Somerset

Teacher Filmed Himself Sexually Abusing Young Girls As School Failed To Act

PA | Posted 26.03.2012 | UK Universities & Education

Paedophile teacher Nigel Leat was able to film himself abusing young girls in his classroom because the school's bosses failed to act on his increasin...

Twenty Years on From the Protection of Badgers Act, Britain's Badgers Face an Uncertain Future

Mark Jones | Posted 25.03.2012 | UK Politics
Mark Jones

As we welcome in 2012, ironically the 20th anniversary of the 1992 Protection of Badgers Act, hard times loom for Britain's badgers.

Pictures Of The Day: Stars, Moons And Spider Capes

Huffington Post UK | Felicity Morse | Posted 23.01.2012 | UK

Pictures of the day reveal a hand-embroidered cape made from the silk of the Golden Orb Spider. The cape is one of two golden spider silk textiles tha...

VIDEO: Somerset Police Release Their 'UFO' Files

Huffington Post UK | Felicity Morse | Posted 19.12.2011 | UK

"Record numbers" of aliens and UFO sightings have been reported in the mystical county of Somerset, after a Freedom of Information request by the Some...

No More Christmas Kisses? British Mistletoe 'Rapidly Disappearing'

The Huffington Post UK | Olivia Williams | Posted 19.12.2011 | UK

Mistletoe, one of our most cherished Christmas decorations, is in danger of disappearing over the next 20 years, according to the National Trust. M...

Christmas-Crazy Homeowner Spends £20,00 On 'Winter Wonderland'

The Huffington Post UK | Olivia Williams | Posted 05.12.2011 | UK

Hundreds of visitors a day are flocking to a sleepy cul-de-sac in Somerset to see one man's suburban winter wonderland, showcasing 400 metres of fake ...

M5 Crash Could Take Investigators 'Weeks' To Discover Cause

PA | Posted 07.01.2012 | UK

It may be weeks before police know what caused the M5 pile-up in which seven people were killed, the Transport Secretary has said. Justine Greening ...

Teacher Drags Baby To Safety From M5 Crash Wreckage

PA | Posted 05.01.2012 | UK

A teacher caught up in the fatal M5 crash has described how he carried a baby to safety amid the carnage of cars ploughing into wreckage at 70mph. ...

Community Faces Up To M5 Crash

PA | Posted 05.01.2012 | UK

People living in the communities close to where the devastating M5 motorway accident happened are struggling to come to terms with the devastation. ...

Police Confirm Seven Dead In Horrific M5 Pile-Up

Huffington Post UK | Lucy Sherriff | Posted 05.01.2012 | UK

Police have confirmed seven people were killed in the 34-car pile-up on the M5 near Taunton. The accident happened at around 8.15pm on Friday night...

M5 Crash Triggered 'Massive Fireball', Killing 'Several People'

Huffington Post UK | Lucy Sherriff | Posted 04.01.2012 | UK

Several people have been killed and dozens of others in a horrific pile-up on the M5 in Somerset, which triggered a "massive fireball". Emergency w...

'Several Fatalities' In Multi-Vehicle Motorway Accident In Somerset

The Huffington Post UK | Paul Vale | Posted 04.01.2012 | UK

Several people have reportedly been killed in huge crash on the M5 motorway near junction 25 close to Taunton in Somerset. Sky is reporting that ...

Frome Artisan Market

Pearl Lowe | Posted 20.02.2012 | UK Lifestyle
Pearl Lowe

The past has always been my main source of inspiration. When designing for Peacocks, making my own dresses or planning my stationary and soft furnishing lines, I always look to antiques and vintage fashion for ideas - both of which are found in abundance in my local town of Frome. Tucked away in the Somerset countryside, the cobbled streets of this Saxon parish contain some of the most adorable second-hand shops and vintage textile stores in the country.