The Sherborne Podcast: Recent Episodes
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Three months ago TSP visited Sherborne Castle to hear how they were preparing for a new season open to the public. A week later the castle closed their gates as the public were ordered to stay at home to combat COVID-19.
As the lockdown restrictions are eased, the castle gates will be opened again on Thursday and people will be allowed in to walk in the gardens and grounds although the castle, shop and tea room will remain shuttered.
You can find admission times, ticket prices and guidance on staying safe here.
Sherborne Castle was built by Sir Walter Raleigh in the 16th century and has been owned by the Wingfield Digby family since 1617. Maria Wingfield Digby talks to TSP in the gardens of the castle.
It's Mental Health Awareness Week. Dorset HealthCare says the aim of the week this year is to promotegood mental health by acts of kindness. Clare Hurley, the head of adult psychological services at the trust, talks about the campaign and the help Dorset HealthCare offers.
Alice is the mother of two toddlers who lives in Sherborne. She talks to TSP about how the Dorset mental health initiatives helped her with post-natal depression and then the tragic loss of her partner after a road accident.
For help from the Dorset HealthCare mental health team go to www.steps2wellbeing.co.uk
Also in this episode, The Courtyard Salon in Long Street is unlikely to reopen before July at the earliest. Owner Becky Burns tells TSP how her landlord is helping her business survive, and how it may be a much different experience for her clients when the salon doors are unlocked again.
Estate agents are among the first businesses allowed to start up again. Luke Pender-Cudlip is head of the Knight Frank office in Sherborne. He says fears of a deep recession may not affect the housing market as badly as some are predicting.
The government wants some pupils to return to school before the end of the summer term. The Gryphon School is drawing up plans for some Year 10 students to be back in the classroom in limited numbers. Headteacher Nicki Edwards says there are significant challenges to be met before pupils and teachers can return.
Also in this episode in our series on how Sherborne is coping with the coronavirus pandemic, the owner of The Pear Tree deli and cafe, Steve Taylor, tells TSP what eight weeks of lockdown has meant for his business. It will be late summer before there is any likelihood of cafes, pubs and restaurants reopening.
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Don't expect any immediate re-opening of public open spaces and play areas even if the prime minister announces changes to the lockdown.
Dorset Council says people should continue stay at home this weekend.
Police in the county issued 377 fixed penalty notices in the last ten days to people they say were breaching the restrictions.
Financial help for dairy farmers has been announced by the government.
Dorset's recycling centres reopen on Monday but Sherborne tip will remain closed.
Millions of pounds have been paid out to local businesses to help them through the pandemic.
Dominic Raab confirms the prime minister will outline later this week the steps to lift the lockdown but warns phase 2 of the crisis won't be easy.
The number of new coronavirus infections continues to fall.
You can now make a virtual visit to patients at The Yeatman and other community hospitals in Dorset.
Dorset Council will hold its first virtual committee meeting tomorrow to consider a report on how the pandemic has affected the county.
More help for smaller businesses announced by the government.
Police in Dorset dealt with nearly 10,000 emergency calls in the last month despite the coronavirus keeping people at home.
Call to NHS111 jumped 62% in March.
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Hairdressers have been closed for nearly six weeks. How are you coping?
TSP meets Charlotte Fairclough who owns the Pure Hair salon in Half Moon Street and asks whether we should get out the scissors and try a little D-I-Y.
It's rumoured garden centres could be among the first businesses to re-open when the coronavirus restrictions begin to be lifted. Behind the walls at Castle Gardens preparations are underway.
TSP talks to Louise Burks who opened Castle Gardens with her husband Mike in 1987.
Theatres and entertainment venues have been dark since the start of the lockdown. Productions have been postponed or cancelled, and actors are working other jobs.
The Octagon Theatre's box office supervisor Charlotte Wood tells TSP how Yeovil's entertainment venues are coping during the crisis.
And if you've completed all the levels on your latest PS4 game, TSP has some tips for what to play next.
