AS BRITAIN battles coronavirus, the latest updates for the county of Somerset can be found here: https://www.somerset.gov.uk/coronavirus/

This includes advice for small businesses on assistance from the government, mental health advice and how services are affected Somerset-wide.

And the latest NHS advice on the Coronavirus can be found here: https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/

More locally, the church in Upton Noble is now locked on the instructions of the Archbishop (but you can contact John or Alex for more information). Services and prayers can be found on the website here: http://www.alhamvalebenefice.co.uk/

Westcombe Farm shop (01749 838033) in Batcombe and Gilcombe Farm (01749 813710) shop are both open and offering deliveries of a wide variety of food and non-consumables (notably toilet paper at Gilcombe Farm!).

Upton Noble Beer Festival has ordered an Oxygen Concentrator on behalf of the village which, as of the beginning of April, was on its way, along with an Oximeter for checking oxygen levels in the blood.