News

Hundreds of fake and potentially dangerous Labubu dolls have been seized by North Somerset Council’s Trading Standards team after a parent raised concerns. 

North Somerset Council has successfully bid for a grant worth £111,496 from the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) Heritage at Risk Capital Fund, delivered by Historic England.

North Somerset Council and the council’s free job skills support service, Opportunity North Somerset, have successfully distributed 40 refurbished laptops to residents in need.  

Parents were honoured earlier this month as The North Somerset Family Wellbeing Parenting Team held their annual Parents Celebration event. 

Work to refurbish traffic signals on New Bristol Road in Weston-super-Mare begins on Monday 4 August.

A 12-week consultation launched today (Thursday 31 July) inviting people who live, work, or study in North Somerset to help shape the future of the library service.

Hutton Hill Road in Hutton has reopened after a 17-month closure.

People using the seafront in Weston during the busy summer holidays are being urged to stay safe and follow some helpful advice.

Two-night closures will be in place on the A370 in Weston-super-Mare on Wednesday and Thursday night this week.

MP for Wells and Mendip Hills, Tessa Munt, joined the Leader of North Somerset Council, Mike Bell, to see construction progress on the long awaited Banwell bypass.

From Saturday 19 July, children and young people aged under 16 will go free on buses across the West throughout the school summer holidays thanks to investment by the West of England Mayoral Combined Authority.

It’s now six weeks since every household in North Somerset moved to three-weekly black bin collections – and early signs show the service is making a difference. Less general waste is being thrown away and more food and recyclable materials are being put to good use.

North Somerset Council’s second phase of physical work on the Birnbeck Pier project starts this week (w/c Monday 14 July). To enable the work, the car park next to the pier in Weston-super-Mare is planned to temporarily close from Tuesday 29 July.

Four green spaces across North Somerset have once again been honoured with the internationally recognised Green Flag Award, celebrating their exceptional quality, outstanding management, and excellent visitor facilities. 

A major scheme to improve the condition and safety of roads in Congresbury begins on Monday 14 July.