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…
(Full details are at the bottom of this article) In the heart of the Worcestershire countryside, set within 93 acres of picturesque grounds in Abberley, Westerfield College is quietly establishing itself as one of the country’s most distinctive specialist sixth-form colleges. With a campus that has been home to education provision since 1916 and a…
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…
In February, cousins Frankie, Connie and Maddox were all born within the space of a single day at the Royal United Hospitals (RUH) Bath NHS Foundation Trust. The rare coincidence took place on Friday 6 February when Georgie from Bridgeyate, South Gloucestershire, gave birth to identical twin girls Frankie and Connie and her brother Billy…
This Easter, The Roman Baths has cracked the perfect family day out with a line‑up of trails, creative activities, hands‑on archaeology and special evening openings. Throughout the holidays, families can explore 2,000 years of history in the heart of Bath’s UNESCO World Heritage city and discover one of the UK’s most remarkable ancient sites in…
Over £70 million is currently being invested in walking, cycling, and wheeling improvements across the West. Together, the work will see over 47 miles of new and improved cycle routes, and almost as much new and improved pedestrian paths, as shown on a new interactive map, as well as 10 new school streets. The West of England recently hosted further visits from Active Travel England (ATE) to see completed and in-progress projects being delivered in the region. Graham Grant, Interim…
A Very Vexing Murder, the debut novel of Lucy Andrew, the first book in the Harriet Smith Investigates series, will be published on 5th March 2026 by Corvus, part of Atlantic Books. A Very Vexing Murder is a cosy crime retelling of Jane Austen’s Emma which transforms Emma’s timid little sidekick, Harriet Smith, into a…
