A new teaching programme in a group of rural churches has been put together to encourage parishioners to think about the significance of animals in the Bible, and what the stories about them can teach us in 2026. Churches in Peasedown St John, Foxcote, Shoscombe and Wellow over the next year will look at the…
Councillors are being asked to decide on whether to make an experimental traffic restriction in central Bath permanent. A report has been published detailing the outcomes of the trial scheme in the Lower Lansdown and The Circus Liveable Neighbourhood (LN) area. In it Bath & North East Somerset Cabinet Members Councillor Joel Hirst, Cabinet Member…
Work to support Twerton and Whiteway ward communities to benefit from £20 million Government Pride of Place money will take significant steps forward in the New Year. Pride in Place funding aims to help communities make long-term improvements that residents want through community-led Neighbourhood Boards. Government guidance says the boards must be made up of…
Bath & North East Somerset Council is consulting on draft spending proposals for 2026/27, including ways to invest in care, generate income, make savings and balance its budget to deliver services for residents. The council faces significant financial pressures due to increasing demand and costs in adult and children’s care as well as uncertainty because…
Churches in Peasedown, Wellow and Shoscombe will be hosting a range of Christmas services this coming festive season to celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ. St John’s Church in Peasedown, St Julian’s in Wellow and St Julian’s in Shoscombe are all part of the St J’s Group of Anglican Churches, which are led by Revd…
Peasedown St John’s village-wide campaign to raise awareness of dementia and create a dementia-friendly community got into the festive spirit this week! Three organisations teamed up to host a very special dementia-friendly carol service last Monday. St John’s Church, ReMind UK and Dementia Friendly Peasedown welcomed the public to the event on Monday 8th December, 3pm,…
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 17th December. 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…
St John’s Church in Peasedown St John and St Julian’s Church in Wellow are getting ready for festive Christingle services over the next couple of weeks as part of their Christmas season of events. The Christingle, representing the earth and Jesus as the light of the world, was first introduced into the Church of England…
A huge thank you has gone out residents in Bath and North East Somerset for recycling their household waste with a reminder to look out for their Christmas and New Year collection dates. Every household has been sent a leaflet advising them of changes to the recycling and rubbish collection dates and highlighting the outstanding…
Bath & North East Somerset Council has successfully prosecuted two companies for carrying out unauthorised works to a Grade I listed building in Bath which affected its character as a building of special architectural or historic interest. Knight Frank LLP and Emery Brothers Ltd were fined £120,000 and £70,000 respectively, plus costs, following sentencing at…
