Extra car parking and plans for an upgraded BMX track at The Campus in Locking Castle could be on the horizon if a planning application is approved. Work to improve facilities inside the building has already begun but now more plans have come to light for the venue’s exterior. Some of the library’s services will […]

Weston could soon have its own shuttle bus service if a motion by a town councillor is adopted. Mike Bell wants to see a visitor bus service introduced in the resort and will propose that Weston Town Council adopts his idea at its meeting next month. The service would either be free or low-cost, and […]

North Somerset Council’s ruling Conservative Executive will meet next week to approve plans to introduce on-street pay and display parking charges for much of Weston-super-Mare town centre. The proposals include: Pay and display meters on 28 town centre streets with parking charges of £1.20 an hour Charges to be imposed 9am to 6pm, Monday to […]

THOSE desperate to spend a penny could soon be faced with the prospect of having to pay for the privilege in North Somerset’s public toilets – or see the facilities close for good. The council is looking to persuade town and parish councils or private individuals to run the conveniences in order to save cash. […]

There is less than a week left to have your say on the policing part of the council tax in an online survey by Avon and Somerset Police Authority. You can have your say online or you can receive a copy of the survey in the post please call 01275 816377. They are asking you questions on […]

WESTON’S transport infrastructure could receive a welcome boost through a new Government cash injection. The West of England Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP), which includes North Somerset, will receive £11.3million from a growing places fund designed to deliver projects to support jobs and housing. And that will mean more money could be spent on improving transport […]

OPPONENTS of Weston’s water park charge say the fee should be scrapped after it was revealed that it earned the council less money than was spent on employing people to collect it. Although the Weston Town Council-run attraction brought in almost £14,000 in income from May to September, that was outstripped by the fact that […]

A new For All Healthy Living Centre-style facility could be set up in Weston’s historic library building if a group of councillors gets its way. The library service is set to move into the new-style Town Hall next year, and its Boulevard home will be marketed in the near future. Weston Central ward members want […]

PROPOSALS to slash the youth service budget by 75 per cent could be ‘stirring up trouble for the future’. Conservative-led North Somerset Council is looking to reduce the service’s budget by over £800,000 by 2013 in a drastic move which will see the 25 youth workers employed across the district lose their jobs. Opposition members […]

NEARLY one in three patients in North Somerset facing a life-threatening emergency is not receiving treatment from ambulance crews within ?the Government-approved target time. Councillors have now voiced ‘great concern’ at how, between April and July, around 1,000 patients were not attended to quickly enough when their lives were in danger. New guidelines outlined by […]