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A new map showing the location of a series of small tropical islands 200 million years ago in the area that is now Bristol sheds new light on how British dinosaurs lived.  University of Bristol researchers examined hundreds of pieces of data including historic literature describing the region as being like the Florida Everglades. The data was carefully compiled and digitised so it could be used to generate a 3D map of the once Caribbean-style environment that is now the west of England. The islands were home to small dinosaurs, lizard-like animals and some of the first mammals to live on the...

The twist is that all of the views can be enjoyed from a park bench

The Michelin-starred Pony and Trap gastropub in Chew Magna, Somerset, has closed permanently, with its owners preparing to relaunch the site later this year as a community interest company.

BACK IN MARCH, I returned from a road trip in the Scottish Highlands for this very magazine to find the UK heading into its first lockdown. Trips like the one we’d just undertaken would become impossible. We felt very lucky, like Indiana Jones and his hat just sneaking under the monolithic stone door before it slammed shut behind us. Now, as I sit to write another piece – this time set in the stunning Welsh countryside – I feel a similar level of gratitude. We managed to squeeze one more trip in before another lockdown stopped the merry-go-round again. For this particular road trip, I w...