All news by author: Heather Pickstock

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'Concorde' to take to the UK skies 20 years after supersonic jet's final flight
An 11 foot model of the iconic supersonic plane Concorde is set to take to the skies above Somerset on November 25, to mark the final ever flight of the supersonic aircraft
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Warning as rare 'skin-eating' creature found after three-year absence on coast
The morbid Dermestes Undulatus beetle is known to feast on human flesh and has hit UK shores again after the rare species was discovered on an island in the Bristol Channel
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Deal or No Deal's Noel Edmonds spotted back in UK with dramatic career change
Noel Edmonds moved to New Zealand with his wife Liz back in 2019 and has since purchased a number of rural properties in the country
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Pub goers baffled after seeing pet tortoise enjoy lunch at popular boozer
Roy Moody decided that, rather than leave his beloved Sulcata tortoise 'Two Eater' at home while he enjoyed a two week stay in Cornwall, he'd take her with him
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Punters outraged as nude couple go to pub - but staff have no issue serving them
Some customers at The Railway, in Burnham-on-Sea, near Bristol, were shocked when a pair of naturists strolled into the pub on Friday evening to enjoy a pint and a burger
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Warning that rail tracks 'not playground' as cases of kids risking lives spikes
Rail bosses have reinforced that railway tracks are "extremely dangerous" and not a "playground" ahead of the half-term holidays as cases of children walking on them have risen
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'1st class' lifeboatman dies on 60th birthday hours after celebrating with crew
Father-of-two Ashleigh Holtby, who joined the Weston RNLI crew in 1986, tragically suffered a stroke on his 60th birthday on Sunday and died in hospital
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Schoolboy on e-scooter knocks gran of six to ground and 'doesn't stop to help'
Christine Ranger, 74, was left 'battered and bruised' after she was knocked down by a schoolboy riding an e-scooter as her daughter claims the student didn't bother to see if she was all right
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'Loch Ness monster spotted off English coast' as Scots cry 'we've lost monster'
The ‘sea monster’, which was reportedly 'several feet long'' and was seen bobbing about in the water in the Bristol Channel - hundreds of miles from its so-called 'home'
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Boy, 3, becomes UK's youngest MENSA member and can count to 100 in six languages
At the age of three years and eight months, Teddy has the letter and word recognition of a child of eight years and 10 months old, according to his assessment from MENSA
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Popular Pontins resort visited by thousands annually to shut for next 3 years
The Brean Sands Pontins resort in Somerset will house as many as 900 Hinkley Point C workers for the next three years, with improvement works to be carried out to the chalets
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Speculation mounts over possible Banksy mural as it appears on Somerset building
A new piece of street art appeared on a property in Bath over the new year to leave local residents wondering if elusive street artist Banksy had visited the city