The World War 1 memorial in Grove Park, dedicated to the men of the Borough of Weston-super-Mare, has been restored by Weston-super-Mare Town Council. The war memorial, designed by Alfred Drury RA and erected in 1922, is listed by Historic England for its special, architectural and historic interest. It features a winged victory on top […]

Students from the University of the West of England (UWE) are working with the Weston-super-Mare Heritage Action Zone (HAZ) to develop a design guide for changes to streets and shop frontages in Weston. The four students, who are studying Architecture and Planning BA (hons), have been asked to develop a draft design guide for the […]

Councillor Mike Bell reports: “Lots of residents have contacted me about rubbish in the seafront and parks over the Bank Holiday weekend. There were some issues with bins not being emptied frequently enough and with visitors leaving rubbish behind them. “I’ve raised this with council officers to ask them to look again at what can […]

Campaigning local Liberal Democrat Councillors Mike Bell and Robert Payne are continuing to challenge North Somerset Council’s parking policies to try and get a fairer deal for local residents. Their latest research has revealed that: – total income from car parking is around £2.4 million per year, an increase of 36% over five years; – […]

Following on from previous reports, Councillor Mike Bell has continued his campaign to get our local roads and pavements repaired. In the last couple of weeks, Mike has walked around his Weston-super-Mare Central Ward looking for examples of poor roads and pavements – unfortunately there are a lot of them! Mike said: “In just a […]

Opening hours at the Town Hall and library in Walliscote Grove Road, Weston-super-Mare are changing from Tuesday 8 May. A review of visitor numbers has shown that, on average, only one or two enquiries are made at the Town Hall reception between 5pm and 8pm Monday to Friday and between 2.30pm and 7pm on Saturdays. […]

The Eat Weston Food Festival returns to Weston town centre this Saturday 7th April, from 9am to 5pm. The event will be based on the Italian Gardens in Weston-super-Mare. There will be entertainment throughout the site, including Punch & Judy, a balloon modeller, face painter and some tractors. There are over 75 primary producers – […]

This Saturday (7 April) is “Purple Flag Day” in Weston-super-Mare. The town has been awarded the prestigious Purple Flag for the third consecutive year in recognition of its safe and diverse evening and night-time economy. It follows a joint submission led by North Somerset Council, Avon and Somerset Police and the Weston Business Improvement District […]

Adults living in Weston-super-Mare are being encouraged to contact North Somerset Council’s Health Trainer service to receive up to 12 free sessions of healthy lifestyle support. Every year the council’s Health Trainer service successfully supports hundreds of local residents to eat healthier, drink less alcohol, lose weight, exercise more and stop smoking. Appointments for support […]

Calling all budding young scientists and engineers! This month sees the Tropicana playing host to the Big Bang @ Weston, bringing science and engineering to life for young people. If bubbling test tubes and Bunsen burners (and a few big bangs along the way!) are your kind of thing then this event is not to be […]