News in Radstock

A new pop-up studio shop will today (October 15) be open at Farrington's Farm with locally crafted goods and a chance to see the work being created.

The Handloom Room is a small enterprise run by local hand-weaver Jade Ogden. Alongside selling her handwoven scarves and other crafts, Jade will be weaving in the shop on her table loom, giving you the opportunity to see the traditional craft in action.

Goodness knows what might have happened if this wassailing mug had continued to be lost.

Removed from the famous Tuckers Grave Inn the landlady was desperate for its return.

Right now the prospect of escaping is very tempting.

So Nub News was intrigued to see this for sale on our site.

Plans to turn a vacant Oldfield Park pub into a nursery and community facility have been welcomed by residents who fought to save.

Following their campaign to stop it being converted for housing, the Victoria Hotel was listed as an asset of community value.

In his weekly column, Jacob Rees Mogg writes:

Recently, I received an e-mail from Elly De Decker, England Director for the National Lottery Community Fund, as regards World Mental Health Day, which took place on Saturday 10th October.

New signs informing drivers about the temporary bus gate at the junction of Milsom Street and George Street in Bath have been put up ahead of cameras being switched on later this month.

The signs are now on the route leading up to the junction at Gay Street, George St, Lansdown Road and the Paragon to alert motorists to the bus lane restriction which first came into force on July 6.

Bath College is very excited to announce a new phase of delivering courses online which aims to break any barriers down over anxieties felt from entering classrooms at this uncertain time.

Not only this, but it also means that previous issues encountered by students such as childcare or travel no longer have to stop them from enrolling onto and taking part in the classes.

Residents in receipt of welfare benefits in Bath and North East Somerset whose earnings will be affected after being told to self-isolate by NHS Test and Trace will be able to apply for a £500 Government support grant from today (October 12).

The Test and Trace Support Grant will be administered by Bath & North East Somerset Council and people who think they are eligible can apply online.

A multi-million pound plan has been launched to rebuild the region's economy, protect jobs, retrain workers and create a greener recovery.

But two council leaders say the West of England Combined Authority's (Weca's) "ambitious" strategy does not go far enough in helping people work from home in rural areas or including everyone in future prosperity.

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