News in Radstock

In his budget, the Chancellor formally announced a Community Ownership Fund will be created, with an initial £150 million budget which is already being welcomed by groups who hope to be able to access it to revive neglected local buildings.

With several buildings in Radstock seemingly in need of some care, this new fund may cause some interest.

The wonderful statues in the heart of Radstock have been found following a huge local community effort.

The iron sculptures were reported missing early Sunday (February 28) with the community rallying around to share the messages that they needed to be found.

Bath's transport boss has responded to the concerns sparked by the council's flagship low traffic neighbourhoods policy.

Over the next year, Bath and North East Somerset Council will start rolling out measures aimed at ending rat running in residential areas and making it easier to walk and cycle.

Jacob Rees Mogg MP writes:

This week, the Government announced that well over twenty million adults in the United Kingdom have been vaccinated against Covid-19. This accounts for around a third of the total population and the Health Secretary has pledged that all those eligible for the inoculation should have received their first one by the end of July 2021.

Community churches in Peasedown St John and Foxcote, near Shoscombe, are set to re-open for public worship on Sunday 14th March, Mothering Sunday.

St John's Church Peasedown, and St James' Church Foxcote, are both part of the St J's Group Anglican Benefice – led by Revd Matthew Street.

Two key statues honouring all key workers during the coronavirus pandemic are back on the roundabout in Radstock - thanks to a lot of community help.

The statues, the work of a senior member of the local Royal British Legion had been mistakenly seen as a fly tip and removed by a cleaning crew of B&NES.

For the last ten years, Somer Running Club's Jack and Jill Challenge has been a fixture on the running calendar of runners near and far.

Featuring the famous 'nursery rhyme' hill climb from Kilmersdon towards Haydon, as well as an abundance of superb local trails, the event has won Gold in the Running Awards for the best 10km race in the South West for the last two years running.

In case you missed it, the jobs section on Radstock Nub News has had a makeover. You can advertise jobs locally for a fixed amount and the advertisement will be live for a month.

Meantime we spotted this ad for a wood machinist working in Radstock , details from Simple Recruitment or by clicking HERE : the Simple site

Bath and North East Somerset residents will see their household bills increase by nearly £90 from April.

After an acrimonious 2.5-hour debate and claims the Liberal Democrats were focused more on "vanity projects" than post-Covid economic recovery, B&NES Council's budget was approved this week.

More than eight out of ten families in Bath and North East Somerset have been offered a place at their first choice of secondary school for admissions this September.

Bath & North East Somerset Council received 1845 applications for secondary school places for admission into the 2021/2022 academic year, up on 1787 for the previous year.