Pre-loved clothes, books and kitchen utensils that might otherwise have been thrown away have helped raise a staggering £1m for the British Heart Foundation. The annual Student Moving Out Campaign, an initiative led by the Student Community Partnership (SCP), encourages students who are leaving their homes at the end of the academic year to recycle…
The NHS in Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire needs localpeople to continue to choose the most appropriate health and care service ahead ofthe new year celebrations, as frontline teams remain stretched following a busyChristmas weekend. Demand for care is expected to rise over the coming days, as many health and careservices, such…
Musician in Residence at the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust, Frankie Simpkins, has been sharing the joy and connectedness that music brings to the hospital’s patients and staff this festive period.It’s through her understanding of the special role that music has which helps Frankie really make a difference at this special time of…
A new Vice Lord-Lieutenant has been appointed for Somerset. Robert Drewett, who lives in the Mendips, above the Chew Valley, has been serving as a Deputy Lieutenant for the past 20 years. Mr Drewett replaces Ted Allen as Vice Lord-Lieutenant. Mr Allen had held the position for three years and has reached the retirement age, for the…
Fresh from managing the disruption caused by the latest round of industrial action byresident doctors, the NHS in Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshireis calling for continued public support ahead of the busy Christmas period. Services across the region, particularly those dealing with urgent and emergencycare, such as hospital emergency departments, are expected…
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 14th January. 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…
A funding appeal run by the Bath and North East Somerset Faith Foundation has raised £3,000 for a new campaign to tackle and raise awareness of antisemitism across the local area. The organisation, which promotes and encourages social cohesion and dialogue between religious groups, launched a fundraising campaign last year. Director of the Faith Foundation,…
Every new year l promise myself I’ll beat the ‘January Blues’. ‘NO resolutions this time. It’s just another tick of the clock’. Still I find myself making them, because “It’ll be a fresh start”. “New year, new me”! Oh, please! Get more exercise. Get ANY exercise! Eat more fruit. Drink less tea.Don’t let time get…
A new teaching programme in a group of rural churches has been put together to encourage parishioners to think about the significance of animals in the Bible, and what the stories about them can teach us in 2026. Churches in Peasedown St John, Foxcote, Shoscombe and Wellow over the next year will look at the…
A dozen community pharmacies across Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire are to remain open on Christmas Day this year, meaning people living in every part of the region should be able to access in-person help for minor illness and injury. Community pharmacies do much more than just handle prescriptions, with the 12…
