Portal talk:Somerset

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This article is within the scope of WikiProject Somerset, a collaborative effort to improve Wikipedia's coverage of topics connected with Somerset. If you would like to participate, you can visit the WikiProject Somerset project page, where you can join the project and see a list of open tasks.
NA This page is not an article and does not require a rating.

Contents

[edit] Selected article updates

Selected articles are updated monthly. A list of selected articles that have featured on the portal are given below, so that we can avoid repetition as much as possible.

[edit] Selected article

{{Somerset selected article}} can be used on the talk pages of articles which have appeared.

Article From To
Mendip Hills 2007-06-17 2007-11-29
Chew Valley Lake 2007-11-29 2007-12-22
Exmoor 2007-12-22

[edit] Selected picture

Image Article From To
Wells Cathedral 2007-06-17 2007-11-29
Bath 2007-11-29

[edit] Selected biography

Article From To
John Cleese 2007-06-17 2007-11-29
Jill Dando 2007-11-29 2007-12-22
Bill Bailey 2007-12-22

[edit] Did you know?

Hook From To
*...that St Andrews Church, Chew Stoke (pictured) includes 156 statues of angels? 2007-06-17
*...that the earliest scientifically dated cemetery in Britain was found at Aveline's Hole, at Burrington Combe in the limestone of the Mendip Hills? 2007-06-17 2007-11-29
*...that on March 28th 1944, a Junkers Ju88 was brought down by cannon fire from a de Havilland Mosquito of the Royal Air Force, and crashed on the drive to the historic Hestercombe House? 2007-06-17 2007-11-29
*...that a bronze bowl from the Iron Age Glastonbury Lake Village was made from the remnants of two separate vessels, before it was deposited in the peat? 2007-11-29
*...that the Crowcombe church spire was damaged by lightning in 1724 and the top has been planted in the churchyard ever since? 2007-11-29 2007-12-22
*...that Mute Swans ring for lunch at the Bishop's Palace in Wells, UK? 2007-11-29 2007-12-22
*...that Simonsbath on Exmoor is the largest parish in Somerset covering 56 square miles (145.0 km²) but only has 75 houses? 2007-12-22
*...that Hadspen House has been owned by the family of Henry Hobhouse since 1785? 2007-12-22

[edit] News

Story From To
The Department for Communities and Local Government is considering a proposal by Somerset County Council to change Somerset's administrative structure by abolishing the five districts to create a Somerset unitary authority. The changes are planned to be implemented no later than 1 April 2009. However, support for the county council's bid is not guaranteed and opposition among the district council and local population is strong, with 82% of people responding to a referendum organized by the five district councils rejecting the proposals. 2007-06-17 2007-11-29
In 2006 Gareth Woodham, a businessman from Neath in Wales, submitted plans to Sedgemoor District Council in the name of Combined Innovations Ltd for a barrage from Brean Down near Weston-super-Mare in Somerset, to Lavernock Point near Cardiff. On 1 October 2007, the UK's Sustainable Development Commission (SDC) published a report looking at the potential of tidal power in the UK. John Hutton, Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, announced a further feasibility study on 25 September 2007 to follow on from the report by the Sustainable Development Commission. The proposal for a hydro-electric barrier to generate 8.6 GW and meet five percent of Britain's power needs, is being opposed by some environmental groups. 2007-11-29