Bath & North East Somerset Council has begun a raft of improvements for nature and people at Staddlestones Riverside Park in Midsomer Norton as part of a project that aims to connect residents to their sustainable green spaces. Alongside earthworks and landscaping, there will be new picnic benches and seating boulders, a boules court and…
Bath & North East Somerset Council today unveiled its response to the Government’s new housing targets and the growth agenda for the next 20 years. Options include bringing housing, transport, business space, infrastructure and public spaces together to shape better places and create more jobs for the future. A new Local Plan Options Report is set for…
Bath & North East Somerset Council has enlisted the support of Wessex Water in a partnership to secure the future of the historic Royal Victoria Park pond. Maintaining water levels in the pond has been a challenge for a number of years. The Georgian-era spring mains that supplied it became degraded and the water was…
Smokers in Bath and North East Somerset are being urged to get support to quit smoking this Stoptober. Bath & North East Somerset Council is offering free premium features of the Smoke Free app, free vape starter kits and free friendly support from the local stop smoking service. Stoptober is the Department of Health and…
This year’s drive to protect the most vulnerable people against the winter flu virus has started, with pregnant women and young children living in Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire among the first to be called forward. Women who are pregnant, along with children aged either two or three years old, are particularly…
A couple from Hampshire have returned to Bath to reaffirm their love against a splendiferous backdrop of bonnets, breeches and flowing Regency gowns after winning Bath & North East Somerset Council’s wedding ceremony competition – one year after they married in the city with the same registrar and exactly one year after their first date. Lydia and…
Children at Peasedown St John Primary School are celebrating this week after being the recipients of £2,000 worth of new musical instruments. A fundraising drive by the school’s Parent and Staff Association has meant that the music department has been able to purchase a full class set of recorders, enough xylophones and metallophones for every child…
A community activist who has spent years campaigning to clean up his local area is to stand as an Independent candidate in the upcoming Widcombe & Lyncombe by-election. Voters will go to polls on Thursday 9th October in what will be the third by-election in Bath & North East Somerset this year. Casey Nolan has…
The Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust is looking for six public governors and two staff governors to help shape its services and plans for the future – and nominations are now open. There are public governor vacancies across the City of Bath, North East Somerset, Mendip, North Wiltshire and South Wiltshire constituencies where…
Work on an award-winning sustainable housing scheme aimed at transforming the lives of adults with learning disabilities is being considered by Bath & North East Somerset Council’s cabinet. The council’s Englishcombe Lane Supported Housing Scheme which received planning permission last year will see 16 specialist units providing a calm, sensory-friendly environment with care and support…
