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Among the First Bus Bristol, Bath & West service alerts listed for 21–22 September were diversions in Colchester, Portsmouth and Sheffield, with no Bristol-area route in those alerts.…
Bristol 24/7 reported that a venue has become the latest to ban AI-generated posters. The same outlet also reported that the art community has heavily criticised an AI-generated pub mural.…
Somerset Council published the decision sheet from its 18 September adults, health and housing scrutiny committee.…
Bristol City Council’s planning weekly list brings together two kinds of compliance work: condition-discharge requests for two Silverthorne Lane developments and lawful development certificate applications for external…
Published in the same two days, funding announcements in Somerset, Gloucestershire and Wiltshire underline a shared reliance on time-limited grants and bailouts.…
Marlborough-based PrevTech, a precision engineering business, has secured £200,000 from the British Business Bank's South West Investment Fund, delivered by The FSE Group, to expand its facilities, create skilled jobs…
New funding for community spaces has been announced through two separate schemes, while Swindon has scored highly in a study covering crime, life satisfaction and access to green spaces.…
Recent council notices and news releases point to a shared regional theme: local authorities acting on risks found in buildings, trees and roads.…
Public schedules issued for late September in the Bristol area place current police oversight next to a guide to historical court records.…
Bristol City Council’s latest planning weekly list contains a mix of condition-discharge requests and lawful development certificate applications.…
The latest employment tribunal decisions published by HM Courts & Tribunals Service include claims against Wessex Water Services Ltd and OVO Energy Ltd.…
Avon Fire & Rescue said a correctly fitted and well-maintained fire door can protect escape routes and give people valuable extra time to leave safely.…
South Gloucestershire Council is reviewing a planning application to raise branches by 4 metres on several Hazel trees within the Frenchay Conservation Area, at 2 Fair View, Quarry Road, Frenchay.…
Separate updates published this week around Bristol and Gloucestershire describe support being built around everyday activities and infrastructure.…
Two events six days apart in the Avon and Somerset area are both connected with crime and justice.…
The decisions were issued by five different council directorates: Policy, Strategy and Digital; Housing; Economy of Place; Resources; and Growth and Regeneration.…
Recent planning lists from South Gloucestershire Council and North Somerset Council include three applications that all involve changing or maintaining existing buildings.…
This week's planning lists and local reports show construction and tree-management works moving forward across the Bristol area.…
Two Bristol-area events in late September touch on crime from different directions: Somerset Council listed an Avon and Somerset Police and Crime Panel meeting for 10.30am on Tuesday 22 September and later recorded it…
Among the employment tribunal decisions are two separate claims against Elite Concessions Ltd.…
. It also said M5 closures are planned to lay a power cable for the Agratas battery plant, with work timed to avoid school holidays and carnival season.…
The national flu and COVID-19 surveillance reports for weeks 39 and 43 monitor COVID-19, seasonal flu and other seasonal respiratory illnesses.…
Forest Green Rovers is bringing back its Football on Prescription scheme after more than 30 people were referred to matches during last season's pilot.…
Bristol City FC said their under-21s host Hull City at Ashton Gate on Tuesday, September 22, at 6pm; the club's last match ended 3-3 with Peterborough United.…
Bristol City Council's planning list includes an application to approve details for the redevelopment of the Cameron Centre on Cameron Walk into 37 residential apartments and a flexible non-residential ground floor…
Bristol is facing a week of transport and infrastructure decisions.…
The Weston Mercury reported that a new structure has risen above Weston-super-Mare railway station, with work continuing on the town's £15 million health centre and GP surgery.…
Two separate funding stories reported in Somerset highlight different but related pressures on schoolchildren.…
Two unrelated Bristol-area reports published within days of each other both centre on how local places matter to young people.…
Two education-related reports this week highlight different ways schools and universities in Avonmouth and Weston-super-Mare are engaging with local communities and places.…
The same outlet also reported that Hollister signed for an 8,000 sq ft unit at Gloucester Quays for its South West outlet debut; Patch, a Bristol co-working space, will open at Grade II-listed Armada House in November…
Nailsea is the common name in two distinct infrastructure updates. The North Somerset Times reported that road closures and traffic changes have been announced for Nailsea, Portishead, Brockley and Long Ashton.…
The Wilts and Gloucestershire Standard ran one version saying the boy was 14 and another saying he was 15, with the latter describing the girl as stabbed multiple times.…
Bristol City Council is considering one-hour bus tickets and a city-centre loop, with £4m of clean air zone income available for network improvements.…
Taken together, separate notices published on 21 September show how public services and venues across the region are being shaped by the same test of funding availability.…
North Somerset Council’s planning weekly list includes five notifications of intention to install fixed-line broadband apparatus in Congresbury, Nailsea and Weston-super-Mare.…
Separate planning notices from Wiltshire and South Gloucestershire show the range of land-use decisions facing the two areas, from a town’s planning blueprint to a late-night takeaway application and a home-to-community…
Somerset County Gazette said plans to expand a rural Somerset business park with new workshops and storage could make room for more local firms.…
Bristol City Council's weekly planning list includes an application at The Park, Daventry Road, BS4 to approve details required by condition 4 (Sustainability Compliance) of permission 26/11663/X and to vary condition 3…
The North Somerset Council planning weekly list contains six notifications of an intention to install fixed line broadband apparatus at locations across Nailsea, including Biddisham Close, Friendship Road, Nailsea Park,…
Three expansion announcements published within 24 hours show growth taking different forms for organisations tied to the South West.…
First Bus Bristol, Bath & West service updates said emergency Scottish Water works closed Trongate westbound, diverting services 18, 18A, 2, 21, 60, 60A, 61, 64, 240, 255, 263 and 267 while the work is completed.…
Planning activity in the West Country was visible in two council publications on 21 September.…
North Somerset Times reported that North Somerset Council has announced road closures and traffic changes affecting Nailsea, Portishead, Brockley and Long Ashton.…
Somerset Council is being challenged on backlogs in two separate areas of its work. The council promised in July to invest £5.3m over the next two years to reduce backlogs regarding education, health and care plans.…
Bath Echo reported that a block of flats is now being proposed for the sloping, overgrown site at the rear of Thornbank Place, a brownfield site in Oldfield Park.…
Energy infrastructure and local decision-making are emerging as parallel themes in the South West's latest business and planning announcements.…
The planning weekly lists from Bristol City Council and North Somerset Council each contain an application that does not ask for new planning permission, but instead seeks approval or discharge of conditions on schemes…
BBC News Somerset reported that eight awards were handed out to those who go above and beyond to help others across Somerset.…
Council planning lists published by Bristol and North Somerset show two different kinds of local infrastructure moving forward in the same weekly batch of public notices.…
First Bus said Broadwalk, Knowle will be closed between 09:30 and 15:30 on 22, 23 and 24 September, with routes 36 and 45 diverting and a number of stops not served.…
A recent set of local and national notices shows construction-related work in and around Bristol moving through different formal stages.…
Wiltshire Times reported that people in a Wiltshire town are being invited to help shape a new planning blueprint.…
The latest council weekly lists from Bristol City Council and North Somerset Council cover two distinct kinds of development paperwork.…
Bdaily South West reported that premium serviced office provider Gilbanks has appointed Andrew Debenham as commercial director as it prepares for further national expansion.…