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Where is Beyond Paradise filmed? The stunning locations used for popular BBC show

Beyond Paradise, a spin-off of Death in Paradise, is set in the fictional Devon town of Shipton Abbott, where DI Humphrey Goodman settles with Martha Lloyd. The series is not filmed in a real place called Shipton Abbott, but rather across various scenic locations in Devon and Cornwall. Looe in…

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Mother’s Pride review – flat-cap populism and weak beer in Martin Clunes post-Brexit pub comedy

The team behind Fisherman’s Friends swap sea shanties for real ale, but this tale of rival West Country boozers serves up clunky exposition and sentiment on tap

The Guardian - UK

Cokanasiga on song to help Bath past Bristol in bruising West Country derby

Bath came out on top in a feisty, incident-packed West Country derby, but were made to work hard for their 40-15 win against Bristol

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Braised pork sausages with apples, cider and creamy mash – recipe

This autumnal recipe uses succulent pork sausages and deliciously sweet apples sauteed in West Country butter for a wholesome midweek supper

The Guardian - UK

“If it gets a bit tense we chill out with a joke. He’s good at that. Most of our messages are in a West Country dialect!” Thom Yorke isn’t the very serious character you may have thought, says one collaborator

Electronic artist reveals Radiohead vocalist is more likely to say “Wasson there, bey?” than “What’s your problem, eh?” – and their new album might just contain a pinch of King Crimson and Gentle Giant

Louder

Colourful new community artwork in Dorset steals Cerne Giant’s limelight

Consequences Giant figure in the West Country is the result of project involving community groups and schools

The Guardian - UK

“There was a very unpleasant atmosphere between all of us. George Martin said he’d do another album… Instead we drove the band off the cliff”: How Stackridge conspired to swerve the success they deserved

The quirky West Country prog group started to get somewhere with 1973’s The Man In The Bowler Hat. Guitarist/vocalist James Warren – later of The Korgis – accepts youth and inexperience caused their implosion at exactly the wrong moment

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Gloucester dismantle Exeter in record-breaking West Country derby victory

Gloucester delivered a record-breaking thrashing of Exeter as they scored 13 tries in their 79-17 West Country derby triumph

The Guardian - UK

Bath go deep to surge back and overcome Gloucester in derby cracker

Another week, another rip-roaring West Country derby. This time, though, it was Bath who headed home with the bragging rights

The Guardian - UK

Fear and sympathy: villagers on their encounters with the ‘Somerset gimp’

The latex-clad individual has caused much distress in the sleepy West Country area, though others say they ‘feel sorry for them’

The Guardian - UK

Five of the best walks on England’s South West Coast Path

How better to celebrate 50 years of the stunning West Country network than walking one of these Cornwall, Devon or Dorset sections

The Guardian - UK

Lib Dems eye return to West Country strongholds with Somerton and Frome win

Sir Ed Davey said the victory showed the Lib Dems were ‘firmly back’ in one of their former heartlands.

The Independent UK

The beautiful West Country village 'ruined' by 'feral rich kids' turning resort into Benidorm

"It’s like they go feral. I think it’s the attitude of the parents that’s to blame"

Bristol Post

Hidden white-sand West Country beach is 'heaven' on earth

"The most gorgeous beach I have ever visited"

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Locals say tourists have made West Country town 'hell on earth'

Mass tourism during the summer causes big problems as holidaymakers inundate the popular seaside destination

Bristol Post

Frustrated West Country residents draw penises around potholes

It is believed the crude drawings are the work of 'fed up' locals

Bristol Post

West Country splash attraction opens for summer less than two hours from Bristol

It promises to be one of the best family-friendly splash and swimming destinations in the West Country

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The ‘lost’ West Country village which everyone wants to find

Take a hike into centuries old beech woods

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'Very beautiful' West Country pub on the beach is the 'best in the UK'

"Wow, now that’s a view"

Bristol Post

West Country teen saw 'something moving on the floor' as venomous snake entered her lounge

"At first I thought it was a slow worm but this was much bigger"

Bristol Post

Seasick sailors attempt to travel from West Country to London - but things go horribly wrong

Rescue crews could not believe how unprepared the group were for sailing across the sea

Bristol Post

West Country teacher has 64 pupils in one class and says urgent change is needed

Wayne Partridge says the current conditions are 'really difficult'

Bristol Post

Angry locals slam yobs who scaled West Country church to ring bells at 1am

Two men were spoken to by police following the incident

Bristol Post

Blaze caused by single sky lantern rips through 14 vehicles in West Country town

Two neighbouring properties were narrowly saved by the fire teams

Bristol Post

West Country beaches deemed 'pollution risk' after recent heavy rain

People are advised to wait up to 72 hours before entering the sea again after heavy rain due to contamination

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