From tumbling down hills after cheese to racing homemade contraptions, the West Country's calendar is packed with events as eccentric as they are beloved. Crowds come from far and wide to be a part of ...

A year later, in January 2025, an unnamed storm brought rapidly thawing snow and more flooding to the county. In total, 883 ...

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Kirsty Walsh’s husband Shane died aged 29 in 2017 after a night out in the county town, and ever since she has been raising awareness of the dangers in the hope of stopping other families suffering ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Cheese-rolling attracts thousands of participants and spectators to Gloucestershire each year [Reuters] From tumbling down hills ...

Cheese-rolling attracts thousands of participants and spectators to Gloucestershire each year [Reuters] From tumbling down hills after cheese to racing homemade contraptions, the West Country's ...

The shocking floods of June 19 of 2007 threatened to put an end to the heritage railway, with the line damaged in 45 places - with nine landslips. The thunderstorm, which swept along the route at ...

The team of 11 River Rangers who are based across Birmingham, Black Country, Worcester, Coventry, Warwickshire, Leicestershire, Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire and Sutton Park ...