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Thousands on way home from Glastonbury Festival site | Thousands on way home from Glastonbury Festival site |
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Tens of thousands of revellers are making their way home by road and rail from the Glastonbury Festival. | Tens of thousands of revellers are making their way home by road and rail from the Glastonbury Festival. |
More than 8,000 people are expected to use Castle Cary railway station. On a normal Monday it would expect about 500 passengers. | |
Police praised festival goers and said crime figures were 25% lower compared with 2011 and 2010. | |
During the three-day event, 296 crimes were reported and officers made 170 arrests. | |
'Headliners booked' | 'Headliners booked' |
Some 180,000 people attended the event at Worthy Farm - with organiser Michael Eavis describing the moment the Rolling Stones played as the high point of 43 years. | |
"Preparations for 2014 are also under way with the headliners for the next festival already booked," he said. | "Preparations for 2014 are also under way with the headliners for the next festival already booked," he said. |
"There aren't many left, there were maybe a dozen headliner potentials so we're running out of headliners but we got the last three for next year," he added. | "There aren't many left, there were maybe a dozen headliner potentials so we're running out of headliners but we got the last three for next year," he added. |
While the Rolling Stones were playing, one festival-goer went into labour. | |
The baby girl is said to have arrived in the early hours of Sunday at the on-site Ivy Mead medical centre. | |
The proud parents are reported to be Heidi Wesson and Sean Crothers. | |
It is believed the couple have settled on the name Ivy, after the medical centre where she was born. | |
Campers have until 18:00 BST on Monday to leave the site with crew and stallholders given a week to vacate the farm in Pilton. | Campers have until 18:00 BST on Monday to leave the site with crew and stallholders given a week to vacate the farm in Pilton. |
The process to turn the site back into a working dairy farm is expected to take six weeks. | The process to turn the site back into a working dairy farm is expected to take six weeks. |
Tractors carrying magnetic strips will travel across the 900-acre site to pick up tent pegs, while workers will carry out a fingertip search to make sure no inch of the land goes unchecked. | |
Avon and Somerset Police warned people leaving the site should be prepared to queue. | Avon and Somerset Police warned people leaving the site should be prepared to queue. |
"Officers would be working with festival organisers to make sure the road is flowing well and people are able to leave with as little disruption as possible," a spokeswoman said. | "Officers would be working with festival organisers to make sure the road is flowing well and people are able to leave with as little disruption as possible," a spokeswoman said. |
BBC Somerset will be broadcasting traffic news throughout Monday on 95.5FM and 1566AM. | BBC Somerset will be broadcasting traffic news throughout Monday on 95.5FM and 1566AM. |
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