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NEARLY 20,000 BADGERS CULLED IN ATTEMPT TO REDUCE BOVINE TB
Culling badgers began in two pilot areas in 2013 and has since been expanded to 19 further zones in Cornwall, Cheshire, Devon, Dorset, Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, Somerset and Wiltshire... READ MORE›
HINKLEY POINT: THE DREADFUL DEAL BEHIND THE WORLDS MOST EXPENSIVE POWER PLANT
When it is finally completed, Hinkley Point C will be the most expensive power station in the world... READ MORE›
PLANS FOR MAJOR NUCLEAR POWER STATION IN WALES WIN GREEN LIGHT
Office for Nuclear Regulation approves design for new reactor at Horizon Nuclear Power's plant at Wylfa, Anglesey... READ MORE›
STEPHANIE REARDON: SEXUAL VIOLENCE IS STILL NOT TAKEN SERIOUSLY ENOUGH IN WHITEHALL
Part of the problem is that despite the high-profile media attention, sexual violence is still not taken seriously enough in Whitehall, Reardon believes... READ MORE›
IT'S THE BEGINNING OF THE END FOR NEW JERSEY'S BEAR HUNT
ET Dec. 3, 2017 CLOSE Opening day for New Jersey's black bear hunt archery portion began on Monday, October 9, 2017... READ MORE›
TAX HAVENS LOBBY TO KEEP LOOPHOLES THAT ENRICH INSURERS, HEDGE FUND MANAGERS
Documents reviewed by IBT show Bermuda and the Cayman Islands trying to prevent a crackdown on offshore tax maneuvers... READ MORE›
'IT FEELS A LITTLE FORGOTTEN': WEST SOMERSET BEARS BRUNT OF SOCIAL MOBILITY CHALLENGE
A significantly lower proportion of pupils from West Somerset go on to attend higher education compared to elsewhere... READ MORE›
DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN FACE WORSE OUTCOMES IN SOME RICH AREAS REPORT
The government urgently needs to take action to improve the prospects of young people in Britain's rural areas and former industrial heartlands... READ MORE›
EIGHT, NINE, TEN WHY PEOPLE ARE COUNTING SHEEP IN CHEDDAR GORGE
There is a shaggy creation myth surrounding the feral sheep of Cheddar Gorge in Somerset... READ MORE›
A&E UNITS, GP SURGERIES AND WALK-IN CENTRES TO CLOSE AS CASH CRISIS BITES
Critics warn that it will leave Walsall's other urgent care centre, at Manor hospital, unable to cope with extra demand... READ MORE›
NO CAMERAS REQUIRED ABOARD UBER VEHICLES, CITY SAYS
The issue of whether to make cameras mandatory for Uber vehicles was a hot topic during the contentious 2016 debate to legalize companies like Uber... READ MORE›
BITTERN NUMBERS IN UK AT RECORD HIGH, SAYS RSPB
The RSPB attributed the rise in populations to intensive conservation efforts that have protected the birds' preferred habitat of dense, wet, reedbeds... READ MORE›
LOOKING BLANKLY AT ABSURDITY: INSIDE THE WORLD OF PRIVATE EYES CARTOONISTS
Ken Pyne, who is based in north London, has been sending cartoons in to Private Eye since he was 20, 46 years ago... READ MORE›
THIS BAN COULD COST BRITONS $1.3 BILLION IN POWER BILLS
The cost of onshore wind may have fallen even further since the Baringa analysis was published in April, Richard Black, ECIU's director, said in an email... READ MORE›
BRITAIN'S WILDLIFE NEEDS URGENT NEW PROTECTIONS AHEAD OF BREXIT, SAY MPS
The decision to leave the European Union creates new opportunities for a Green Brexit and to enhance our environmental standards... READ MORE›
CHINESE FIRM BEHIND ESSEX NUCLEAR PLANT REFUSES TO REVEAL SECURITY INFORMATION
