Jonathan Holmes

3 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Christopher Mace |Jonathan Holmes

A wildlife charity is planning to buy a former dairy farm and allow it to be taken over by nature. The 44-acre Ebdon Farm near Wick St Lawrence, North Somerset, will be bought by the Avon Wildlife Trust within two years. The Esmée Fairbairn Foundation charity has purchased the farm and has given the Trust two years to raise the funds to buy it. Biodiversity surveys have started and the site will eventually be only lightly managed to make it as natural as possible, the trust has said.

3 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Maisie Lillywhite |Jonathan Holmes

People gathered in Gloucester on Good Friday to watch the re-enactment of Jesus' final walk. The street performance, The Way of the Cross, took place in the city centre with a cast assembled from churches across Gloucestershire. Christopher Walters, who played Jesus in the performance, walked barefoot through the city and carried a cross. The re-enactment of the crucifixion took place outside Gloucester Cathedral.

3 weeks ago | bbc.co.uk | Jonathan Holmes

Image source, Joe NemethImage caption, One station will be named after Robert Stride, who developed Severn Beach as a tourist resort in the 1930sJoe Nemeth, founder of the Severn Beach Miniature Railway said the project had been "stressful" but was also now an "unstoppable force". He had originally intended to open by Easter, but is instead aiming for July. The postponement came as a result of council delays on the railway's planning application.

1 month ago | yahoo.com | Jonathan Holmes

Jonathan Holmes - BBC News, West of EnglandMon, April 14, 2025 at 8:51 PM UTC1 min readA large fire has broken out at a derelict commercial property in Taunton, Somerset. Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue service said two engines from Taunton and one from Wellington were dealing with the fire in the Comeytrowe area of the town. The fire service said it had received multiple calls around 19:16 BST.

1 month ago | yahoo.com | Jonathan Holmes

A large fire has been mostly extinguished after it broke out in a paint spraying workshop an industrial estate in Somerset. Crews from Avon Fire and Rescue and Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service (DSFR) were tackling the blaze at Haydon Industrial Estate in Radstock, which started at about 15:20 GMT. Avon Fire and Rescue said a few members of the public were evacuated before they arrived on the scene, and some gas cylinders were removed for safety reasons.