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A molecular epidemiologist who led a major University of Bristol study to help schools develop systems to prevent and cope with a potential COVID-19 outbreak during the pandemic is returning to the University as Pro…
On the same day, First Bus said it would integrate ticketing across Somerset and the wider West of England area, including Bristol and Bath, into a single offer from 30 August.…
Bristol City Council meetings and papers show that its Licensing (Hearings) Sub-Committee met on Thursday, 20 August 2026 at 10.00 am.…
Wiltshire Council has approved a permanent one-way system for Calne’s High Street following an 18-month trial and consultation, BBC News Wiltshire reported.…
Avon & Somerset Police has asked for witnesses to a fire near the Locking Farm Industrial Estate, Weston-super-Mare, which broke out in the early hours of Tuesday 18 August.…
Bristol City Council published forward-plan updates for its Transport & Connectivity Policy Committee on 19 August 2026 and for its Homes and Housing Delivery Policy Committee on 20 August 2026.…
Cheltenham Borough Council's Cabinet Housing Committee met on 29 July 2026. Bristol City Council has scheduled its Adult Social Care Policy Committee for 1 September 2026 at 2:00 pm.…
Bristol City Council's notice concerns the freehold disposal of investment units 11-19 at Avon Valley Business Park on Chapel Way, St Annes, Bristol.…
Within 48 hours, three separate incidents shut or blocked A-roads across Wiltshire and Somerset, while planned gas-pipe works began in a Wiltshire town, the Wiltshire Times and Somerset County Gazette reported.…
A rush of major projects across the Bristol-Somerset corridor advanced in the latest round of local reports and planning notices, tying together a restored railway station, a new NHS diagnostic centre and planning…
Local councils and a regional NHS trust have scheduled public business and patient events for early autumn 2026. Cotswold District Council listed a Cabinet Forward Plan covering September 2026 to May 2027.…
In Wheatpieces, community groups are invited to apply for funding to improve local sports facilities, after developer contributions from new housing were paid to Tewkesbury Borough Council, the council said.…
Local authorities in Gloucestershire, Wiltshire and Somerset have announced separate local projects, according to reports published between 19 and 21 August.…
Avon & Somerset Police said an investigation has been launched into the cause of a large fire near Locking Farm Industrial Estate, which broke out in the early hours of Tuesday 18 August.…
The Golden Valley development is inviting young people to join a board shaping the £1bn cyber campus, seeking people interested in technology, AI, education, business, real estate and marketing, The Business Desk South…
Service updates listed under the First Bus Bristol, Bath & West feed are carrying diversion notices for Leeds and Aberdeen, the documents show.…
Recent Bristol City Council and South Gloucestershire Council planning registers, plus a Gazette Series report, include a run of applications to discharge reserved conditions or regularise existing developments rather…
Regional universities in Bristol and Gloucestershire have featured in separate news items this week, covering a senior appointment, GCSE guidance and a local obituary.…
Somerset County Gazette reported that Bristol-based Hallam Land Management Ltd submitted an outline planning application for up to 380 homes on farmland either side of Compton Road, near Sherborne Road and Babylon Hill,…
Bristol City Council published an agenda for its Adult Social Care Policy Committee to meet on Tuesday 1 September 2026 at 2.00 pm.…
The University of Bristol said a molecular epidemiologist who led a major study to help schools prevent and cope with a possible COVID-19 outbreak during the pandemic will return to the institution in January 2027 as…
Within four days, Avon & Somerset Police have launched investigations into two fires in Somerset and appealed for witnesses over an assault in Bristol, while separate road closures and motorway delays affected travel in…
Gloucestershire County Council said a new countywide Housing Commission could improve housing planning, strengthen communities and improve links between housing, health and wellbeing for people across Gloucestershire.…
North Somerset Council is upgrading Weston-super-Mare's Campus Library with longer opening access and modern facilities, the North Somerset Times and Weston Mercury reported.…
The event also marked the company's next chapter after its acquisition by First Bus earlier this year and the unveiling of a refreshed brand.…
Bristol City Council has published an agenda for its Adult Social Care Policy Committee meeting on Tuesday, 1 September 2026 at 2.00 pm.…
The Government has announced additional funding for colleges and other Further Education providers in England, with £120 million available in 2026/27 and around £365 million in 2027/28, the Department for Education…
TravelWest reported that more than £4 million from the West of England Mayoral Combined Authority will be spent on walking, wheeling and cycling links in Yate and Thornbury.…
Pupils across South Gloucestershire received their GCSE results on 20 August, the Gazette Series reported.…
Cheltenham Borough Council has published the minutes of its Cabinet Housing Committee meeting held on 29 July 2026.…
North Somerset Council is upgrading Weston-super-Mare's Campus Library with longer opening access and modern facilities, and is trialling a new feature on Weston-super-Mare beach aimed at making the seafront more…
Students across Bristol, Somerset, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire received their GCSE results on 20 August 2026, BBC Bristol reported.…
Natural England published the 2022 update of the Children’s People and Nature Survey, which ran from 12 to 26 August 2022 and from 21 September to 10 October 2022 to understand how children and young people aged 8 to 15…
A planning application for tree works at 29 Church Road, Sneyd Park, Bristol BS9 1QP, has been logged on the Bristol City Council planning applications weekly list.…
Four separate official statistics releases published on 19 and 20 August 2026 cover policy areas with local relevance, although none provide Bristol-specific breakdowns.…
North Somerset Council is upgrading Weston-super-Mare's Campus Library with longer opening access and modern facilities.…
South Gloucestershire Council's latest planning weekly list includes contrasting applications in Bradley Stoke: a Multi Use Games Area (MUGA) at the Jubilee Centre, Savages Wood Road, has moved forward after two…
Bristol City Council's planning applications weekly list included two separate follow-up applications for the mixed-use redevelopment of the Old Bristol Royal Infirmary site on Marlborough Street.…
First Bus has restricted evening free travel for children in Stoke-on-Trent at the same time as three government bodies released national data on young people's access to nature, health advice contacts and rail…