More than 250 dairy cattle from across the country will be competing for the prestigious interbreed championship at the Dairy Show in Somerset next month. Entries are already flooding in, with some of the nation’s best breeders hoping to take home the silver. And show organiser Alan Lyons has secured some top judges from as far afield as Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales. “The Dairy Show is one of the largest specialist dairy events in the country, and everyone wants to come and exhibit their best cows and see how they measure up to their compatriots both within and between the breeds,” he says. Full Story: Read More
UNIVERSITY CENTRE YEOVIL OPEN EVENT: FRIDAY 11 OCTOBER 2013, 2PM TO 4PM
DEGRESS AND MORE AT YOUR LOCAL UNIVERSITY…The University Centre Yeovil is holding an open event on Friday 11 October 2013 between 2pm and 4pm for local people to find out more about the wide range of degrees and professional courses available in Yeovil. The University Centre is a partnership between five institutions; Bournemouth University, the University of the West of England, the University of Gloucestershire, Swansea Metropolitan University of Wales Trinity St David and Yeovil College. Full Story: Read More
Excavation unearths interesting finds
A major excavation in South Somerset is drawing to a close after archaeologists from Cambridge and Cardiff Universities have spent the last three summers excavating on the largest Iron Age hillfort in the country. Hillforts are one of the most common and wide spread monuments of British prehistory that date to the first millennium BC and last until the Roman conquest. It is unusual for a large area within a hillfort to be excavated due to their protection however Ham Hill stone is one of the most important building resources in southern England. Special permission has been granted and the Ham Hill Stone Quarry is funding an extensive exploration of the hillfort. Full Story: Read More