The English village with links to five US presidents

found 2025 › Jan › 19 (Sun) @ 12:15 UTC

a story from BBC › BBC News

A village in Somerset with a population of about 600 people has direct links to five US presidents.

‘One-in-a-billion’ round egg found at farm in Devon to be auctioned

found 2025 › Jan › 17 (Fri) @ 20:54 UTC

a story from The Guardian › International

Rare spherical egg could fetch in region of £200, with proceeds of sale going to charity

A farm worker in Devon has discovered what she believes to be a “one-in-a-billion” spherical egg.

Alison Greene,…

‘A viable business’: Rolls-Royce banking on success of small modular reactors

found 2025 › Jan › 15 (Wed) @ 05:55 UTC

a story from The Guardian › International

British firm in the vanguard of companies arguing SMRs are a quicker and cheaper option than large Hinkley-sized plants

The Hinkley Point C power plant in Somerset is gargantuan. The 176-hectare (435…

Thousands celebrate winter solstice at historic sites

found 2024 › Dec › 21 (Sat) @ 20:34 UTC

a story from BBC › BBC News

Crowds gather to watch the sunrise over spiritual sites in Wiltshire and Somerset.

Wolf Hall house that stood in for Hampton Court Palace in the hit BBC drama could be yours for £2.5million

found 2024 › Dec › 20 (Fri) @ 18:41 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail › The Daily Mail

When the creators of Wolf Hall, the hit TV adaptation of Hilary Mantel's historical novels, needed to recreate Hampton Court Palace, one of the houses they turned to was Barrow Court in Somerset.

I beat 200 million-to-one odds to welcome identical triplets: My sons who were due on Christmas day arrived seven weeks early

found 2024 › Dec › 18 (Wed) @ 13:45 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail › The Daily Mail

Stacey and Grant Silk, from Shepton Mallet, Somerset, have beaten odds up to 200 million-to-one by having identical triplets. Hunter, Bodhi and Travis, were conceived naturally

Bronze Age massacre victims likely cannibalised

found 2024 › Dec › 16 (Mon) @ 07:39 UTC

a story from BBC › BBC News

At least 37 people appear to have been butchered and likely eaten in a Bronze Age massacre in Somerset.

A moment that changed me: I was loving life as a cellist – then something snapped in my arm

found 2024 › Dec › 12 (Thu) @ 06:09 UTC

a story from The Guardian › International

As a teenager with a scholarship to a prestigious music school, I was looking forward to a future playing Dvořák, Shostakovich and Elgar. Then came the injury that shattered my dreams

When I was 15 I …

Wine-bottle snowman towers 26 feet over pub

found 2024 › Dec › 10 (Tue) @ 06:21 UTC

a story from BBC › BBC News

Thousands of lights have completely covered the Queen Victoria Inn in Somerset.