The Sherborne Podcast reports on how Sherborne is coping with the coronavirus pandemic.
The pandemic is on the downward slope, according to Prime Minister Boris Johnson.
The government will lay out its plan next week to get children back to school and business re-opened.
Castle Gardens are making preparations for when they can re-open.
Look out for The Sherborne Podcast's "Coping with the Sixth Weekend Lockdown" special coming soon.
First Secretary Dominic Raab says the lockdown will be reviewed "in early May".
Crime in Dorset has fallen by 30% since the lockdown began.
In the latest full episode of The Sherborne Podcast the town's MP Chris Loder explains why strict rules on funerals during the pandemic must be lifted to help grieving families.
Chief Constable James Vaughan and Police and Crime Commissioner Martyn Underhill discuss how Dorset Police have been enforcing the emergency restrictions during the pandemic.
The majority of people fined for breaking the restrictions have been from outside the county.
Both men expect the way Dorset is policed in the future to change when the crisis is over.
Also in this episode, West Dorset MP Chris Loder explains why he is trying to persuade churches and crematoria to relax their strict rules on holding funerals during the emergency. He says grieving families should be allowed to attend services.
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The government announces more help for small businesses.
Dorset's chief constable says most people in the county continue to adhere to the lockdown restrictions despite the recent fine weather.
The government says the five tests it has set to enable the lockdown to be eased have not yet been met.
Sherborne Viral Kindness have raised more than £10,000 to fund the community kitchen providing meals for vulnerable residents.
Coming soon, the next full episode of The Sherborne Podcast: Coping with COVID-19.
Police urge people to stay at home during the weekend and reveal how many fines they've issued since the lockdown began.
People who need it are urged to seek medical treatment despite fears of coronavirus at doctors' surgeries and hospital A&E departments.
The latest full episode of The Sherborne Podcast 'Coping with COVID-19: On The Frontline' is available wherever you get your podcasts.
Dorset Council say the pandemic could cost themas extra £54million.
The number of people who have died with coronavirus in Dorset hospitals has risen to 107.
Download our full episode Coping with COVID-19: On The Frontline to hear how Sherborne's doctors' surgeries and The Yeatman are dealing with the pandemic.
Clap for the NHS tonight at 8pm. And then listen to The Sherborne Podcast episode Coping with Covid-19: On The Frontline to hear how our GP surgeries and the Yeatman Hospital are dealing with the pandemic.
What's life really like on the frontline in the battle against coronavirus in Sherborne? GP Dr. Elizabeth Long and the matron of The Yeatman Hospital Anne Hiscock talk to The Sherborne Podcast about how they are coping with COVID-19.
The Grove Medical Centre is now the 'hot site' for assessing patients with coronavirus symptoms in Sherborne and the surrounding area.
The Yeatman is treating patients with the virus.
Do they have adequate supplies of personal protection equipment locally and are health staff getting the tests for the virus they need to be able to stay at work?
Also this week, local author Chris Oswald, whose fourth book in his 'Dorset Chronicles' series is published next week, discusses how the pandemic may be viewed in the future.
Days away from human trials of a COVID-19 vaccine.
Motor insurer refunds cash for cars left idle.
Sherborne public gardens are re-opened.
More than 400 people a week are being helped by Sherborne Viral Kindness.
Government medical advisors try to reassure frontline staff about PPE guidance.
No date has been set for the re-opening of schools and colleges.
The deputy chief medical officer says re-using some PPE is appropriate.
Prince Harry singles out Dorset for praise.
Local councils in England are to get millions more from the government to help them maintain services during the pandemic.
Garden waste collections in Dorset are set to resume.
Sherborne Museum turns to Facebook to stay in the public eye,
Download the third 'Coping with Covid-19' episode from The Sherborne Podcast.
The number of patients with coronavirus who have died in hospitals in Dorset has risen by 24 in the past week.
The government scheme to pay furloughed workers is extended to the end of June.
