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Nailsea Library is today (Wednesday 27 September) celebrating its new home with an official opening event.

The Strawberry Line tunnel at Shute Shelve, near Winscombe, is set to temporarily close for two weeks next month. This is to allow routine maintenance of the tunnel to take place, as well as the felling of surrounding diseased ash trees.

As part of North Somerset Council’s allocation of the government’s UK Shared Prosperity Fund (UKSPF), a freephone home energy advice service is part-funded for households in North Somerset. The advice line, provided by Centre for Sustainable Energy (CSE), offers free, impartial advice to all households. 

North Somerset Council and bus operator First Bus are acting to reassure bus users about work being undertaken to improve services and reliability in the local area. 

A £200,000 scheme to improve Baytree, Milton and Locking Road in Weston begins on Monday 25 September.

North Somerset Council is inviting families to help shape its proposals to improve the children’s play area at Salthouse Fields in Clevedon in a consultation that opened at 11am today (Wednesday 20 September).

Architects and engineers have now been appointed with work underway after North Somerset Council purchased Birnbeck pier and island earlier this year (July 2023).

This week, North Somerset Council started works to secure the Old Magistrates Court in Weston-super-Mare. This follows e­vidence of unauthorised access and the discovery of asbestos inside the Grade II listed building. 

The largest outdoor, covered ice rink in the country is set to return to Weston-super-Mare this winter following an agreement reached between North Somerset Council and Icescape.

The North Somerset Council Net Zero Business Grants Programme is now live!

Your chance to influence council priorities and where the money goes.

Parents and carers in North Somerset are being urged to apply for school places online and on time.

North Somerset Council has announced the results of its consultation to explore the future housing needs of people in Clevedon and Nailsea.

Following a successful bid by the North Somerset Violence Reduction Unit (VRU), the ‘Knife Angel’ will visit North Somerset next spring as part of a nationwide tour to highlight the issue of violent crime.