Anti-badger cull campaign
Campaigners who are against the badger cull are fighting against the trial in Gloucestershire and Somerset.
Badger cull High Court hearing continues
A High Court hearing resumes today into whether the culling of badgers can take place in parts of the West Country. Lawyers for the conservation group, the Badger Trust, argue that the government has not followed the correct legal procedures.
Defra plans to allow farmers to shoot badgers in parts of West Somerset and Gloucestershire. The creatures have been linked to the spread of TB in cattle. The judge will give his ruling in a few weeks' time.
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Mid-morning sun ahead in the West
Taking a little while to clear but by mid-morning its sunny everywhere.
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Mist and fog around in the South West
This will clear away by the afternoon and sunshine will return.
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Residents urged to shut windows after landfill fire
People living near Compton Bassett advised to keep windows and doors shut overnight after a large fire at a landfill site.