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Sep 30, 2026
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  1. Article · Sep 30, 2026 · Leigh Boobyer

    How some of UK's rarest trees are being saved by cliff-climbing pensioners (opens the original)

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    Surrounded by the feral goats and Soay sheep of Cheddar Gorge are some of the UK's rarest and most critically endangered trees nestled on cliff edges. To reach the 10 Fay's whitebeam trees, volunteers of all ages have to climb up the gorge and Burrington Combe in the Mendip Hills, Somerset, which are the only places nationally the species grows. They are making the steep ascent alongside experts and conservationists who are working with chiefs at Westonbirt Arboretum in Gloucestershire as part o

  2. Article · Sep 28, 2026 · Leigh Boobyer

    Taunton's Brewhouse Theatre to close over 'financial constraints' (opens the original)

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    A town's theatre will close next month because of "very serious financial constraints", its chair has said. The Brewhouse Theatre in Taunton, Somerset, has confirmed it will shut on 31 October, though it hopes this will be temporary. All shows after that date have been cancelled. Taunton Theatre Association, the charity which runs the playhouse, launched an appeal on Saturday asking people to pledge a donation to save it, while a separate fundraiser has generated nearly £10,000. Val Hammond, the

  3. Article · Sep 27, 2026 · Leigh Boobyer

    RAF Fairford: Men held under Explosives Act in major incident (opens the original)

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    A major incident has been declared and homes have been evacuated in a village near an RAF base which hosts the United States Air Force. Several men have been arrested on suspicion of offences under the Explosives Act, Gloucestershire police said. An army explosive ordnance disposal team is currently examining a number of vehicles. Residents in Whelford, near RAF Fairford, have been taken to a leisure centre while investigations continue, police said. A cordon is currently in place in the area an

  4. Article · Sep 24, 2026 · Leigh Boobyer

    Criticised AI mural of Bristol on Bedminster pub wall removed (opens the original)

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    A controversial mural which was generated by AI and plastered on the wall of a city pub has been removed. The vinyl sticker, which was put on the side of the Jolly Colliers pub in Bedminster, Bristol, on Wednesday featured iconic symbols of the city such as hot air balloons and the Clifton Suspension Bridge. The mural, which was located in the part of the city that hosts Europe's largest street art festival Upfest, was removed earlier. A spokesperson for Punch Pubs & Co, which owns the pub, said

  5. Article · Sep 24, 2026 · Leigh Boobyer

    Sentencing of boy who stabbed girl multiple times 'appalling' (opens the original)

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    The parents of girls who were killed by their ex-boyfriends have described the sentencing of a teenager - who stabbed a girl multiple times because she did not want to date him - as "appalling" and "disappointing". The 14-year-old boy stabbed the girl, also 14, multiple times with a 6in kitchen knife in Cirencester, Gloucestershire, in March - and received a three-year restraining order on Monday. Carole Gould and Nick Gazzard, whose daughters were fatally attacked by their ex-partners, said the

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