Every weekend Londoners (like city folk the world over) decamp in droves for the country. And these days, the latest swath of green and pleasant land emerging as an easy getaway from the capital is ...

An air ambulance charity is hoping to raise £1m to purchase a second helicopter. The challenge involves swimming 1,000 metres in the highest lakes in England, Scotland and Wales. Martyn Harris is ...

For more than a century the Somerset and Dorset Railway (S&D) served as a lifeline for rural communities - transporting coal, commuters and holidaymakers alike. The historic line ran between Bath in ...

For three years, an art lover has been tending the forgotten grave of a Surrealist painter after he discovered it overgrown and obscured by lichen. Tristram Hillier lies in the parish churchyard of ...

The Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance has launched its 100-mile October challenge. The event is open to people of all ages and abilities, who are tasked with covering 100 miles by walking, running, ...

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A rare, vintage train carriage that a couple had used as a makeshift shed has been lifted out of their garden to be donated to a railway trust. The Somerset and Dorset Railway Trust will restore the ...