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Thatchers Cider, the Somerset based family cider maker, is pleased to announce the appointment of Eleanor Thatcher to its Board...
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By Ron Pringle As the UK elections fast approach, the likely shift in leadership may change policies on trade, taxation...
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Richard Higgs, Chartered Independent Financial Planner The power to make gifts as an Attorney is a common question. It could be as simple as “Grandma has always given her grandchildren £100 each on their birthday. Can we keep doing that?” or it may involve more significant amounts, like paying school...
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Auctionet was founded in 2011 by a team of auctioneers, valuers and tech-wizards who, while all working within a renowned...
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Andrew Swift commemorates 100 years since St Anne’s Wood officially opened by reflecting on its historic significance and exploring this...
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Meet Luke Dunstan, director of Bristol Packet Boat Trips I was raised in Banwell, Somerset, but my main connection to the city is of course the Bristol Packet, which is celebrating its 50th anniversary. Some of my earliest memories are helping my mother put sausages on sticks for the catering...
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Over 100 new trees have been planted at Bristol Memorial Woodlands, near Thornbury, as the latest phase in the creation...
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Charlotte and Shaun Prescott from the Bath Beekeeping Association are seriously enamoured with bees. They tell us the story of...
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Andrew Swift follows an unfamiliar path through Bourton Combe and discovers something he never thought he’d stumble upon in this part of Somerset… One evening in January, while sorting through a pile of old books, I came upon one published in 1931 – Unbeaten Tracks of the West: The Hiker’s...
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Meet Lizzie Stephens, managing director of Bedminster Down Community Farm I was born in Bristol – the youngest of five...
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Parents and their IVF babies born over the last four decades gathered in the grounds of BCRM’s clinic at Aztec...
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Meet award-winning engineer Nicola Grahamslaw I’m the engineer who looks after the SS Great Britain. I’m conserving the ship for the future – we care for Brunel’s original iron by keeping the air that surrounds the most vulnerable parts as dry as the Arizona Desert to slow down corrosion. I’m...