News in Radstock

Much-loved actress and national icon Joanna Lumley - like Nub News - shares a love of visiting and highlighting local communities across the country and has just launched her new TV series doing just that.

Nub News is delighted to help spread awareness of her series, 'Joanna Lumley's Home Sweet Home - Travels in my Own Land' which is on ITV.

Children, young people and their families across Bath and North East Somerset who are struggling with the ongoing pressures of lockdown are being reassured support is available.

"God help us" if the coronavirus pandemic forces another shutdown this summer like was seen in 2020.

That was the stark message from Bath and North East Somerset Council finance chief Councillor Richard Samuel, who said Covid-19's impact will be felt for years to come.

The BBC has reported local elections in May are set to go ahead despite concerns they might spike another surge in Covid-19.

It had widely been predicted that elections would be delayed until October, particularly after a survey last month of senior local government officers showed the vast majority had serious concerns.

Despite the turbulent financial impacts caused by the pandemic over the past year Bath and North East Somerset Council is proposing new investment to tackle the Climate and Ecological Emergency, improve local transport and help the local economy recover.

The council's proposed spending plans, which also include a general Council Tax increase of 1.99% and a 3% increase in the Adult Social Care Precept, which is ring-fenced to support Adult Social Care, will go before the cabinet on Thursday 11 February. The plans will then be presented to Full Council for decision on Tuesday 23 February. For a Band D property the proposed rise would mean a combined Council Tax increase of £72.69 a year (4.99%) or £1.40 per week.

Plans to recruit 70 more officers this year to Avon and Somerset Police have been thrown into doubt after councillors vetoed a £15 council tax increase.

Police and crime panel members said the force could not justify growth when residents are facing "heartbreaking" financial strain from the Covid-19 pandemic and councils are making cuts.

Engineers were out today (February 4) preparing a key development site on the borders of Radstock and Westfield.

The site is being made safe and secure, with boards fencing off the perimeter ready for when works can begin on The Shambles, the site on the brow of the hill behind the old Radco.

She has a knack for organisation and this local business, which has listed on our site, promises that no space, no room or area will ever beat her.

So, as slightly clutter-loving Nub News ourselves, we were happy to find out more about her work. Chloe Wright, who worked for 13 years in the logistics department of Centre Parcs, is an expert in her field.

Police investigating a serious sexual assault in Radstock have made an arrest.

A teenage girl was assaulted on Kilmersdon Road sometime between 7pm and 8pm on Monday, 25 January.

The next steps towards the proposed state-of-the-art waste and recycling hub in Keynsham will be starting this month following the formal planning application having been submitted by Bath & North East Somerset Council at the end of January.

The council will soon be making unused areas of the Pixash Lane site secure and ensure ecology protection measures have been carried out before and during demolition of existing and redundant buildings.