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Council supports Road Safety Week

Council supports Road Safety Week

Speedwatch groups, hard-hitting road sign messaging and school workshops are under way across Bath & North East Somerset as part of a national Brake Road Safety Week campaign. The council is backing the campaign which sees thousands of schools, organisations and communities involved in highlighting important road safety messages. It also remembers people affected by… Read More…

RUHX Walk of Life 2024 date announced

RUHX Walk of Life 2024 date announced

On Saturday 11 May, RUHX will celebrate the return of their flagship fundraising event the Walk of Life. The walk, that featured last year on BBC One’s ‘The One Show’ started in 2005, and since then has raised over £750,000 for RUH Bath. Individuals, families and businesses from across Bath, Somerset and Wiltshire are being… Read More…

Trees planted in Bath in tribute to King Charles III and Queen Elizabeth II

Trees planted in Bath in tribute to King Charles III and Queen Elizabeth II

Two English Oak trees have been planted at Bath’s Royal Victoria Park to commemorate the Coronation of His Majesty King Charles III and honour Her late Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. The ceremony which took place yesterday (November 15) saw the trees planted next to each other, so that at maturity their crowns will visually join… Read More…

Knife crime awareness event for parents and carers

Knife crime awareness event for parents and carers

Parents and carers in Bath and North East Somerset who want to learn more about the dangers of knife crime are invited to join an awareness event in Keynsham on November 27. The event will include a talk from a parent who has personally been affected by knife crime and aims to increase awareness of… Read More…

Mum thanks RUH’s neonatal team for its incredible care

Mum thanks RUH’s neonatal team for its incredible care

A new mum has thanked neonatal staff at the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust for their ‘incredible care’ after her baby was born nearly 10 weeks early. Loki Dolman, who weighed just 799g when he was born, was delivered by emergency c-section because of reduced movements. He was in the hospital’s Dyson Centre… Read More…

Gift a Book campaign relaunches for Christmas

Gift a Book campaign relaunches for Christmas

Residents who have unwanted new or as-new books are being encouraged to donate them to people in their community who might not otherwise receive a Christmas present. The Gift a Book campaign has been launched by Bath & North East Somerset Council’s libraries service for the third year running, which last year saw 850 books… Read More…

Christmas and New Year rubbish and recycling collections

Christmas and New Year rubbish and recycling collections

Residents in Bath & North East Somerset are being reminded of temporary alterations to their recycling and rubbish collection dates over the Christmas and New Year period. From today (November 13), residents will start to receive leaflets in the post from Bath & North East Somerset Council advising them of the revised collection dates and… Read More…

Countdown to Christmas begins in Bath and North East Somerset

Countdown to Christmas begins in Bath and North East Somerset

The magic of Christmas is about to be scattered across Bath and North East Somerset with the build of Bath Christmas Market starting today (November 13) and the switch-on of festive lights across the area from Wednesday. Bath Christmas Market runs for 18 days from November 23 to December 10 and will see more than 200… Read More…

Avon Wildlife Trust looking to assist with community-led wildlife projects in the Somer Valley!

Avon Wildlife Trust looking to assist with community-led wildlife projects in the Somer Valley!

With a focus on Midsomer Norton, Paulton, Radstock, and Peasedown St John, this initiative aims to empower local communities to actively contribute to the conservation and enhancement of their natural surroundings. Avon Wildlife Trust believes that it is only by facilitating community-led conversation that nature will begin to recover. With this in mind, the Trust… Read More…

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