Merridge

Jackie wrote in about the other place of refreshment at Merridge high up in the hills above Bridgwater and Taunton: Pines Café. She said: “Interesting to see the Porter family in the Mercury this week. I knew them very well as I was born in the Pines ...

High up in the misty folds of the southern Quantocks lies the hamlet of Merridge with its farms, its farm cottages and its… well that's it. Except for Pines Café and the Traveller's Rest Inn of course. And it's at the Traveller's Rest Inn that our ...

Rickton Mark Henry, 31, of Merridge Walk, Salford, pleaded guilty to one armed robbery and was sentenced to eight years and eight months. Leeds Crown Court heard the men used machetes and sledgehammers in the West Yorkshire and Lancashire ...

Two men have been jailed for their parts in three bank robberies in which more than £500,000 was stolen. Lee Tansey, 33 of Pegwell Drive, Salford, pleaded guilty to three armed robberies and was jailed for 11 years. Rickton Mark Henry, 31, of Merridge ...

Syd Durston, who lives near Merridge, has published Growing Up in Wartime Somerset: A Portrait in Watercolour, using illustrations and his memories of the era. The 79-year-old started painting in 1993 and has set up exhibitions of his work in the ...