Children from Peasedown St John Primary School have taken part in a special trip – to the award-winning Egg Theatre in Bath. Pupils from Gold Class were given the opportunity for an afternoon out to watch a performance of Sandscapes – a silent piece of theatre around the sensory and playful experience of sand. School…
Some of the most popular and successful entertainment acts in the region will be performing at this year’s 16th anniversary Party in the Park festival in Peasedown St John on Saturday 14th June. Since last September bands have been applying to perform – meaning that some of the stage line-up has been in place since…
PHOTO: Nathan Hartley (right) and members of the B&NES Faith Foundation team are running a campaign to mark Local and Community History Month during May. May marks a month-long celebration of Local and Community History, which this year is being supported by the Bath and North East Somerset Faith Foundation. The month aims to encourage…
The Midsomer Norton Schools Partnership (MSNP) is excited to announce the launch of a new school library book award for children and young adults. Library staff for the partnership have worked together forming panels of students at each school, who have been busy reading and reviewing the six shortlisted titles for this inaugural MNSP School…
An electric recycling collection truck powered by electricity generated from solar panels at Keynsham Recycling Hub is being trialled by Bath & North East Somerset Council. The 16 tonne DAF vehicle currently being used for recycling collections across the district has a larger capacity than the council’s existing fleet, meaning it can collect more recycling…
Independent Councillors across Bath & North East Somerset are encouraging residents to not miss out on the historic opportunity to take part in VE Day Celebrations next week. Thursday 8th May marks the 80th anniversary of Victory in Europe Day, the day that in 1945 the guns fell silent, and peace was declared in Europe….
A group of rural churches in the Peasedown St John area are set to welcome a new trainee vicar, who is serving on placement with them for 4 weeks. Rose Patterson-Veira is training to become a priest at Trinity College in Bristol and part of her curricular activities are to spend time ‘on the ground’…
Residents Invited to Help Shape the Future of Radstock Radstock Town Council is pleased to announce that this year’s Annual Town Meeting, to be held on Thursday 8 May, from 6.30pm at Trinity Hub, will feature a key update on the progress of the Radstock Neighbourhood Plan—an important community-led project that will guide the town’s…
A preschool in Keynsham and a childminder in Paulton are the first childcare settings in Bath and North East Somerset to receive a national Mark of Achievement for supporting young children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). Bath Opportunity Pre-School, an early years specialist service based at Broadlands Academy in Keynsham, and Bev’s Childminding…
A remarkable D-Day veteran from Bath who survived his Allied ship being hit by a torpedo has enjoyed a very special 100th birthday party surrounded by his family and friends in Keynsham. Stan Ford suffered a fractured spine and injuries to both legs on the day his ship HMS Fratton was sunk off the Normandy…
