People travelling in parts of Bristol and South Gloucestershire will see the early signs of spring this week, thanks to new artwork inspired by local nature installed at more of the region’s travel hubs. The travel hubs are intended to better connect people, communities, and businesses with more sustainable transport options. They bring together bus services…
A rare species of pale pink, fairy club fungus has been recorded in Great Britain for the very first time after being discovered at Haydon Batch, a species-rich grassland site near Radstock in the West of England. The discovery was made by a group of Naturewatch volunteers from Somer Valley Rediscovered on a course led by local enthusiast Dan Nicholas. The tennis ball-sized fungus, known as Clavaria calabrica, was…
A careers day held at Peasedown St John Primary School recently has inspired local children to think about what opportunities are available to them when they grow up. Last week, 14 guests from a range of professions and backgrounds were invited into the classroom to talk about their work and what inspires them – all…
A group of churches will celebrate many of their successes on Sunday 22nd March at a series of annual meetings. St John’s Church in Peasedown St John and St Julian’s Church in Wellow will take a break from their regular Sunday schedule to look back at some of the highlights of the past 12 months….
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 18th March. 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…
Smokers across Bath and North East Somerset are being encouraged to take the first step towards quitting by visiting a new drop-in mobile wellness van for advice, health checks and personalised quit support. The B&NES Wellness Service, which is delivered by Everyone Health on behalf of Bath & North East Somerset Council, is taking the van on…
Construction starts next week on a new walking, wheeling and cycling scheme in the historic city centre of Bath. The new route, which will connect to existing and proposed routes across Bath, will begin on Charles Street before continuing through the city centre via Upper Borough Walls to Pulteney Bridge. The scheme involves the construction…
Figures from First Bus show which areas across the West of England saw the largest increases in children and young people getting the bus last summer, compared to the year before. Many places saw the numbers of kids’ journeys more than double during the summer, year-on-year. The nationally unique Kids Go Free offer, which, by…
The Midsomer Norton Community Trust have announced that plans for this year’s Town Fayre and Show are progressing very well.Planning meetings and bookings have already begun and they are expecting to deliver a wonderful community-focussed event much the same as in recent years.This year the Town Council chose to work alongside the Trust managing the…
Midsomer Norton’s community events are entering a new phase following a series of significant funding decisions taken by Midsomer Norton Town Council that have fundamentally altered how events will be delivered in the town. For over a decade, the independent Midsomer Norton Community Trust received an annual grant from the Town Council to organise and…
