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Birdwatch: an unlikely encounter with the least sandpiper in Somerset

Diminutive bird breeds in Alaska and Arctic Canada and sightings in Britain are rare enough to attract a crowd

The Guardian - UK

From farm to forest: the volunteers planting 100,000 trees in Somerset

A woodland charity has enlisted about 1,000 people to create Lower Chew Forest and help fight climate breakdown

The Guardian - UK

Country diary: The ravens here are heard but not seen

Frome, Somerset: Driven out from here centuries ago, they are a presence once more – just don’t expect an easy sighting

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‘Find Jack’: family of student who went missing in Bristol still seeking answers

Mother of Jack O’Sullivan, who disappeared nine months ago, raises questions over how police have handled the case

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The gentle magic of walking in Somerset’s Mendip Hills

John Harris and family revisit the first halfway serious hill-walk they made in a landscape that’s more comforting than challenging – just what they’re looking for at this time of year

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From dream to reality: Go-op, Britain’s first cooperative railway

With approval to run trains between Swindon, Taunton and Weston-super-Mare, services could start in 2026

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‘Something horrible’: Somerset pit reveals bronze age cannibalism

Oxford analysis shows evidence of bloody massacre, with hand and feet bones chewed by human molars

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Monogrammed Queen Victoria bloomers to be auctioned

A pair of slipper shoes and another undergarment – being sold by a family based in Somerset – are also up for grabs at the Hansons sale.

The Independent UK

Country pub of the week: the Lord Poulett Arms, Somerset

This place is kept just as a country pubs should be: a little shabby, cast in dark wood, candlelit, and joyfully beery

Evening Standard

Four of UK’s oldest nuclear plants to run for even longer as Hinkley Point delayed

EDF extends life of reactors to ‘boost energy security’ and bridge gap before new Somerset project starts up

The Guardian - UK

Two police officers given misconduct notices after death of girl on M5

Tamzin Hall, 17, was hit by car after fleeing police vehicle which had pulled over on M5 in Somerset

The Guardian - UK

Police officers served with misconduct notices after death of 17-year-old on M5

Tamzin Ellen Hall, from Wellington, Somerset, was being taken into custody when officers pulled over and she escaped from the police car.

Evening Standard

Teenager who died after fleeing police vehicle was under arrest, inquest told

Tamzin Hall, 17, from Somerset, died on the M5 on November 11.

Evening Standard

Cat wedged inside drainpipe found with head poking out of tube

John the female cat was rescued by fire crew at Clevedon Fire Station in Somerset.

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Country Diary: Flushing out barn owls with my explosive sneezes

Frome, Somerset: Not for the first time have I accidentally disturbed a slumbering owl – this one from its perch on a squat church tower

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Girl who died after leaving police vehicle on M5 named as Tamzin Hall

Police say family of 17-year-old have asked for privacy after she was fatally struck by car on motorway in Somerset

Evening Standard

Glastonbury first tickets to go on sale for 2025 festival

The festival is set for 25–29 June 2025 at Worthy Farm in Somerset, with a break planned for 2026

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Girl, 17, who died after being hit by car on M5 had fled police vehicle

Avon and Somerset police referred themselves to watchdog, who said girl was being transported to custody

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M5 crash: Girl, 17, dies in collision moments after getting out of police vehicle

Avon and Somerset Police has referred itself to the Independent Office for Police Conduct

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Back to the land: In Osip v.2, chef Merlin Labron-Johnson has defined the farm-to-table model for years to come

With a new location, Somerset's Osip is reimagined as a 'contemporary auberge' with the same focus on homegrown produce and minimal waste

The Independent UK

Girl, 17, dies after being hit by car on M5 in Somerset

Motorists are being diverted around the closure via the A38 – which is also now facing long delays

The Independent UK

Labour doesn’t understand the countryside, say farmers in warning ‘tractor tax’ will destroy village life

Farmers say they’re already seeing the ‘slow erosion of country life’ as they warn last week’s Budget could have dire consequences

Evening Standard

Octogenarian RAF veteran takes vulnerable youngsters under wing as foster carer

The former fighter pilot has been fostering with Somerset Council for four years.

Evening Standard

Historic items stolen from National Trust house in Somerset

The burglary of Montacute House in Somerset took place at around 11pm on Tuesday October 22, Avon and Somerset Police said.

Evening Standard

D-Day veteran dies months after 100th birthday

Lieutenant Richard Willis RN was the second in command on a landing craft tasked with taking US tanks and troops to Utah beach in June 1944

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