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The British government announces that single-use vapes will be banned in England and Wales beginning on 1 June 2025.
2024-10-24

A car driving in the wrong direction collides with another car on the M6 motorway in Cumbria, England, killing five people, including two children and seriously injuring another.
2024-10-15

Several suspected cases of mpox clade 1b are reported in Somerset, England, United Kingdom.
2024-08-21

Global warming protesters glue themselves to a road near the Port of Dover in England, blocking it. Police arrest ten people, believed to be members of Extinction Rebellion. Further scheduled protests take place in a dedicated area set up by police.
2019-09-21

Four people are killed after a light aircraft crashes near the village of Churchstanton in Somerset.
2015-11-14

French sources find traces of phenylbutazone, a suspected harmful drug, in several horse carcasses slaughtered in Somerset, England, and fear they could be part of lasagne or other food sold in France.
2013-02-14

A 27-vehicle traffic collision on the M5 Motorway, near Taunton in the English county of Somerset, results in at least 7 deaths, 35 injuries and the closure of the motorway.
2011-11-4

Researchers from London's Natural History Museum claim that ancient skulls found in Gough's Cave in the Cheddar Gorge in the southwestern English county of Somerset show signs of cannibalism.
2011-02-16

A police officer discharges a 50,000-volt Taser gun into the groin of a Guillain–Barré syndrome sufferer in Somerset, England, prompting a possible legal battle; he denies he was acting in an aggressive manner.
2010-07-20

A hoard of 52,503 Roman coins dating to the third century is found in Somerset, England.
2010-07-8