Carbon emissions per person in Bath & North East Somerset have halved over the last 20 years and continue to reduce steadily, according to a new climate and nature emergency report. The Annual Climate and Nature Progress Report will be presented to Cabinet on Thursday 13 November. It sets out work underway and planned to…
Waiting times are dropping for people receiving care from Bath & North East Somerset Council due to a significant overhaul of Adult Social Care services. The number of people waiting for a Care Act Assessment, which is the way social workers understand someone’s needs and what help is available to them, fell dramatically from 201…
Councillors from the group Independents for B&NES are calling on Bath & North East Somerset Council to do more to support and financially aid the Local Authority’s 11 community libraries. The 11 community spaces, all located around the district, provide vital lifelines to many people who live in rural and isolated communities. They do so without any…
Dear Editor, We have now had time to come to terms with the implications of the updated B&NES Local Plan. I am assuming that many of you have seen the jolly little piece of propaganda put out by B&NES proclaiming ‘Hi! Welcome to the Local Plan’, as if it’s someone greeting you at a social…
Pharmacies across the region are on hand to help people stay well this winter, with pharmacists able to offer advice on a range of illnesses and treatment options, as well as prescribe prescription medicine for a range of common health conditions. Pharmacy First means people feeling under the weather from one of the seven conditions…
The Bath and North East Somerset Councillors for Peasedown St John, Gavin Heathcote and Karen Walker (Independents), will be holding a Street Surgery in the village on Wednesday 12th November. Each month over the next year the councillors will be visiting every street to meet residents, hear any concerns and to find out about what issues…
Nearly 400 local residents came to visit the 3SG Volunteer Fair, a large scale exhibition-style event at Bath’s Apex Hotel on 17th October, intending to do good for their local community. Run by Bath & North East Somerset Third Sector Group (3SG), this is the third year that the charity has organised the event to…
Extended opening hours at Trowbridge’s Minor Injuries Unit are to be introduced ahead of schedule, meaning residents will soon have access to a walk-in service that is open until 8pm every night of the week. From Monday 3 November, Trowbridge MIU, which is based within the town’s current community hospital, will see its opening hours…
On Friday 24 October, the Royal United Hospitals Bath (RUH) was delighted to welcome local charity, Time is Precious, along with one of its patrons, comedian, actor and TV host, Greg Davies, for a visit. Founders of Time is Precious, Nicky and Neil Halford, set up the charity in 2011, in memory of their son…
A temporary 18-tonne weight limit in place at Cleveland Bridge in Bath will be extended for another year as the council continues to monitor and collect data from the historic structure. Approximately 16,000 vehicles a day cross Cleveland Bridge, which has been continuously monitored since reopening to assess the performance of its hanger bars and…
