A key road over the Somerset Levels will be shut for the entirety of the summer holidays to allow traffic lights to be ...

A countryside organisation has launched a campaign to crown the UK's 16th National Park to mark its 100th birthday. The Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE) in Somerset wants to have the Somerset ...

A Somerset Levels farmer says his land could become "unfarmable" if flooding continues. Alan Franks, 78, whose family has been in dairy farming since his farmer began working the land on Blakeway in ...

A record number of bitterns have been seen on the Somerset Levels, and with that has attracted large numbers of wildlife tourists. The BBC's Ross Pollard caught up with some keen bird spotters who ...

Somerset Council has confirmed its new rural transport hub will be delivered before the end of the year, paid for by central ...

Standing on the hills looking out across flat green fields, linked by a network of hedgerows, copses and small settlements, the Somerset Levels looks like quintessential English countryside. But this ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Somerset Levels could be the UK's next National Park [PA Media] A countryside organisation has launched a campaign to crown ...