The managing director of Hunt's Foodservice in Sherborne says the pandemic is having a major impact on his company.
Listen to the third special report from The Sherborne Podcast about how the town is coping with COVID-19 wherever you get your podcasts or on YouTube.
Businesses in Sherborne are continuing to adapt to the restrictions imposed on normal life as the government battles to slow the spread of coronavirus.
Hunt's Foodservice is a company rooted in Sherborne. Managing director Richard Hunt tells The Sherborne Podcast of the major impact of the lockdown on the firm and its employees.
Sherborne Museum is closed but is reaching out to people through social media to keep in touch with the community.
The Covid-19 emergency has had unexpected consequences for a Sherborne couple who started their flower-growing farm just three years ago.
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An emergency dental centre is being opened in Dorchester while all regular dentist practices are closed because of the pandemic.
Residents are being asked to help prevent fly-tipping while Dorset Council's waste recycling centres are closed.
A leading supermarket is offering all NHS workers a 10% discount for the next three months.
Businesses in Dorset have been paid more than £9million to help them through the pandemic crisis.
The number of people in Dorset who have died in hospital with corona virus has risen to nearly 80.
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The Home Secretary defends the way police are enforcing the lockdown.
Wessex Water offers a rebate to frontline NHS staff.
An Easter treat from The Eastbury Hotel to all Sherborne's key frontline workers in the battle against coronavirus.
The number of people with coronavirus in Dorset doubles in a week.
Internet use is soaring but people in Sherborne are still reading books.
Dorset is closed to visitors. Residents are told to stay at home this weekend.
The Samaritans launch an emergency appeal as funds and volunteers fall victim to the virus.
Three weeks of enforced confinement to home is proving stressful. The Samaritans in Yeovil and Sherborne are continuing to take calls.
Businesses which rely on face-to-face contact have had to develop new ways of working. How a pilates teacher in Sherborne has taken her classes online.
You can't browse the shelves in Winstone's bookshop in Cheap Street, but founder Wayne Winstone is still busy.
Sherborne Viral Kindness group have answered hundreds of requests since the lockdown began.
Is the curve flattening?
Generous donation to the Sherborne Community Kitchen
Look out for another special full edition of The Sherborne Podcast: Coping with Covid-19
30 people with coronavirus in Dorset have died according to the latest figures.
The Friends of the Yeatman Hospital are appealing for volunteers to sew scrubs.
Call centres for students inquiring about maintenance grants for the summer term have reopened.
Fewer patients were confirmed to have coronavirus in the Dorset Council area which includes Sherborne.
People locally have followed the instruction to stay at home this weekend with Dorset Police reporting quiet roads and empty beaches.
Sherborne Abbey's eucharist for Palm Sunday was held online with the choir each recording their voices individually.
You can join the service on YouTube here
New NHS coronavirus tracker to help learn more about the spread of the pandemic.
Dorset chief constable James Vaughan's latest message to the public.
Help Sherborne Viral Kindness provide more free meals.
NHS coronavirus tracker here.
Donate to Sherborne Community Kitchen here.
The number of patients testing positive for Covid-19 locally reaches 80.
People are being urged to stay at home this weekend despite the expected warmer weather.
Sherborne Community Kitchen serve up 200 meals this week. Support them at https://uk.gofundme.com/f/sherborne-community-kitchen
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The minor injuries unit at the Yeatman Hospital in Sherborne will be closed from Monday 6 April.
Students will still get their maintenance payment for the summer term even though their university or college remains closed.
Got to GoFundMe to donate to the Sherborne Community Kitchen appeal to help the Sherborne Kindness Group provide free home cooked meals to those who need them.
Small businesses can apply for grants of up to £25,000 to help them through the coronavirus crisis.
Parents warned about scammers tricking them into revealing bank details.
