Emma Ruminski

1 week ago | bbc.co.uk | Marcus White |Emma Ruminski

Image caption, A fossilised mammoth is valued at more than £200,000Marcus White & Emma RuminskiAn offbeat collection of prehistoric remains, taxidermy animals and artworks is being sold by the owner of a stately home following a notorious fire. Grade I listed Parnham House, near Beaminster, Dorset, was gutted in a suspected arson attack in 2017. Dreweatts Auctioneers said the sale on 13 May could raise about £1.3m.

2 months ago | bbc.com | Jonathan Morris |Emma Ruminski

Seaside sewage campaign urges more people to joinJonathan Morris & Emma RuminskiBBCFanchea Catton (right) speaks to people on the esplanadeCampaigners planning legal action against a water firm over sewage pollution at a Devon beach have been urging visitors and locals to join in. The Exmouth campaigners have been on the town's esplanade explaining what sewage discharges have meant for the environment, swimmers health and local businesses.

May 22, 2024 | yahoo.com | Emma Ruminski |Marcus White

A book that once belonged to 19th Century fossil hunter Mary Anning and was later stolen from a museum has been returned on her birthday. The scientific work disappeared from Lyme Regis Museum in Dorset more than 40 years ago. Geology curator Dr Paul Davis found it by chance at a museum in Australia when he spotted it on social media. The book arrived back in the UK on Tuesday, the date of the pioneering fossil collector's birth in 1799.

May 9, 2024 | bbc.com | Emma Ruminski

Image caption, Louise Scammell said her interest in the sea "has a constant throughout my life"A freediver from Devon is showing her underwater-inspired artwork in a new exhibition. Louise Scammell, South Brent, said she sketched the wildlife she saw on waterproof paper while holding her breath under the sea. Once on dry land, she creates prints from the sketches. Her work is on display as part of the Delamore Arts exhibition throughout May at Delamore House in Cornwood, near Ivybridge.

Apr 3, 2024 | bbc.co.uk | Emma Ruminski

A former Royal Navy officer is trying to trace some of the 1,700 former land girls who farmed in Devon during and after World War Two. Becks Pearson, from Lympstone, began recording the stories of the ladies who served in the Women's Land Army when she realised no-one else had done it. Land girls was the name given to women who worked on the land while men were away fighting during World War Two. Many of the women Ms Pearson has tracked down are now in their late-90s.