been looking for new challenges to keep healthy and active.

Four Walton residents have taken this idea to the next level and have set themselves extraordinary endurance feats.

Seventeen-year-old student at Millfield School in Street, Tamryn van Selm, was part of the quartet who won gold at the recent European Championships, securing Millfield's first female senior international medal in more than 20 years.

Lower Sixth swimmer Tamryn swam a mature second leg to win gold in the women's 4 x 200m freestyle relay on the final weekend of competition in Budapest, Hungary.

There was a record increase in demand for electric car home charging grants in 2020, according to figures from the Office for Zero Emission Vehicles.

More than 42,000 grants for home charging devices were made last year, worth nearly £17 million, which was over a quarter of the value of grants since the government launched the scheme in 2014.

People in Somerset who are feeling unsure about whether to have their Covid-19 vaccine are being encouraged to set up a call with a Vaccination Buddy.

Vaccination Buddies are specially trained volunteers who are on hand to have supportive phone calls with people who have questions or concerns about getting the Covid-19 vaccine.

From Millfield School in Street to another establishment synonymous with sport, Upper Sixth footballer Millie Quaintance will join Loughborough University in September to study Sports Science as an elite athlete in football and javelin combined.

Millie started boarding at Millfield in Year 9 to continue her footballing career which has been