News in Radstock

Residents across Bath and North East Somerset are being asked whether they would support a rise in Council Tax to help prevent further cuts to services and to meet the needs of vulnerable residents.

It follows a series of public webinars in December, receiving almost 300 views, in which council leaders outlined the financial challenges faced by the authority together with their proposals to balance the books for 2021/22 while investing to improve people's lives and deliver the council's priorities.

What's it like being a young person using health, social care and wellbeing services in Somerset, and what changes do young people want to see?

That's what Healthwatch Somerset wants to find out, so they are recruiting young volunteers aged 11-24, to design and deliver an important and influential new Young Listeners project.

Residents in Keynsham are being made aware of a public consultation being held by Wellsway Multi-Academy Trust, the Department for Education and ISG about the new Two Rivers Primary School at Hygge Park.

The consultation comes ahead of a full planning application to be submitted to Bath & North East Somerset Council early in 2021.

Jacob Rees Mogg MP writes:

The start of the year often brings feelings of hope to many. With 2020 having been dominated by the pandemic people were optimistic that with the rollout of the Covid-19 vaccinations the prospects for 2021 would appear different. Instead, the Prime Minister has just announced another national lockdown in the face of surging Coronavirus cases.

A new block of student accommodation in Bath has been allowed on appeal after a government official identified a "substantial shortfall".

Planning inspector John Woolcock overruled Bath and North East Somerset Council's decision to reject Summix LRB Developments' proposals for the Plumb Center in Locksbrook Road.

The Importance of a Miners' Safety Lamp ( Part 1)

Firstly, I hope you all had an enjoyable Christmas and a happy new year under our current circumstances. Hopefully, 2021 we will have a brighter year this time round. Speaking of brightness, in this article, we shall be exploring the importance of light in the local coal mines and looking through the developments of mining lamps. So, without further ado, please enjoy this latest discovery!

Plans have been submitted to bring 5G technology to Radstock.

The application from mobile network EE is the first since its bid to upgrade a mast in Bath was rejected.

A new three-storey show home designed for city living has just been launched at the popular Mulberry Park development in Bath. The Bathwick show home is one of 12 townhouses which will look over the development's highly anticipated park, due to be fully open in 2023.

Homebuyers now have the opportunity to experience for themselves city living at Mulberry Park, by visiting the brand new Bathwick show home which is available to see by appointment only 10am – 5:30pm/7 days a week.

A local human rights campaigner, who has spent the last 20 years championing equality and raising awareness of the Holocaust, has been announced as the new patron of the Bath & North East Somerset Faith Foundation.

Sarah Bevan, who is also a veteran local councillor having served on the Council since 2003, has been a strong authoritative voice on Jewish rights and support for minority groups.

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