Shepton Mallet could be announced as the home of ‘England’s Best Steak Pie’ after local company Jon Thorner’s won a Gold award for its ‘Steak & Red Wine Pie’. The national competition organised by industry body EBLEX, had over 100 pies to judge entered by retailers, caterers and manufacturers but only 23 pies received Gold

Children’s TV star Domonic ‘Dom’ Wood has joined forces with the Royal Horticultural Society to call on UK teachers to nominate their star pupils for the 2013 RHS Young School Gardener of the Year award. The deadline is this Saturday, no nominees must be submitted quickly. Dom, an avid gardener himself, said “In my own experience,

Yesterday Cheddar Gorge was host to a film crew and celebrity adventure hunter Bear Grylls. The writer and television presenter was seen climbing the cliffs rumoured to be for a new advert. Traffic lights were set up to ensure a single file of traffic was allowed through as to not disturb the shoot. However, motorists lost their

Sedgemoor District Council is very pleased that the Police and Crime Commissioner has announced funding for CCTV in Somerset. Locally in Sedgemoor, there will be a contribution of £14,000 for CCTV installation/improvements in Manor Gardens in Burnham-on-Sea and on Bath Road and Wylds Road in Bridgwater.  These areas were identified as suffering from crime and

A team of 60 riders are gearing up ahead of a 500-mile cycle challenge to Bordeaux to raise money for a Bristol special needs charity. The group are taking part in the annual Pedal for Props Bristol to Bordeaux Cycle Challenge with the hope of smashing the £50,000 fund-raising target. The 500-mile ride and a