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Local residents, community groups and businesses are being asked to put their views and comments forward to help shape plans for public transport design improvements for Backwell. 

Seventeen businesses and community groups in rural areas of North Somerset are benefitting from £180,000 of funding designed to boost local innovation and productivity, and improve rural community infrastructure.

At November’s Full Council meeting, North Somerset Council will decide whether to enter into the next stage of a contract to deliver the Banwell bypass with Alun Griffiths Ltd.

The findings of an independent review regarding the recent active travel changes for Hill Road and The Beach in Clevedon will be shared at a public meeting on Monday 20 November in the town. 

More than 40 Community Living Rooms are open across North Somerset as free and welcoming spaces for residents to come together for friendly company, activities and a place to keep warm if needed this winter.

North Somerset Council’s library service is looking for people to share their Second World War objects and stories.

Young care experienced people in North Somerset can now sign up for a free WESTfares bus pass.

ParkPlay is coming to Clevedon and people of all ages are invited to get involved! It will be the fourth ParkPlay to launch in North Somerset to bring people from local communities together in parks and green spaces for 90 minutes of free, informal games and activity, every Saturday morning.

There’s plenty of free or low-cost activities across North Somerset to keep the children entertained this half-term.

Eight additional closed circuit television (CCTV) cameras are being installed in Weston-super-Mare thanks to a £28k combined investment by North Somerset Council and Avon & Somerset Police.

North Somerset is a diverse community made up of people with different backgrounds, faiths and life experiences.

We are united in condemning all acts of terror, wherever they occur.

There’s still time to register for Solar Together, the innovative solar panel group-buying scheme which has returned to help North Somerset residents generate clean, local, renewable energy to power their home.

North Somerset Council is encouraging people to take part in a free trail called ‘The Big Recycling Hunt’, which is also the theme of this year’s Recycle Week (Monday 16 to Sunday 22 October).

Following the closure of Weston-super-Mare’s town quarry at the end of August, the first step in the quarry’s rejuvenation begins this week as the demolition of the condemned quarry stone crushing plant gets under way. This is the first part of the works planned for the site. 

North Somerset Council remains committed to tackling the climate emergency and is continuing to work towards becoming a carbon neutral area by 2030, despite the recent rollback in the UK government’s Net Zero goals.