Osborne takes knife to Network Rail budget

The state-owned company was told of the extra cuts in a letter from a senior Department for Transport (DfT) mandarin, Jeremy Rolstone. The demand stunned Network Rail executives and also set the Treasury on a collision course with the independ

Steeves adviser quits campaign

An adviser to Gord Steeves has quit the former city councillor

Pony is rescued from North Somerset ditch

At approximately 8.09am, police officers were called to a location in Rolstone, near Banwell, where they found the trapped animal. The fire service was then notified. A spokesman from Avon Fire and Rescue said: “One fire appliance from Weston-