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Plans to reopen Somerset quarry refused for second time over contamination concerns Plans for the site were originally refused in June 2019 05:00, 29 JUN 2021 The Batts Lane quarry site in Long Sutton (Image: Somerset County Council) GET THE BIGGEST STORIES FROM ACROSS SOMERSET STRAIGHT TO YOUR INBOXInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. SIGN UP When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Your information will be used in accordance with ourPrivacy Notice. Thank you for subscribingWe have more newslettersShow meSee ourprivacy no...

A civic society was left "disgusted" after a memorial plaque to a former EDP Norwich City writer was stolen from a churchyard.

Stickney car boot sale is one of the popular ones in Lincolnshire. There has never been a more popular time for the outdoor markets after months where householders used the Covid-19 lockdown as an opportunity to have a clearout. It is also the perfect way to recycle rather than send unwanted items to landfill. Boot sales first became popular in the UK in the 1970s. It has been said that Father Harry Clarke, a Catholic priest from Stockport, introduced them here as a charity fundraiser, after seeing a similar event or trunk fair in Canada, while on holiday there. Lincolnshire World will be on ...

Great Western Railway train (Image: Network Rail) PLANS for a new railway station on the Somerset Levels have taken a big step forward after district councillors agreed funding for a feasibility study. Somerton and Langport were both served by trains on the line between Taunton and Castle Cary before their stations were closed in the mid-1960s during the Beeching cuts. Chancellor of the exchequer Rishi Sunak MP singled out the two towns in his 2020 spending review, stating the government could provide up to £50,000 towards a study into restoring rail services to the local area. South...

“The mental torture hits me more than money,” he said.   “Money is a smaller issue and I think the real importance is I don’t feel safe leaving my shop.  “I cannot sleep; that’s the real impact. We have a household of seven children we work hard to provide for, and this is the only source of income.”  A Cambridgeshire police spokesperson said no arrests have been made and an investigation is taking place.  “We were called at 10.35pm on Friday with reports of a burglary in Union Street, Wisbech,” they said.  “Officers, including those trained in forensics, attended the...