To apply for business grants go to: https://www.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk/business-grants
For more on how Sherborne is getting through the coronavirus emergency crisis listen to our special full edition: Coping With COVID-19
Dorset's Police and Crime Commissioner calls on the government for more money to fund additional officers to help tackle the COVID-19 pandemic.
Martyn Underhill also warns more stringent measures may be needed to ensure people stay at home.
Dorset's police and crime commissioner says the force response to the crisis is proportionate.
Local MP Chris Loder says people must stay at home to combat "this horrible, horrible virus."
The organiser of Sherborne Viral Kindness tells how the group businesses and volunteers got together to help people through the emergency.
The owners of one Sherborne business see their takings drop 90% but they vow to keep going.
Sherborne's fire fighters are taking on new tasks.
All the interviews for this episode were conducted remotely or under the appropriate precautions and no unnecessary travel was involved. Consequently, the audio quality is not perfect. Please bear with it, it's worth it.
Latest coronavirus cases in Dorset
Sherborne MP Chris Loder says stay at home
SW Railway introduces amended timetable
Infections in Dorset accelerating
How to help the Sherborne Community Kitchen
Council car parks are now free
Police begin random checks
Sherborne ArtsLink Fizz finds new ways to connect
Kerbside garden waste collections end
Trains run reduced service
Sherborne Viral Kindness helps 80 people a day
Schools exam information to be published next week
Sherborne tourist office closed
Free 'no callers poster' for your window
Recycling Centre closed
Roadworks in Dorset suspended
Appointments required for Minor Injuries Unit at Yeatman Hospital
A personal message from Dorset's Chief Constable.
A statement on council services from Sherborne Town Council.
New procedures for shopping at supermarkets introduced.
Sherborne Castle is the name given to the Tudor house built by Elizabethan soldier, adventurer and courtier Sir Walter Raleigh in the grounds of the old Norman castle on the edge of Sherborne.
The house was acquired by the Digby family in 1617 while Raleigh languished in the Tower of London after being implicated in a plot to topple King James I.
Altered and extended over the years, the house now contains 400 years of history with nationally important collections of art, furniture and porcelain.
Capability Brown was commissioned to install a lake in the grounds in the 1750's and returned to design the gardens that provide the magnificent setting for the house.
Maria Wingfield Digby talks to TSP about the house and its history and we hear from the castle archivist, the housekeeper and one of the team of gardeners about the preparations to reopen after the winter break which have now been put on hold because of the outbreak of the COVID-19 virus.
The house and grounds were scheduled to re-open at Easter but this has been postponed. A decision whether to open the gardens to the public will be announced later on the castle's social media accounts and their website at www.sherbornecastle.com
Twenty-one years ago Sherborne resident John Baker went to hear his cathedral chorister son sing at a festival of liturgical music. He returned inspired to replicate the experience in the splendid setting of Sherborne Abbey.
The festival has been held every year since 2000 and has raised hundreds of thousands of pounds which is spent supporting the choir and music at the abbey, and providing grants to musicians connected to Sherborne. The major refurbishment of the organ currently being undertaken at Sherborne Abbey is funded by the festival.
Tickets for this year's festival will go on general sale on February 11th.
A packed programme runs across eight days. Among the highlights will be performances by the Choir of the Royal Hospital Chelsea, acclaimed soprano Kate Royal, and a unique exploration of choral music from saxophonist Mark Lockheart and organist Roger Sayer.
The Sherborne Festival Chorus will perform Elgar's 'The Kingdom'.
Orchestras, ensembles, singers, and bands from Sherborne School, Sherborne Girls, Leweston School and The Gryphon will be performing at various venues around the town.
The Sherborne Town Band will give a free concert in the abbey.
Celebrating the music of the 'Jazz Sirens' - the 20th century greats like Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday and Peggy Lee - will be Jacqui Dankworth, whose mother Dame Cleo Laine is a former performer at the festival.
The full programme is available on the festival website at www.sherborneabbeyfestival.org where you can also buy tickets.
