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Retailers and licensed premises selling age-restricted items can access a year’s subscription to ‘No Proof of Age No Sale’ sales training and resources, thanks to North Somerset Council’s trading standards team.

North Somerset Council is once again thanking residents for thinking about their carbon footprint over the festive period.

In a North Somerset Council meeting held yesterday (Tuesday 10 January), councillors agreed for plans to progress which would see the Castlewood site in Clevedon demolished to make way for a residential-led scheme.

Protecting services for the most vulnerable and continuing to deliver quality services fit for the future while still facing increasing budget pressures was discussed by North Somerset councillors yesterday (Tuesday 10 January).

Construction of the second site of Baytree School in Clevedon reached a major milestone on Friday, as pupils joined North Somerset Council and project contractors, Willmott Dixon, for a ceremony to mark completion of the building’s steel frame.

A monthly peer-support group is available to people from across North Somerset who have been impacted by suicide.

Children aged three to four (and their adults!) are invited to an audience with Tom Percival, the author of many bestselling children’s picture books.

Westhaven School in Weston-super-Mare has achieved a Bronze travel award for their school travel plan.

An £800,000 highway scheme to improve West Hill in Portishead will take place this month.

Looking to get more active in 2023? Would you like to become fitter while meeting new people? If so, North Somerset Health Walks are for you!

North Somerset Council’s Active Directory, which lists a wide range of physical activities for people or all ages and abilities, has been updated for 2023 and is out now!

Becket Primary School in Worle has achieved a Bronze award for their school travel plan.

Voluntary organisations, community groups and settings across North Somerset can now apply for thousands of pounds of funding to support projects that improve health and wellbeing, thanks to North Somerset Council’s work to tackle health inequalities.

Residents will be able to have their say this month on seven active travel action plans that have been developed by North Somerset Council.

When councillors meet in the New Year they’ll be asked to agree the preferred way forward for the Castlewood site in Clevedon, currently one of two main office bases for North Somerset Council.