A cheating Polish factory worker was found guilty on Friday of murdering his British girlfriend after hatching a plot with his jealous secret lover an...
It's important to put paid to some of the other myths that have grown up around this issue. The most up to date scientific advice available shows that a programme that tackles TB on all fronts at the same time, including in wildlife, will significantly reduce the problem. What's happened in other countries backs this up.
Of course no one from McDonald's lives in our village, nor do the lawyers doing the dirty work on their behalf. None of them will have to live with the consequences should their application succeed and neither will any of them provide any redress. And this is why I've come to loathe this company.
One person has died after a train hit a car on a level crossing, British Transport Police said. The incident happened on the crossing near Athelney...
My job as energy and climate change secretary is to both power the country and protect the planet. Nuclear power delivers on both of these objectives. I'm determined to use all of my powers to make sure that Britain leads the way in sourcing the energy we need from low carbon sources.
The government is expected to announce that it is giving the go-ahead to the first of a planned fleet of new nuclear reactors in the UK. Energy Sec...
A heroic dock master has spoken of how he dived into freezing cold waters to rescue a six-month old baby boy after his buggy was blown in by strong wi...
Rescue teams looking for a vulnerable pensioner who has disappeared during freezing conditions have started underwater searches of a river. Peter C...
A dog has been found hanged in Somerset in what police suspect is a "deliberate and cruel" act. Police are appealing for witnesses after the body o...
Britain has no difficulty building great and beautiful things: castles, gardens, theatres, orchestras, the National Health Service, the BBC. Why do we have such difficulty protecting them? In our protest against McDonald's, our greatest hope that it is the threat to the traffic that will persuade local authorities.
Residents in North Wales are setting up a fund for flood victims after a woman was killed and 400 properties were affected by the weather. Accordin...
Tickets for next year's Glastonbury Festival have sold out in record time. The event's organisers, father and daughter Michael and Emily Eavis, sai...
Britain must batten down the hatches for heavy rain at flooding, with motorists and commuters braced for disruption as the winter weather hits home. ...
A well-known landmark is to undergo a facelift. Somerset's Willow Man will benefit from a much-needed repair work to its head and arms. Standing...
This morning we had the pleasure of meeting the charming Alice Temperley at the launch of her new line Somerset at John Lewis. The quintessentially Br...
There were emotional scenes at the funeral of a four-year-old boy who drowned after slipping from a jetty. Dylan Cecil was on holiday visiting his ...
A four-year-old boy who went missing in the sea while on a trip to the coast has been named by police. Dylan Cecil's parents frantically tried to r...
A search for a four-year-old boy who vanished in the sea while on a trip to the coast has become a body recovery operation, Coastguards have confirmed...
I never thought I would be brave enough to go on a fasting retreat, but sometimes curiosity does the trick.
A Somerset couple face a legal bill running into thousands after losing a court battle to stop passing motorists from using the bottom of their garden...
A pensioner was under arrest today after an elderly man was fatally stabbed. Police said they were called to reports of a disturbance in Clifton St...
Kick-Ass star Aaron Johnson has wed his filmmaker fiancee Sam Taylor-Wood. The couple exchanged vows on Thursday 21 June in Somerset, England, aft...
Four people have died in a car crash, police said today. A Volkswagen Passat and a Vauxhall Astra collided on the A39 at Cannington, near Bridgwate...
There was brief embarrassment for Olympic organisers on Monday when the Torch went out. The blip in proceedings happened while the Torch was attach...
A man has been jailed for five-and-a-half years for slashing the throat of a father who survived by stemming the blood with a doner kebab. Jamie Ed...
