News in Radstock

Pupils from across Bath and North East Somerset receiving their GCSE results today are being reassured support is available if they don't get the grades they expected.

This year's exams were cancelled due to COVID-19 with teachers instead predicting pupil's grades based on mock exams and overall performance.

Students who travel to Writhlington School from Peasedown St John are likely to have different transport arrangements at the start of the new school year.

With less than two weeks until the start of the new academic year, Bath and North East Somerset Council is reassuring parents it's doing everything it can to make sure there's enough capacity on bus services for children to get to and from school safely.

A new show on Somer Valley FM seeks to show how even small differences can make a big impact on the environment.

And the first feature will be about the local Zero Waste group which supports recycling and zero carbon initiatives including a special collection in Westfield.

Officers have today (August 19) revealed details of a serious stabbing incident earlier this month in Radstock.

They told Nub News that they made several arrests and one man remains in hospital.

In his latest column for Radstock Nub News, Jacob Rees Mogg writes:

At the end of last month, the Chancellor of the Exchequer announced a new strategy that would kickstart restaurants that were forced to close during lockdown.

Plans to transform Bath's historic Royal Mineral Water Hospital into a 167-bedroom lifestyle hotel have been tipped for approval despite 187 objections.

Developer Fragrance Group UK will find out next week if its proposals for the Grade II*-listed building, better known as the Min, win the backing of Bath and North East Somerset Council.

The temporary COVID-19 mobile testing unit at Paulton Rovers Football Club is being extended until August 27.

The mobile testing unit (MTU) was originally scheduled to run until August 14 but is now continuing to operate daily for residents booking a test via the Government portal, except on its two rest days of August 20 and August 25.

The Roman Baths has triumphed at the VisitEngland Awards, winning a Silver for Large Visitor Attraction of the Year and Silver in the International Tourism category. It was also the only finalist to win two awards at the ceremony held yesterday evening (Monday 17 August 2020) as a virtual event.

Finalists were put forward to the national competition from local award schemes in 2019 and early 2020, and industry experts then selected Gold, Silver and Bronze national winners for each category.

Tucked away behind the museum in Radstock is a quite extraordinary place.

Pure Fitness Gym is exactly that - but what it also manages is a legacy which has seen a huge number of body building champions work out within its spaces.

The CEO of the schools group which includes Writhlington has welcomed the government's U turn over the way it graded A levels.

At 4pm today (August 17) the government announced that A-level and GCSE students in England will be given grades estimated by their teachers, rather than by an algorithm.