Councillors from the group Independents for B&NES are calling on Bath & North East Somerset Council to do more to support and financially aid the Local Authority’s 11 community libraries. The 11 community spaces, all located around the district, provide vital lifelines to many people who live in rural and isolated communities. They do so without any…
Pharmacies across the region are on hand to help people stay well this winter, with pharmacists able to offer advice on a range of illnesses and treatment options, as well as prescribe prescription medicine for a range of common health conditions. Pharmacy First means people feeling under the weather from one of the seven conditions…
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…
Extended opening hours at Trowbridge’s Minor Injuries Unit are to be introduced ahead of schedule, meaning residents will soon have access to a walk-in service that is open until 8pm every night of the week. From Monday 3 November, Trowbridge MIU, which is based within the town’s current community hospital, will see its opening hours…
On Friday 24 October, the Royal United Hospitals Bath (RUH) was delighted to welcome local charity, Time is Precious, along with one of its patrons, comedian, actor and TV host, Greg Davies, for a visit. Founders of Time is Precious, Nicky and Neil Halford, set up the charity in 2011, in memory of their son…
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 –…
