Dan Ayers
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Race Against the Tide: 'Sculpting sand is more tiring than you think' (opens the original)
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A woman competing on a new BBC show in which competitors sculpt sand art said it was a "brilliant" and "tiring" experience. Athena Cauley Yu runs a stationery and calligraphy business in Bath, Somerset, and features in BBC Two's Race Against the Tide alongside professional sand sculptor Rachel Stubbs. The series sees seven teams battle it out to build spectacular sand sculptures before the tide washes them away in St Andrews, Scotland, with all episodes available on BBC iPlayer. She said: "Someo
Heatwave reveals lost gardens at Longleat and Glastonbury (opens the original)
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Traces of centuries-old gardens and buildings have been revealed by months of hot, dry weather. Staff at the Bishop's Palace in Wells, Somerset, said visitors had been "fascinated" to see signs of garden designs from the 18th Century, while relics of old structures at Glastonbury Abbey and Longleat House have also been exposed by the conditions. The phenomenon occurs when grass laid over old flowerbeds or stone has shorter roots so burns more quickly, creating a contrast with the more bedded-in
UK heatwave: Chance of wildfire ignition 'never been so high' (opens the original)
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A wildfires expert says she has never seen the UK be so at risk of a fire breaking out as the area experiences a record-breaking heatwave. Claire Belcher, who is an Exeter University professor, explained a fire prediction system built by a group of universities recorded the likelihood of a fire being ignited by a spark in Somerset at 100% on Wednesday. "If you had an ember from a bonfire or a barbecue or a spark perhaps from agricultural machinery or something, there is a extremely high chance i
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