THE founder of Glastonbury Festival, Michael Eavis, 85, received his Covid-19 vaccination on New Year’s Eve.

Mr Eavis, a dairy farmer, said: “It is amazing to be in one of the first groups of people to have the Covid-19 vaccine in Somerset.

“It is great that everyone across the country will be offered the vaccine in due course. It is really important that everyone takes the opportunity to have the free vaccine when it is offered to them – it is our only real chance of protecting ourselves and our friends and family from this disease.”