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Rob Beckley, a highly respected figure in law enforcement with a distinguished policing career spanning 38 years, is retiring from the police service and stepping into the role of High Sheriff of Somerset. His appointment was formally declared in Wells Cathedral at the annual Somerset Legal Service on 17th March 2024.

People living in North Somerset can now subscribe to receive garden waste collections between 1 April 2024 and 31 March 2025. 

Weston-super-Mare has won best town for Business Environment in ‘Let’s Celebrate Towns’. This is a competition that shines a spotlight on towns across the UK helping their businesses and communities to thrive. 

Thanks to North Somerset libraries, people living locally have had the opportunity to boost their wellbeing while practising their creative skills through courses in painting, aromatherapy and crafting. 

Green-minded residents who want to improve their composting skills and educate their local community are invited to join a master composter workshop on Tuesday 26 March. 

A man whose fraudulent rogue trading left victims upset and distressed has been sentenced to 27 months in prison, following a prosecution brought by North Somerset Council’s Trading Standards team.

North Somerset Council is making recycling easier for residents and collection crews, as people can now recycle paper and cardboard together in the same recycling box. 

Alun Griffiths Contractors Ltd have told North Somerset Council that they will no longer deliver the Banwell bypass. 

Following the Chancellor's announcement of his spring budget in the House of Commons today, leaders at North Somerset Council have been reflecting on what it means for the council and local people.

Some bus services across the North Somerset area are set to change from 7 April 2024. Changes include higher frequency services to better connect communities, and revisions to timetables to help improve reliability.  

Some bus services across the North Somerset area are set to change from 7 April 2024 to enhance and better support the region’s wider bus network. As a result, the 127-service will be ending at the end of term on Thursday 28 March. It will be restructured to enable the 126 service to serve Weston College students and commuters travelling into Weston-super-Mare at peak morning and evening journey times. 

More than 97 per cent of young people in North Somerset will today (Friday 1 March) be offered a place to attend one of their top three preferred secondary schools from this September.

North Somerset recycling and refuse crews have had significant problems collecting from some areas in Portishead, due to access difficulties caused by inconsiderately parked cars. From Monday 4 March, North Somerset Council is trialling a Public Space Protection Order (PSPO) in three roads in Portishead. 

Residents living in Claverham and Cleeve will have access to a new bus service from Sunday 7 April. The X5 bus service running approximately hourly between Portishead and Weston-super-Mare will be re-routed to serve the villages after North Somerset Council listened to requests from residents at the council’s first Bus Forum held in December.