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North Somerset Council is giving away 24 tonnes of free compost to mark International Composting Awareness Week (Sunday 7 to Saturday 13 May).

To mark the Coronation of King Charles III on Saturday 6 May 2023, North Somerset Council is naming the 10 trees recently planted along the High Street in Weston-super-Mare as the ‘Coronation Trees’.

With the local elections just over a week away, North Somerset Council is sharing important advice and information for voters ahead of polling day on Thursday 4 May.

People across North Somerset are being encouraged to take up the challenge of ‘walking every day in May’ as North Somerset Council prepares to celebrate National Walking Month.

Nearly all young people in North Somerset will today (Monday 17 April) be offered to attend one of their top three preferred primary schools from this September.

Work to install a new bus lane along Long Ashton Bypass is now complete – making it the first bus service improvement plan scheme to be completed in the country.

North Somerset Council has submitted a planning application which would see it investing £1.6m to make significant improvements to Kewstoke Primary School.

The new on-demand bus service for North Somerset, WESTlink has officially launched today (Monday 3 April).

Easter will soon be here and if you’re looking for fun, low-cost things to do with the family, there’s plenty to choose from over the coming weeks across North Somerset.

A North Somerset care worker has won the Home Care Worker Award at the National Great British Care Awards, held at the NEC in Birmingham last week (17 March).

Milton Park Primary School has achieved a Bronze award for their school travel plan.

North Somerset Council is funding new temporary highways signs to help the work of the Winscombe Hill Toad Patrol (WTP), a community group set-up to help migrating toads.

New locally designed travel routes are to be created as part of a project focused around improving bus services and offering options to those that need it the most.

North Somerset Council is encouraging not-for-profit and community organisations to sign up to receive free targeted business support. A new fully funded programme aims to help those looking to increase their skills in bid writing, business planning and property management, as well as providing advice on governance structure.

The first glimpse of WESTlink buses was seen yesterday as the bright green 30-strong fleet took part in community testing before its official launch on 3 April.