Kids Go Free is coming back again for the Easter school holidays, giving free bus travel for a fortnight to around 150,000 kids aged under 16 across the West. The hugely popular, nationally unique initiative saw big increases in children and young people taking the bus over the summer and Christmas school holidays in 2025,…

Families in the West are set to save millions more on bus fares, with the £1 child fare cap being extended until Spring 2029 by the West of England Mayoral Combined Authority, as part of a wider fares support package for bus passengers. The £1 child fare cap has already saved families across the region around…

A variety of services and events are being held by a group of rural Anglican churches to celebrate the Easter season. St John’s Church in Peasedown, along with St Julian’s in Wellow, St James’ in Foxcote and St Julian’s Shoscombe have ‘something for everyone’ over the Easter holidays. Leader of all four churches, Revd Matthew…

 The region’s efforts to tackle the housing crisis are set to take another step forward next week, building on the ambitions agreed in the Growth Strategy for the West to ultimately build more than 7,500 new homes a year. Plans before the Mayor and council leaders at their next meeting on Friday, 27 March include: Helen Godwin, Mayor…

The new railway station being built in North Filton has today been officially named: Bristol Brabazon.   The new station is one of five already coming down the track in the West. It is set to serve the new Aviva Arena at YTL Live as well as the surrounding West Innovation Arc Growth Zone, including Brabazon and some of…

Residents and carers are being asked for their views on dementia support in Bath and North East Somerset.   Bath & North East Somerset Council wants to hear how services across adult social care, health, the voluntary sector and community organisations can work even better together to help people live well with dementia and receive the right support at the right time.  Survey feedback will…

Residents and carers are being asked for their views on dementia support in Bath and North East Somerset.   Bath & North East Somerset Council wants to hear how services across adult social care, health, the voluntary sector and community organisations can work even better together to help people live well with dementia and receive the right support at the right time.  Survey feedback will…

Bath & North East Somerset Council is continuing work preparing the new Local Plan, following strong public engagement on the options for how development needs across the district could be met up to 2043. The Local Plan Options consultation, held from 3 October to 14 November last year, explored how the council should plan for…

The West of England’s Mayor welcomed ministers and fellow mayors for the first time to the West Innovation Arc Growth Zone – the fastest growing part of the West, which is itself the country’s fastest growing regional economy. The Mayoral Council was today hosted in South Gloucestershire at NCC, the University of Bristol’s world-leading research…

£2.4 million is set to be invested in clean energy, climate, and nature efforts, as the environment remains a key priority for the West. Proposals being considered by the Mayor and council leaders at their next meeting on 27 March include: Helen Godwin, Mayor of the West of England, said: “People across the West care deeply about…