There is no suggestion the UK nuclear regulator would approve the Chinese reactor without receiving the documentation it required... READ MORE›
CITY COULD OFFER DEVELOPER $9M IN INCENTIVES TO CLEAN SITE NEAR LRT STOP
City staff are also proposing a grant of up to 2,320,420 over a maximum of 10 years to Colonnade Development Inc... READ MORE›
BEN STOKES INCLUDED IN ENGLAND'S ASHES SQUAD DESPITE BROKEN HAND
This season Vince is averaging a modest 34.82 in first-class cricket for Hampshire but England believe his game will be suited to Australian pitches... READ MORE›
ENGLAND DROP BEN STOKES AFTER ASSAULT ARREST
England all-rounder Ben Stokes has been arrested on suspicion of causing actual bodily harm in Bristol and dropped for Wednesday's fourth one-day international against West Indies... READ MORE›
Trending News Headlines : Somerset
LONDON MOSQUE ATTACK SUSPECT NAMED, ACCORDING TO MEDIA OUTLETS
Basu said it was a challenging time for London and that the emergency services were stretched... READ MORE›
VIRGIN CARE WINS ?700M CONTRACT TO RUN 200 NHS AND SOCIAL CARE SERVICES
Virgin Care has been handed the contract by both Bath and North East Somerset NHS clinical commissioning group and Conservative-led Bath and North East Somerset council... READ MORE›
JOHNNY DEPP APOLOGIZES FOR JOKE ABOUT ASSASSINATING DONALD TRUMP
Facing mounting criticism, Johnny Depp has apologized for his joke Thursday at Glastonbury Festival about President Trump being assassinated... READ MORE›
MERSEY FEAT: WORLD'S BIGGEST WIND TURBINES GO ONLINE NEAR LIVERPOOL
Danish company Dong Energy has just finished installing 32 turbines in Liverpool Bay that are taller than the Gherkin skyscraper, with blades longer than nine London buses... READ MORE›
HUGE BOOST FOR RENEWABLES AS OFFSHORE WINDFARM COSTS FALL TO RECORD LOW
The price is half of what new offshore windfarms were being awarded just two years ago... READ MORE›
TAXPAYERS SPEND ?500,000 ON RADIOS FOR BADGER CULL MARKSMEN
Almost 15,000 badgers have been killed since the first culling took place in Gloucestershire and Somerset in 2013... READ MORE›
HUGE INCREASE IN BADGER CULLING WILL SEE UP TO 33,500 ANIMALS SHOT
Devon now has six badger culls under way, with Somerset and Wiltshire having three each, with others in Cheshire, Cornwall, Dorset, Gloucestershire and Herefordshire... READ MORE›
BADGER CULL KILLS MORE THAN 10,000 ANIMALS IN THREE MONTHS
The government has embarked upon a widespread rollout of badger culling in the absence of firm evidence that this approach can reduce cattle TB, said Woodroffe... READ MORE›
'FAKE' BOMB DETECTORS BEING USED BY HOTEL SECURITY GUARDS SEARCHING FOR EXPLOSIVES
Egypt plane crash 'Fake' bomb detectors being used by hotel security guards searching for explosives... READ MORE›
EXPLOSION AT EDF'S FLAMANVILLE NUCLEAR PLANT IN NORTHERN FRANCE
Nuclear power provides four-fifths of France's electricity generation, but much of the country's ageing nuclear fleet is expected to close in the 2030s... READ MORE›
ANOTHER 1,000 BADGERS TO BE KILLED IN SOMERSET AND GLOUCESTERSHIRE
Natural England said supplementary culling would take place annually for the next five years in Gloucestershire and Somerset... READ MORE›
BATH TIPPER TRUCK CRASH KILLS CHILD AND THREE ADULTS
Bath and North East Somerset Council said nearby Weston All Saints Primary school would be closed on Tuesday... READ MORE›
HUNT SABOTEURS SHOULD LEARN ITS A 'DANGEROUS WORLD OUT THERE' SAYS LAWYER AFTER HUNTSMAN IS CLEARED OF RAMMING PROTESTERA
