Local shortcut could be closed another 7 weeks...
The Highways Agency says it expects the Langport-Huish shortcut to be closed for at least another 7 weeks after an incident upstairs in the Hanging Chapel.
Several Freemasons are still in hospital after a box of kippers exploded in their hot tub two Mondays ago. Engineers say the blast, which blew out the windows and catapulted 6 local businessmen and 9 packets of kippers into a garden in St Mary's Park, has severely weakened the medieval structure and it's too dangerous for vehicles to pass under.
It means Langport refugees trying to seek a better life in Huish Episcopi will no longer be able to sneak through the chapel at night when the check point is often unmanned. A handful of families have already been spotted dragging their belongings across Langport Rec.
Britain's newly-chosen Prime Minister Theresa May even took time out of her busy Westminster schedule yesterday to tell The Western Gazette that she is "stunned" by the news of the explosion.
(not as stunned as the Jones Boys were Mrs May)
Britain's newly-chosen Prime Minister Theresa May even took time out of her busy Westminster schedule yesterday to tell The Western Gazette that she is "stunned" by the news of the explosion.
(not as stunned as the Jones Boys were Mrs May)
Carry On Langport has just been in touch with Musgrove Park Hospital to check on the condition of the injured Masons.
There are no further details at present.
