The Chancellor and the Housing Secretary have backed plans for the country’s fastest-growing regional economy to soon become home to its first Mayoral Development Zone (MDZ), covering the West of England’s emerging new town: Brabazon and the West InnovationArc, in South Gloucestershire and north Bristol. Helen Godwin, Mayor of the West of England, set out…
A raft of new walking, wheeling and cycling improvements across Bath & North East Somerset are helping children enjoy safer, healthier journeys to school – just in time for Walk to School Week 2026. The council’s first ever School Street launched this week outside St Stephen’s Primary School, giving pupils a calmer, more pleasant start and end…
A new football cage at Royal Victoria Park, a sensory garden at Oldfield School and pedestrian safety improvements in Lambridge are among the community projects that will benefit from £270,260 in new funding. Following a consultation asking residents to help decide where the money should go, Bath & North East Somerset Council has allocated the…
Bath Cats and Dogs Home and BRACE Dementia Research are the latest charities to benefit from Bath & North East Somerset Council being a member of a national metal recycling scheme. The council has donated £8,500 to each charity, raised from the not-for-profit Recycling of Metals Scheme run by the Institute of Cemetery and Crematorium Management…
UK — A courageous team of British ocean rowers is entering the final two-week countdown before flying out to the start line of a historic, world-first expedition. On June 1st, the four-person Brainwaves crew, proudly powered by headline sponsor Evolution Capital, will depart the UK for Western Australia, where they will begin a gruelling 5,500-mile,…
Councillor Shaun Stephenson-McGall has been elected as the new Chair of Bath & North East Somerset Council. Councillor Stephenson-McGall was first elected as a councillor in 1999, representing Oldfield Park Ward up until 2023 and is now the ward councillor for Timsbury. He served as Vice Chair last year, Chair in 2022-23 and Mayor of…
Bristol, UK (14 May 2026) – Tonight, Rivals cast, Katherine Parkinson, Annabel Scholey, the creative team from Happy Prince, The Mayor of the West of England, RTS West of England and The Bottle Yard Studios hosted a special screening and panel in Bristol, in celebration of the regional impactof production in the area. Production of the hit Hulu Original series,…
Bath and North East Somerset’s third annual regional dementia awareness conference was held in Peasedown St John last Tuesday at St John’s Church. Organised by the Peasedown Community Trust and sponsored by homecare provider Bluebird Care, the conference featured keynote speakers, information stalls, an opportunity to network, a tasty lunch and a chance to meet…
Residents gathered at Midsomer Norton Town Park on Saturday 9th for a spontaneous busking session to celebrate Somerset Day, filling the town’s amphitheatre with music and community spirit. The sun shone on the open-air stage as local musicians Jon Parry, Paul Kirtley, Sandy, and Cllr Gordon Mackay performed a relaxed set for park visitors and…
The organisers of the Bath Half Marathon, London Marathon Events (LME), have agreed to give greater consideration to the date of the city’s annual race following a campaign from an Independent councillor. Cllr Gavin Heathcote (Independent, Peasedown) who is part of the Independents for B&NES Group on the council, has called for event organisers to…
