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Shoppers headed to the Sovereign in Weston-super-Mare will receive a pleasant surprise this weekend as a community piano is put in place for residents and visitors to play.

The long-awaited Banwell bypass has been given the green light today by the Planning and Regulatory Committee.

The next major bus improvement scheme planned for North Somerset is set to begin in Barrow Gurney next month as part of ambitious bus service improvements which will make bus travel faster, greener, more reliable, convenient, and co-ordinated across the region.

A flagship venue in North Somerset is seeking new operators to continue the legacy of the site.

10 trees are to be planted along the High Street in Weston-super-Mare.

Three years on, since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, over 500 trees are being planted in public open spaces across North Somerset as memorial spaces for those who died. The trees will all be planted by the end of this week (Friday 17 March) in seven locations, at Clevedon, Nailsea, Portishead, and Weston-super-Mare.

North Somerset Libraries still have some tickets left for Simon Scarrow’s free online ‘Question and Answer’ event on Thursday 23 March at 2pm.

Members of North Somerset’s Libraries Service can now learn over 110 languages online and for free.

North Somerset Council has successfully bid for £150,000 in funding from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) Woodland Creation Accelerator Fund (WCAF). This will be used to plant 31,000 more trees across the area by December 2025, in addition to trees for privately owned woodland.

Graduates and people looking for a career change are being urged to ‘Step Up to Social Work’ and make a difference to the lives of children and young people in North Somerset.

Financial help is available via North Somerset Council’s Household Support Fund for residents struggling to afford energy bills, food and other essential items – but applications for this round are closing next Wednesday (15 March).

Nearly all young people in North Somerset will today (Wednesday 1 March) be offered to attend one of their top three preferred secondary schools from this September.

North Somerset residents living in park homes, mobile homes, care homes or off-grid are now eligible for £400 of energy support.

A state-of-the-art accessible toilet facility at the Tropicana in Weston-super-Mare was officially opened today (Tuesday 28 February).

As National Empty Homes Week starts today (Monday 27 February), North Somerset Council is urging owners of empty homes to get in touch and find out how the council can help bring these much-needed properties back into use.