HISTORICAL FACTS: 5 | History Defined

Hinkley Point C nuclear plant delayed to 2030 as costs climb to £35bn

French utility company EDF says operations in Somerset will start a year later as delay costs firm €2.5bn

The Guardian - UK · Feb 20

How extreme flooding in Somerset has created birdlife winners and losers

Wet fields drive away rodents, leaving barn owls without much prey, but gulls of all kinds are attracted by the water

The Guardian - UK · Feb 19

Make places like Somerset take more migrants, Danish minister tells UK

Denmark’s employment minister warns that centrist parties need to get a grip on immigration

The Independent UK · Feb 16

‘It’s sacred and transformative’: Somerset holds Saxon-inspired festival to embrace ‘month of mud’

Community organiser Jon Barrett says event, inspired by the tradition Solmōnaþ, aims to reconnect people with benefits of mud

The Guardian - UK · Feb 8

MP Dan Norris further arrested over sex offence allegations

Avon and Somerset Police began investigating a man in his 60s in December 2024.

Evening Standard · Feb 2

Further rainfall could exacerbate flooding in south-west England – Met Office

A yellow rain alert has been issued for Cornwall, Devon, Dorset and Somerset for Monday and into Tuesday, which will affect previously sodden ground.

Evening Standard · Feb 2

Nearly 150 flood alerts in place across England in aftermath of Storm Chandra

Met Office issues yellow rain alerts in south-west, with 66 flood warnings – indicating expected flooding – in force

The Guardian - UK · Jan 29

‘Feels like a losing battle’: the fight against flooding in Somerset

Emergency pumps are deployed in attempt to stop water inundating homes around River Parrett

The Guardian - UK · Jan 29

Don McCullin review – shattered stone heads and severed limbs echo the horrors he saw in war

The feted photographer’s latest exhibition starts with images of ancient scultures depicting devotion and violence, before moving to war pictures and brooding Somerset landscapes

The Guardian - UK · Jan 29

Country diary: Rowdy or charming, there’s no one way to wassail

Wellington and Wiveliscombe, Somerset: This movable pagan feast can be celebrated very differently, but it’s all to thank the apple trees and fire up their sap

The Guardian - UK · Jan 29