Farmer Doggrell, of the Blackmore and Sparkford Vale hunt, was leading the final one of three trail hunts in Charlton Horethorne, Somerset... READ MORE›
UK GOVERNMENT NOT FUNDING NATURAL FLOOD PREVENTION METHODS
Despite government support for measures such as planting trees to stop floods, no funds have yet been been allocated... READ MORE›
BADGER CULL COULD SEE BOOM IN FOXES, STOATS AND WEASELS
Last year almost 11,000 badgers were killed as part of the cull... READ MORE›
FRENCH POWER STATION GENERATES ELECTRICITY FROM CHEESE
In Somerset, the family-owned cheesemakers, Wyke Farms, generate their own electricity from waste cheese, cow manure and leftover crops... READ MORE›
AMONG YOUNG BRITONS FEAR AND DESPAIR OVER VOTE
But many young voters wondered what would happen to European Union funding for research and sciences... READ MORE›
ALMOST 6,000 MENTAL HEALTH PATIENTS SENT OUT OF AREA FOR CARE LAST YEAR
Ultimately, equality for mental health cannot be achieved when budgets are under such enormous pressure... READ MORE›
LACK OF POST-HOSPITAL CARE 'LEAVING MENTAL HEALTH PATIENTS AT RISK'
The CQC's Lelliott said pressure on mental health services, including to discharge patients to free up beds, should not compromise the aftercare they received... READ MORE›
ENGLAND'S BEAVERS ALLOWED TO STAY IN THE WILD
The beavers of the River Otter are the first breeding population in the English countryside for hundreds of years... READ MORE›
SCRAPPING HINKLEY FOR RENEWABLE ALTERNATIVES WILL SAVE 'TENS OF BILLIONS'
A final investment decision by EDF on the nuclear power plant's expansion is expected in May... READ MORE›
DEMENTIA NURSES PROVIDE A LIFELINE FOR CARERS THAT IS ALL TOO RARE
The CCGs co-fund the service with Dementia UK for two years and recruitment is currently under way to increase the number of Admiral nurses to seven... READ MORE›
MAN SELLS TO CHINESE AT $115 PER BOTTLE
De Watts says the 580 ml about 20 oz glass jars have been flying out the door, many headed for pollution-plagued Chinese cities such as Beijing and Shanghai... READ MORE›
NHS CHIEF TELLS MINISTERS: FACE UP TO THE PAY CRISIS
A total of 2,137 GPs in surgeries across Britain are from countries in the European Economic Area the other 27 EU members plus Switzerland, Norway and Iceland... READ MORE›
ELGIN STREET MERCHANTS WELCOME WIDER SIDEWALKS, FRET OVER POTENTIAL PARKING LOSS
Editha Sanders, from Denver, Colo., had walked with a friend to Pure Kitchen on Elgin from their hotel on Albert Street... READ MORE›
UK SOLAR POWER INDUSTRY PROPOSES EMERGENCY PLAN TO SAVE RENEWABLES
The scheme is a response to government plans to cut subsidies for rooftop solar panel installations by 87 from 1 January... READ MORE›
BURST WATER MAIN CLOSES PLYMOUTH SAINSBURY'S SUPERMARKET
It owns around Devon and Cornwall, including Bystock Ponds... READ MORE›
FUNERAL FOR TIPPER TRUCK CRASH GIRL
Bristol post funeral of four-year-old mitzi steady who died in bath truck crash to be held today 6 hrs ago... READ MORE›
FRIENDS OF THE FURZE-PIG: RSPCA URGES PUBLIC TO BE 'HEDGEHOG-AWARE'
These hedgehogs at the RSPCA's West Hatch animal centre in Somerset have had a tough time of it... READ MORE›
MAN FOUND GUILTY OF KILLING ONE OF BRITAIN'S RAREST BUTTERFLIES
Magistrates told that Phillip Cullen was spotted chasing large blues with a net at Gloucestershire reserve... READ MORE›