As rising costs clash with underpriced supermarket booze and overpriced mail order wine and beer clubs, it’s become a pretty depressing time to run a pub. And when those landlords and ladies — the pillars of the community who have spent years politely nodding along as you bragged about your …

The popular pizza brand already has a number of branches in Somerset – including one in Bridgwater, one in Burnham-on-Sea and two each in Taunton and Weston-super-Mare (with a new unit to shortly follow in Wellington). The company has applied to open its latest Somerset outlet at Saxon Place off …

His song, Do It For Love, was co-written with singer Miles Kane, with the pair drawing inspiration from a vintage clip of Spanish singer Julio Iglesias and French singer Charles Aznavour performing the song Com’e Triste Venezia on TV. “We were both suited up, having just fled an awards ceremony …

The incident happened in December 2020 and the assailant was told a custodial sentence was the “appropriate” outcome. 21:54, 09 Oct 2025Updated 21:54, 09 Oct 2025 A general view of the High Court in Edinburgh(Image: Daily Record) A former postman from Renfrew who raped a woman on her birthday was …

Abbot John Whethamstede’s Chronicle of the Abbey of St Albans 1452-1461 Translated by Christopher Smith Twenty TreesISBN: 9798325325649 This book presents a translation of a 15th-century chronicle, a key primary source for the study of the Wars of the Roses. Excerpt: Abbot John Whethamstede’s Register aka Chronicle of his second …

Prince Harry deserves sympathy after Meghan Markle’s recent solo trip to Paris, a Royal Commentator has claimed. Amanda Platell admitted she “never thought she would feel sorry” for the Duke of Sussex over his wife’s itinerary – but that she had found herself feeling awkward for him. Writing in the …

Mr Ledlie, who lives in Yeovil, first moved to Somerset in 1996, joining RNAS Yeovilton, before returning to Yeovil in 2005 to work for Royal Mail. Source link

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A new set of stamps is being issued to mark 90 years since classic board game Monopoly launched in the UK. John Waddington Limited of Leeds secured the European licence to make the game in 1935 – following its original release in the US – and Monopoly was manufactured in …

It’s a royal seat with a thousand years of history behind it but, as Prince William revealed during a recent appearance on a new travel series, one tourist didn’t quite appreciate just how old Windsor Castle really is.  The Prince of Wales, 43, joined Schitt’s Creek star Eugene Levy on …