Bath & North East Somerset Council has been recognised for excellence across a range of services, following an independent review by the Local Government Association (LGA). The LGA’s Corporate Peer Challenge, which involved senior councillors and officers from across the country, highlighted the council’s strong leadership, outward-looking approach, and commitment to improving people’s lives. The…
Carbon emissions per person in Bath & North East Somerset have halved over the last 20 years and continue to reduce steadily, according to a new climate and nature emergency report. The Annual Climate and Nature Progress Report will be presented to Cabinet on Thursday 13 November. It sets out work underway and planned to…
Waiting times are dropping for people receiving care from Bath & North East Somerset Council due to a significant overhaul of Adult Social Care services. The number of people waiting for a Care Act Assessment, which is the way social workers understand someone’s needs and what help is available to them, fell dramatically from 201…
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 12th November. 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…
Nearly 400 local residents came to visit the 3SG Volunteer Fair, a large scale exhibition-style event at Bath’s Apex Hotel on 17th October, intending to do good for their local community. Run by Bath & North East Somerset Third Sector Group (3SG), this is the third year that the charity has organised the event to…
A temporary 18-tonne weight limit in place at Cleveland Bridge in Bath will be extended for another year as the council continues to monitor and collect data from the historic structure. Approximately 16,000 vehicles a day cross Cleveland Bridge, which has been continuously monitored since reopening to assess the performance of its hanger bars and…
Bath is preparing to celebrate 25 years of festive cheer, community spirit and local enterprise with just four weeks to go until Bath Christmas Market 2025. The milestone event which runs from November 27 to December 14 highlights the market’s growth from its humble beginnings with 40 stalls in Kingston Parade in 2001 to more than 250…
Communities across Bath and North East Somerset will come together to honour those who served and sacrificed during Remembrance events on November 9 and November 11. Councillor Liz Hardman, Chair of Bath & North East Somerset Council, said: “Remembrance Sunday and Remembrance Day are a time for us all to come together to reflect on…
This World Stroke Day (Wednesday 29 October) researchers at the Royal United Hospitals BathNHS Foundation Trust have launched a new recruitment drive for a study looking at how twodifferent medications might help people who have suffered a particular type of stroke. The national LACunar Intervention (LACI) Trial-3 is investigating whether two types of oralmedication –…
Action to make getting to school safer, healthier and more sustainable for pupils has been set out in a new report seeking approval to create a number of School Streets in Bath. Following requests from schools for improvements to the environment around school entrances to enable walking and cycling, Bath and North East Somerset Council…
