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Somerset-themed Scalextric set displayed at museum

A Somerset-themed Scalextric set is on display at a car museum.

It includes a mini Glastonbury Festival Pyramid Stage as well as Cheddar Gorge - and it is full of farms and orchards.

Haynes Motor Museum had the set specially made for a new exhibition.

Video Journalist: Dan Ayers

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Two-way traffic, including two vans and a yellow bus, attempt to pass each other in a narrow street. There are older light coloured buildings on either side of the street, and the sky is blue.

New bypass for village after waiting 100 years

Two A-roads run through the village currently and regularly cause traffic chaos.

Black and white CCTV footage of a man taking stuffed animals from a shop shelf

CCTV shows thieves stealing £20k worth of Jellycat toys

The Gorge Bear Company in Cheddar, Somerset, was ram-raided at about 04:40 BST on Sunday.

Wavy road markings, which are a pale brown colour, painted on a black road

Seaside town's wavy parking lines removed

After large protests, a set of wavy road markings in Clevedon are being removed.

Postwoman Claire Connock on the street talking to the interviewer

Glastonbury Festival postie 'excited' at line-up

Claire Connock, who delivers post in Pilton and once saw Lionel Richie in her street, loves the event.

Ram Patten

Powerlifting champion defends title after illness

Ram Patten retains his bench press title less than a year after being diagnosed with bowel cancer.

A bobcat crouching down while looking upwards

Rescued bobcat given new home thanks to donations

A zoo has raised £3,500 to build an enclosure for four-year-old North American bobcat Bode.

A woman in a black KFC uniform and cap stands in front of a KFC counter. She is smiling and has her arms outstretched

Taunton woman is longest-serving KFC worker

Pauline Richards, 74, known as "Mrs Chicken" has worked at the East Street branch for 47 years.

A large fish lies on grass. A person is stood next to it in wellington boots which look to be about two thirds of the size of the fish itself.

'Flood washed huge fish into our garden'

One Somerset couple experienced an unusual consequence of flooding that hit the county.

Planets are seen over the Mendips in Somerset. The sky is deep purple and orange, one tree is black against the sky.

Tips for viewing the planetary parade

A guide to spotting the six planets clearly visible to us this month.

The new gold plaque which reads "Remembering Liam Payne - One Direction 29.08.1993 - 16.10.2024 and a quote from his favourite song

'Visitors feel a connection with Liam'

A plaque has been installed on Clevedon Pier to remember late One Direction star Liam Payne.

An otter

Otters returning to the centre of Bath

The creatures are being spotted in many areas including by the famous Pulteney Bridge.

A black and white photo of a beaver gnawing at a tree

Beavers spotted for first time in Avalon Marshes

Natural England encourages people not to look for the beavers, as they are a protected species.

Georgian shop front with arches and yellow closing down signs

How 200-year-old store changed through the years

A historian takes us through how Jolly's remained a fixture on Bath's high street.

A wooden bookshelf full of old books. The majority on the left have been attached to the shelf with large metal chains, which are dangling off the edge.

The library where books are kept under lock and key

The Wells Cathedral library securely holds books, published before the 1800s, in chains.

Arthur the cat sitting on a wooden table in a living room. He is wearing a blue collar with a blue bell on it, and looking off to the right of the camera.

Why people are talking about Arthur's shop visits

The sneaky feline is visiting a Morrisons supermarket which has got people talking online.

Veteran cutting cake with other army members standing close by

Burma war veteran celebrates 100th birthday

Captain Walter Godsal is one of the few surviving members of the Burma Star Association.

A man and a woman smile in the audience

'I had the biggest smile on my face'

American tourists Bob and Tiffany Cumrin hope to visit the spectacular carnival once again.

Two women say in a trishaw, covered in a red blanket with a man in high-vis and a helmet steering behind them. They are outside Wells Cathedral

Trishaw service celebrates 100th customer ride

The volunteer-run scheme takes less-abled and vulnerable people on rides around Wells.

Sandra Handel on her last day at work at her salon in Highbridge. She is smiling at the camera and holding a hairdryer in one hand and a comb in the other. In the background are customers in chairs also smiling, and Sandra is standing over a customer with a grey towel wrapped around them

Hairdresser retires after 60 years in the industry

Sandra Handel first began hairdressing at the age of 14 when she was offered a weekend job.

Winning an Olympic medal 10 months after surgery

Becky Wilde had both arms in plaster shortly before the British Olympic trials.