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11:00am - 11 July 2024
The council has worked with emergency services to create a water safety campaign, to help people have fun safely at Weston-super-Mare’s seafront this summer.
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4:30pm - 9 July 2024
At next week’s meeting of North Somerset Council’s Executive, councillors will make a decision on whether to make changes to the council’s waste and recycling services, in a bid to boost recycling rates, reduce waste and cut costs.
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1:05pm - 9 July 2024
A long awaited cycling and walking route between Weston and Clevedon will officially open on Friday afternoon (12 July).
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10:20am - 8 July 2024
Work on the public toilets at Grove Park in Weston-super-Mare is due to start tomorrow (Tuesday 9 July) as part of North Somerset Council’s improvement plans for the town centre green space.
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10:07am - 3 July 2024
Work to improve the road surface on the A370 (Somerset Avenue/Flowerdown Bridge/Winterstoke Road/ Hildesheim Bridge) in Weston-super-Mare will begin on Monday 8 July.
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10:25am - 1 July 2024
Voters living in the North Somerset and Weston-super-Mare parliamentary constituencies will get the chance to have their say at the ballot box when General Election 2024 takes place on Thursday (4 July).
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10:00am - 27 June 2024
Children in North Somerset are invited to join in the 2024 Summer Reading Challenge, Marvellous Makers, which starts on Saturday 6 July.
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10:49am - 24 June 2024
Registered voters who want to vote at a polling station in the General Election on Thursday 4 July must make sure they have an acceptable form of photo ID.
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10:52am - 21 June 2024
Essential work to prepare the A370 (Somerset Avenue/Winterstoke Road) in Weston for a new road surface will begin on Monday 24 June.
9:27am - 20 June 2024
A rogue trader whose fraudulent roofing work cost a North Somerset resident thousands of pounds has been sentenced to 13 months in prison, following an investigation by North Somerset Council’s Trading Standards team.
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9:51am - 17 June 2024
Voters across North Somerset who have registered to vote by post will begin receiving their postal packs this week.
11:04am - 13 June 2024
Show your support and find out more about the armed forces and emergency services by coming along to a celebration event taking place in Weston-super-Mare on Saturday 22 June.
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10:54am - 11 June 2024
Belmont Hill in Wraxall will be closed from Monday 17 June for essential resurfacing work.
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10:46am - 11 June 2024
Street lighting columns across Nailsea are to be upgraded as part of an investment programme.
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9:00am - 11 June 2024
People in North Somerset have just one week left to make sure they are registered to vote in the coming General Election on Thursday 4 July.