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Janice Williams with her granddaughter Daisy - Credit: Victoria Pertusa A mum is publishing a nursery rhyme book in memory of her son, after he died suddenly - to help keep his memory alive for his beloved four-year-old daughter. Tom Williams, drummer for Ipswich band Hot Tramp, died on Tuesday, February 25, 2020, after having a seizure in his sleep — a condition named Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy (SUDEP). The 29-year-old suffered from nocturnal epilepsy since his late teens attending the University of Nottingham. He had to drop a maths degree due to the stress it caused, increas...

‘The first hint of an idea came when we were up at Souter Lighthouse in the North East,’ Jay LaBouchardiere, one of half of Dorset folk duo Ninebarrow, recalls. ‘There was a large education board about Cuthbert Collingwood, who was second in command to Lord Nelson at Trafalgar. In our innocence, we had never heard of him. But the name of the board was A Pocket Full of Acorns.’ The phrase become the title of the group’s wonderful fourth album, which was released a few weeks ago to deserved acclaim. In Collingwood’s time, oak trees were crucial in the building of the British Nav...

‘The first hint of an idea came when we were up at Souter Lighthouse in the North East,’ Jay LaBouchardiere, one half of Dorset folk duo…

Downton Abbey (left) image: PA Photo/Focus Features/Jaap Buitendijk, Victoria & Abdul image: PA Photo/Focus Features/Peter Mountain The sweeping lawns, grand manor house and glistening lake at the West Wycombe Estate have provided the perfect backdrop for many films and TV shows over the years. And with news of another TV show, The Power, reportedly being filmed there, with residents living near there warned they may hear “gunfire sounds” ringing out, we’ve rounded up the top TV shows and films to be shot at the estate. Downton Abbey A number of interior scenes of the opulent 20th...

MUSICAL duo Ninebarrow are planting 1,000 trees after they calculated the environmental impact of their touring. Jon Whitley and Jay LaBouchardiere are planting 1,000 native English trees and 200 shrubs to form ‘The Ninebarrow Woodland’. The pair, who are both from Dorset, were shocked to discover how much damage to the environment their touring was doing and are now fulfilling a long-held wish to address their carbon footprint. Mr Whitely said: “Jay and I have long had concerns about the impact our touring has on the environment. In a normal year, we’d drive more than 10,000 ...