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Weston-super-Mare has been chosen as one of ten locations across the country to host a flagship, national arts and culture installation. SEE MONSTER is part of UNBOXED: Creativity in the UK - a free, national collection of ten large-scale, public art engagement projects that will showcase the UK’s creativity and innovation to the world throughout 2022.

Gritters across North Somerset will help keep major routes in North Somerset passable this winter in a more sustainable way.
 

Weston-super-Mare will welcome a new bowling alley, AllStars Sports Bowl, at the town's Dolphin Square site in Spring 2022.

Earlier today the UK Health and Security Agency (UKHSA) announced that an estimated 43,000 people may have been given incorrect PCR test results between 8 September and 12 October, mostly in the South West of England. This is an isolated incident attributed to one laboratory in Wolverhampton. Testing at this lab has been suspended and all samples are now being redirected to other laboratories. 
 

Funding to help tackle violence against women and girls has been awarded to North Somerset Council and Somerset County Council.

It's a high five for North Somerset's parks and green spaces!  

Care workers from North Somerset were among those recognised at a prestigious awards ceremony last week.

North Somerset Council has been awarded £1.075m from the Government to prepare a brownfield site in Weston-super-Mare for high quality housing and development.

More payments to help address the pressures of housing growth are being made to town and parish councils across North Somerset.

North Somerset’s Health and Wellbeing Board has launched its Joint Health and Wellbeing Strategy for 2021-24.

Plans to protect Worlebury Camp hillfort in Weston-super-Mare will continue despite North Somerset Council’s bid for lottery funding being turned down.

A second business in Weston-super-Mare is set to bring their frontage back to its roots through the Heritage Action Zone’s Shopfront Enhancement Scheme.

Following an extensive summer consultation and a technical review into the options, a decision has been published recommending that route two is taken forward as the basis for the eventual design of Banwell bypass. 

Libraries across North Somerset are getting ready to celebrate Libraries Week from 4-10 October. 

Three Victorian shelters are to be renovated to their former glory as part of a project on Weston-super-Mare’s seafront.