Central to the festival will be services at Sherborne Abbey where Festival Eucharist will be celebrated at 9.30am with Festival Evensong sung at 5.00pm on Sunday May 3rd. Festival Mattins will be at Castleton Church at 11am.
The festival will be bookended by two special events: you can enjoy an Italian dinner with opera at The Plume of Feathers on the two nights before the festival proper begins, and close out the festival with a French-themed soiree at The Cross Keys with jazz singer Gabrielle Ducomble providing the entertainment.
The Sherborne Abbey Festival has won several awards over the years. Most recently it won silver at the Dorset Tourism Awards 2019 for the Tourism Event/Festival of the Year, while artistic director John Baker was presented with the gold for his Outstanding Contribution to Tourism.
The Sherborne Abbey Festival runs from May 1st to May 6th. Full information is available in the festival booklet available in the abbey or many other locations around town, or from the Tourist Information Centre, or click on www.sherborneabbeyfestival.org where you can also order tickets when they go on general sale from February 11th.
The owner of Sherborne’s historic Eastbury Hotel sits in the garden enjoying the winter sunshine with coffee and an early morning cigar contemplating the completion of nearly two years of renovations and refurbishment of the Georgian building.
Peter de Savary, who with his wife Lana is supervising the transformation of the Eastbury into a luxury townhouse hotel, talks to The Sherborne Podcast in a wide-ranging discussion on the cusp of a new decade.
The work at the Eastbury Hotel is nearly complete; there remains a treehouse suite to be built. But such is Mr de Savary’s attention to detail and the emphasis he places on the level of service he expects to be provided for his guests, not much escapes his eye and he is constantly issuing instructions and making observations to his staff.
Five garden rooms designed to outwardly resemble Victorian potting sheds have been built in the garden and a fully-equipped spa with outside hot tub occupies a shady corner.
In his nearly six decades in business Mr de Savary has rubbed shoulders with leaders of countries and industry. He talks to TSP about Donald Trump, climate change and the likely impact of the UK leaving the European Union.
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The Sherborne Food Bank was set up in 2011. Last year they delivered 1,380 parcels to families, couples and individuals in need, an increase of 31% over the year before. The number sent out this year is expected to have gone up by at least another 20%.
The Sherborne Podcast talks to the chair of trustees Revd Jono Tregale and Michael Graves who supervises the food bank depot where the food parcels are prepared and despatched.
Donations of tinned and dried foods can be left in the special collection boxes in Sherborne's supermarkets, churches and schools which participate in the scheme. The food bank also relies on donations of money which enable them to supplement their stock of food when needed.
The food parcels are distributed to families and others referred to the bank by a variety of local organisations including churches, GP surgeries, mental health groups and housing associations.
If you can help by making a donation go to the food bank website www.sherbornefoodbank.org and use the Just Giving button. Or you can send a cheque to: Sherborne Food Bank, c/o St Paul’s Church, St Paul’s Close, Sherborne DT9 4DU.
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The latest full episode of The Sherborne Podcast meets Sherborne's on-call firefighters. They have other jobs or commitments but drop everything to respond to emergency calls. In the half-hour episode they talk about their role, the impact on their families and why they do it.
In this bonus segment discover the extraordinary reason fewer people are dialling 999 when they see an emergency.
And learn how a free app for your smartphone and three words can help the fire and rescue service pinpoint your exact location if you need help and you don't know where you are.
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It's ten o'clock on a Thursday morning and all over Sherborne pagers are alerting the town's on-call firefighters that crews must respond to a 999 emergency. The firefighters have five minutes to reach the fire station in Coldharbour and despatch the first fire engine.
Station Commander Simon Gillett has been a firefighter in Sherborne for 25 years. He tells The Sherborne Podcast about the demands made on his crews and the commitment they make to be on-call firefighters.
The firefighters spend one evening a week checking and maintaining equipment, and holding training drills to keep their skills up to date.
