I don’t know how many people nowadays will have read a book called “After London” by  Richard Jefferies. Published in 1885, it is often considered to be one of the first works of science fiction, presenting a post-apocalyptic view of life in Britain following a disastrous flood which has engulfed...

There are now no elderly men left alive who fought in the trenches of the first world war. Those of my generation had grandfathers who did; mine was at the battle of Mons, called up as a Somerset farm boy into the field artillery as someone used to working with heavy horses. He survived the war, but...

I am not remotely interested in assistance in pursuing a claim for misspelling of Payment Protection Insurance. Nor do I want help with insulating my property, or claiming for damages for an accident that was not my fault. Most of all, I don’t want a long period of silence followed by a click. But...

Local MP David Heath has used Prime Minister's Questions to to call for the release of government funds to ensure that every business and private address in Somerset has the chance to connect to high-speed broadband.
 
Mr Heath revealed that BT have now confirmed that 82% of the premises...