An Independent councillor from Peasedown St John has written to the Police and Crime Commissioner for Avon & Somerset asking for urgent action to step-up police patrols in his village. Cllr Gavin Heathcote is an Independent member of Bath & North East Somerset Council who has called on Labour’s Police Commissioner Claire Moody to ‘get…
Will Godfrey, Chief Executive of Bath & North East Somerset Council, has announced his intention to step down from the role after six years of dedicated service. He will continue in his position full-time until the end of September before transitioning to a part-time role, three days a week, until the end of January 2026. …
Councillors from the new Independents for B&NES movement have strongly criticised council plans this week that will have a detrimental impact on businesses in the centre of Bath. In a move that that has been ferociously criticised by city centre businesses and waste collection contractors, from this September any business in the centre of Bath will only…
Independent Councillors from across Bath & North East Somerset are calling on the council to do more to support small and rural businesses. The new political movement, Independents for B&NES, wants the Local Authority to recognise the important role that many businesses perform, not just economically, but socially and cultural around the district too. Cllr Karen Walker…
Local people living in and around the village of Temple Cloud, near Chew Valley, are being encouraged to stand as an Independent candidate in the upcoming B&NES Council by-election on Thursday 3rd July. A by-election has been called for the Mendip ward after the resignation of Liberal Democrat David Wood, and the seat is expected to…
An Independent Councillor on Bath and North East Somerset Council – who represents the village of Saltford – has condemned the Local Authority’s recent decision to build a new waste facility in Locksbrook Road, Bath. Cllr Chris Warren has become increasingly concerned about how the Lib Dem run council’s waste and recycling projects are having…
Councillors from the new Independents for B&NES movement have given their support this week to hundreds of council employees that are facing a pay cut in a dispute with the Local Authority. The new Group on the council was founded by three Independent Councillors last month who want local people’s views to – first and…
As the region prepares for the next WECA Mayoral election on Thursday 1st May, the woman who wants to be elected to the top job has laid out her aims and ambitions for our local area. Mary Page, who is standing for the Green Party, says she wants to be a voice for ‘ordinary, everyday people’….
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 Bath and North East Somerset Councillors for Peasedown St John, Gavin Heathcote and Karen Walker (Independents), will be holding their next Advice Surgery on Saturday 3rd May, at Peasedown St John Community Library, located in The Hive Community Centre. It will be an opportunity for residents to discuss issues and any concerns they have…
