A new training facility will teach young people advanced aerospace and engineering skills thanks to a partnership between a sixth form college and a major aeroplane manufacturer. Under the agreement b...
The team behind the world’s last seagoing paddle steamer is hoping to raise £135,000 to replace “vital components” ahead of the 80th anniversary of its launch. The sum is just a smal...
Conservationists in Somerset are attempting to save one of the UK’s rarest plants from the brink of extinction. The starved wood-sedge (also known as Carex depauperate) is only found in two site...
James DiamondWest of England BBC Children across the UK are being taught how to be journalists in Jill Dando’s name A project inspired by murdered TV journalist Jill Dando which aims to inspire ...
An extra £81m is being invested to improve walking, cycling and wheeling routes across the south-west of England. Managed by the government’s Active Travel, the money will be divided across loca...
James DiamondWest of England Getty Images James Purefoy says he feels “a weight lift from his shoulders” when he returns to Somerset Actor James Purefoy says a tour of village halls across...
Almost 200 people have been diagnosed with HIV or hepatitis since local A&E departments introduced routine screening. About 180 people who attended A&E have been diagnosed with blood-borne vir...
Widespread sickness has led to a state boarding school having to be temporarily closed. The BBC understands 70 pupils and staff members at Brymore Academy in Bridgwater, Somerset, are currently suffer...
A tiger which was rescued from traffickers in eastern Europe has been given a new home in the UK. Aqua has been brought to Noah’s Ark Zoo Farm in Wraxall, near Bristol, as part of a project to p...
Wera Hobhouse A petition calling for improvements to eating disorder treatment has been handed into 10 Downing Street A young woman who suffers from an eating disorder says she has felt “let dow...