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Mums in North Somerset can access free support to get back to work after a career break or to help kickstart their career thanks to a bespoke training programme from The Women’s Work Lab.

Are you a good listener? Could you support other mums from your local community and help them have a positive breastfeeding experience? If so, the North Somerset Healthy Early Years team would like to hear from you!

From Monday 12 February new major developments must prove they can improve biodiversity in habitats by at least 10 per cent before building can begin. 

Four crossings are to be upgraded on a popular cycling and walking route between Backwell, Nailsea and Bristol.

The revamp of Weston-super-Mare’s Tropicana has moved closer with North Somerset Council’s appointment of architecture practice RCKa, and proposals to seek a commercial operator to be discussed at February’s full Council meeting.

Residents, community groups and businesses are being asked to take part in an online survey to help shape proposals for public transport improvements at the A38 Lime Kiln roundabout near Bristol.  

North Somerset Council is working with the Lions Club of Weston-super-Mare to find a new solution for the future of the town’s floral clock.

Residents, community groups and businesses are being asked to put their views forward to help shape new proposals for public transport improvements at Rownham Hill, on the A369. 

A new innovative approach to pothole, defect and patch repairs is being used in North Somerset to improve the condition of roads.

Part of Martcombe Road, A369, is closing from Monday 12 February to Friday 17 February to allow North Somerset Council to fell diseased ash trees.  

North Somerset Council urges businesses to make sure they are responsibly disposing of their waste.

North Somerset Council and Avon Fire and Rescue Service have partnered on a campaign to help prevent fires caused by the incorrect disposal of batteries, after three fires broke out in North Somerset over the past year. 

A project in North Somerset has been selected as one of 13 grant winners for a national scheme to conserve and restore peatlands across the UK. 

A logo created by a Weston College graphic design student has been chosen by North Somerset Violence Reduction Partnership (VRP) to symbolise Knife Angel’s visit to Weston-super-Mare this spring.

At February’s meeting of North Somerset Council’s Executive, councillors will consider proposals to take the North Somerset Parking Management Strategy and Action Plan to public consultation.