A new independent chair has been appointed to the Future Ambition Board for Bath and North East Somerset – a partner organisation that is helping make the area a fair, green, creative and connected place. Sonya Chowdhury will chair the Future Ambition Board (FAB) which is a partnership of the Royal United Hospitals, Bath; Curo;…
Dan Norris has been banned from entering Parliament or the offices of the combined authority he runs as Metro Mayor, an email circulated to West of England Combined Authority staff states. Norris, who is the North East Somerset and Hanham MP and West of England Metro Mayor, was arrested on suspicion of sexual offences against…
The Royal United Hospitals (RUH) Bath NHS Foundation Trust is marking one year since the new Dyson Cancer Centre welcomed its first patients. Since opening last spring, the Dyson Cancer Centre has supported the RUH to provide the highest quality of cancer care for around 340 people a day from Bath, Wiltshire and the wider…
The Police are continuing to appeal for the public’s help to find missing 65-year-old Simon Walters. Simon was last seen on Tuesday 18th March in Locking, near Weston-super-Mare, and was reported missing three days later. He is described as white, approximately 5ft 8ins tall, with short, grey hair. He is thought to be wearing a…
The Community Wellbeing Hub set up to support the community in Bath and North East Somerset has celebrated its five-year anniversary with more than 15,000 people now having received vital help. Since its origins during the Covid pandemic delivering emergency food parcels and medication to people isolating during lockdown, as well as telephone advice, the…
New funding is available for charities, community groups and voluntary groups in Bath and North East Somerset that are supporting refugees from Ukraine. Bath & North East Somerset Council is opening the fourth round of the Ukraine Support Fund totalling £20,000, to help Ukrainian guests connect with their local communities and to promote their wellbeing,…
A prostate cancer patient who underwent major robotic surgery at the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust has been discharged home the very same day – helping the hospital to further improve patient experience and free up beds. Patient Eddie Harvey, 67, had a successful robotic radical prostatectomy before returning home to Corsham that…
More than 99% of families with three and four-year olds in Bath and North East Somerset have been offered one of their overall preferences for a primary school place for the fourth year running. Figures released today (April 16) by Bath & North East Somerset Council also show that more than 95% of children got…
The amazing work that individuals and organisations do across Bath and North East Somerset to improve the lives of others has been recognised in this year’s Community Awards. The Community Awards 2024/2025 celebrate the positive contributions that people make to communities and the winners were announced at a ceremony at Bath’s Guildhall this week (April 14). The…
A police officer who deliberately weighed down keys on her laptop to make it appear as if she was working when she wasn’t, has been dismissed without notice. Detective Constable Philippa Baskwill, who was based in Somerset, will be barred from policing and other law enforcement agencies following the accelerated misconduct hearing, held in front…