Dorset and Wiltshire Fire Service are recruiting. They are looking for people willing to commit up to 120 hours a week to the brigade and for employers who are willing to allow their staff to respond to emergencies during the day. The firefighters commit to be on standby in the evenings and overnight.
If you want to know more about becoming an on-call firefighter go to https://www.dwfire.org.uk/working-for-us/on-call-firefighters
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Dr Kelvin Clayton is The Green Party candidate forWest Dorset in the general election on December 12th. He discusses the party's manifesto titled 'If Not Now, When?'
The party is proposing a Green New Deal costing £100bn over the next ten years to cut carbon emissions and create a net-zero carbon economy by 2030.
Dr Clayton says the party is putting forward radical plans to transform housing, farming and transport which include improving energy efficiency in a million homes a year, building energy efficient council homes, improving public transport and ending the sale of all petrol and diesel vehicles by 2030.
He says the question is not whether we can afford the measures to tackle climate change, but whether we can afford not to.
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Tourists come to marvel at the 15th century fan vaulted ceiling of Sherborne Abbey but christians have worshipped near the spot for 13 centuries. The Revd Canon Eric Woods has been Rector of Sherborne for more than 25 years. He guides TSP around the Abbey, telling of Royal visits, his battles to improve the fabric of the building, and the place it occupies in the life of the town. Canon Woods speaks about the founder St Aldhelm who built the first church in 705, the "wow" factor when visitors first enter the Abbey, the music, and the history.
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The general election campaign is underway after parliament was dissolved ahead of polling on December 12th. The Liberal Democrats are fielding Bridport man Edward Morello in the West Dorset seat formerly held by Sir Oliver Letwin who has left parliament.
Mr Morello says Brexit is the defining issue of the campaign and he believes the Liberal Democrat policy of cancelling the UK's departure from the European Union will make him the winner of the constituency that includes Sherborne, Dorchester, Bridport and Lyme Regis.
Aside from Brexit, Mr Morello talks to The Sherborne Podcast about the decline of local services as an issue in the campaign.
He says the Liberal Democrat leader Jo Swinson has categorically ruled out entering into a coalition with either the Conservatives or Labour if Boris Johnson and Jeremy Corbyn continue as leaders of their parties after election day. But he says the Liberal Democrats could be king-makers if either of the parties ditch their leaders.
He says it is possible for Jo Swinson to emerge as our next prime minister.
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Delivering Brexit is the number one priority for Conservative general election candidate Chris Loder. He tells The Sherborne Podcast he disagrees with outgoing MP Sir Oliver Letwin who angered Brexit supporters by frustrating prime minister Boris Johnson's attempt to get his renegotiated deal through parliament.
Mr Loder was born in Sherborne's Yeatman Hospital and went to The Gryphon School before beginning his career in railway management with a summer job at Sherborne station.
He believes people in the town want the Brexit issue decided once and for all so that the country can move on.
Mr Loder also discusses transport policy, planning issues in rural areas and the size of Dorset Council tax bills.
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The pilot episode of The Sherborne Podcast reports on one of the town's longest traditions. Pack Monday Fair has been held on the first Monday after Old Michaelmas Day for centuries. It is heralded at midnight by townsfolk roaming the slumbering streets crashing bin lids and blowing horns.
The fair is said to have gained its name in 1490 when the craftsmen building the fan vaulted nave of Sherborne Abbey completed their work, packed away their tools, and spent a day at the fair celebrating their achievement.
Written accounts of the fair date from the late 18th century and tell of an agricultural market where livestock is traded, vegetables and fruits are sold, and villagers from the surrounding area travel to Sherborne to buy drapery, hats and bonnets, and enjoy fairground entertainments lining the streets.
Nowadays, the town's main streets are lined with food carts and stalls selling a wide variety of goods, toys, clothing and fresh produce.
In 2018 Brent Mitchell's Events Crew company was awarded a five-year contract to revamp Pack Monday Fair to ensure it remains relevant and viable into the future. As a Sherborne man, Brent understands the place the fair occupies in the town.
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