Gloves on for Nailsea as Summer Clean-Up Invites All Ages to Join Thursday, July 3, 2025 nailsea cleanup community environment summer parks volunteers litter council family Nailsea residents are invited to roll up their sleeves and grab litter-pickers for the upcoming community clean-up event on Saturday, July 19. Meeting at Millennium Park near the skate park at 12:45 pm, the event will start … Read More
Rising Rents Threaten Weymouth’s Seaside Tourism and Small Businesses Thursday, July 3, 2025 weymouth tourism dorset rents smallbusiness council economy hotels regeneration growth Weymouth’s economy faces potential damage as rent increases loom over 65 council-owned hotels, sparking concerns from local representatives. Littlemoor and Preston councillor Louie O’Leary warned that significant rent hikes … Read More
£400,000 Refurbishment Transforms Former Somerset Council HQ Wednesday, July 2, 2025 somerset westsomersethouse refurbishment localgovernment communityservices library redevelopment propertysales council publicservices West Somerset House, the former headquarters of West Somerset Council located on Killick Way in Williton, has undergone a significant refurbishment costing £400,000. Once the administrative center until the council’s … Read More
Plans Announced to Reduce Speed Limit on Somerset’s A4 Bath Road Tuesday, July 1, 2025 somerset speedlimit a4road bathandnortheastsomerset saltford keynsham roadsafety development traffic council Local authorities are proposing to lower the speed limit on a busy 1.2km stretch of the A4 Bath Road, between Saltford and Keynsham, from 40mph to 30mph. The initiative aims to address safety concerns arising from recent … Read More
Council Criticizes RNLI's 'Shocking' Withdrawal from Historic Birnbeck Pier Restoration Project Sunday, June 29, 2025 birnbeck rnli restoration pier heritage northsomerset funding lifeboat council viability North Somerset Council has condemned the Royal National Lifeboat Institution’s (RNLI) unexpected decision to withdraw from the Birnbeck Pier restoration project just days before contractors were to be appointed. The RNLI … Read More
Council Concealed Radioactive Contamination in Melksham for Six Months Friday, June 27, 2025 wiltshire contamination radioactivity melksham council raf bowerhill environment councillor cleanup Wiltshire Council has disclosed that it knew about radioactive contamination at the former RAF Bowerhill base in Melksham six months before making the information public. The contamination was first publicly revealed on June … Read More