News

9:00am - 19 December 2022
16 North Somerset women who struggled to find a job after having children graduated last week from a free programme helping them return to the workplace.

5:38pm - 16 December 2022
Short-term financial help is available from North Somerset Council’s welfare provision scheme to help with gas, electricity, food, clothing, travel and more after the Cost of Living crisis continues to bite.

3:15pm - 14 December 2022
North Somerset community and voluntary groups are being encouraged to bid for thousands of pounds in public health funding when it becomes available in the New Year, as North Somerset Council continues its work to improve health and wellbeing, and tackle health inequalities across the area.

1:00pm - 14 December 2022
North Somerset Council is urgently recruiting volunteers to help improve young people’s life chances and future possibilities.

8:30am - 12 December 2022
Several Public Rights of Way in Weston Woods will be temporarily closed over the coming weeks to allow North Somerset Council to fell diseased ash trees.

8:45am - 7 December 2022
People in North Somerset are once again being encouraged to donate their real Christmas trees after the festive season to benefit one of three local organisations.

6:03pm - 6 December 2022
North Somerset Council is urging everyone to look after vulnerable family, friends and neighbours this week after the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) and Met Office issued a level three cold weather alert.

2:30pm - 1 December 2022
Families are invited to get into the festive spirit at Weston Library on Saturday 10 December as local author Steve Gunning visits to read excerpts from his debut book ‘Santa’s Secret Agents’. The free event starts at 10am and there’s no need to book.

10:16am - 30 November 2022
The latest bathing water quality classifications released by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) show a mixed picture for North Somerset, as the council continues working with partners to examine the findings and improve water quality along the area’s coastline.

3:45pm - 29 November 2022
A special Cost of Living Advice Event will take place on Thursday 8 December in Weston-super-Mare to help support North Somerset residents worried about the impacts of cost of living increases.

2:58pm - 29 November 2022
Work on bringing three Victorian shelters back to their former glory has finished.
The three 19th century shelters, on Weston-super-Mare’s seafront, had fallen into disrepair over the last few years and plans to renovate them were put back due to the pandemic.

9:30am - 29 November 2022
North Somerset Council’s Executive will meet next week to discuss the progress being made to close the £17m gap in the council’s budget for the financial year ahead. Like councils across the country North Somerset faces spiralling inflationary cost pressures and stretched staff resources as well as increasing demands for services as more residents struggle with the impacts of the cost of living crisis.

9:25am - 29 November 2022
Strategies containing visions for Clevedon, Nailsea and Portishead are set to be considered at a North Somerset Council meeting on Wednesday 7 December.

12:31pm - 25 November 2022
North Somerset Council has today succeeded in a court case against the private owner of Birnbeck Pier, in Weston-super-Mare, to allow them to continue with a Compulsory Purchase Order (CPO) to acquire the Victorian structure.

12:08pm - 25 November 2022
In the run up to Christmas, a host of events and activities will be welcoming the crowds across North Somerset this year. With Santa’s Grottos, Christmas light switch on events, markets and food festivals, there will be something for everyone to help shoppers and visitors get into the Christmas spirit.