A nature reserve is being created as part of a key walking and cycling route across rural Somerset. Volunteers working on ...

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 ...

On the wide, open Somerset Levels it’s wonderfully sleepy. During a walk across the marshes from the village of Westonzoyland, there’s absolutely no one else around. A stone marker in a fenced-off ...

Defra and the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) has issued an updated protection zone and surveillance zone following the recent outbreak ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

The Somerset Levels and Moors is a unique flat landscape that extends for about 170,000 acres (70,000 ha) across parts of the north and centre of the county of Somerset in the West of England. It ...

It has been three years since the Somerset Levels were hit by flooding and, in that time, much has changed. Farms have had to change the way they manage their land, both on the levels themselves and ...

As the UK government declares the extensive flooding of the Somerset Levels as a major incident, calling in the assistance of the army and red cross to reach some of the marooned villages, Horizon:51 ...

Prince William's estate has launched a bid to build 620 homes in Somerset. The proposal will see the Duchy of Cornwall and CG ...

Dredging took place on the Somerset Levels along the rivers Tone and Parrett at a cost of £6m Dredging on the Somerset Levels has made a "real difference" in preventing flooding, a campaign group has ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...