News in Radstock

A group of local churches in the Peasedown St John, Shoscombe, Foxcote and Wellow area have waved goodbye to one of their clergy.

Cath Candish, who spent many years living on a farm in Exmoor, was appointed two years ago as the 'Ordinand in Training' – a role that has allowed her to both study and work out 'on the field' throughout the week.

The summer months, particularly July and August, are often synonymous with the sounds of church bells ringing out and seeing confetti scattered on the ground outside town halls.

It is a bit of a different story for this year.

A report outlining the progress made on Bath's Clean Air Zone including government funding and additional assistance to help businesses struggling with the impact of COVID-19 to adapt to the zone, is to go before Bath & North East Somerset Council's cabinet.

Bath's Clean Air Zone (CAZ), which will not charge cars, was due to be switched on in November but has been delayed due to Covid-19.

Bath & North East Somerset Council is keen for residents to get involved in its longer-term Liveable Neighbourhoods project which aims to encourage a long-term shift in the way people travel and take pressure off the roads and public transport network. It wants to encourage people to walk and cycle more by making it easier to get around, while continuing to support those who depend on their vehicle for mobility.

An underused Bath golf course that costs taxpayers £8 for every round played could be transformed into a mountain bike park.

Bath and North East Somerset Council's cabinet will consider potential new options for the loss-making Entry Hill golf course when it meets next week.

The local MP, Jacob Rees Mogg writes in his weekly column:

Recently, the Prime Minister announced that further lockdown burdens would be eased as the country and economy begin to rehabilitate.

The enviably low infection rate in Bath and North East Somerset could result in an influx of "Covid refugees", a councillor has claimed.

The district set a record length of time, nearly a month, without a new recorded infection but that run was broken with two positive tests over the weekend.

The Beauty Lounge in the centre of Radstock has opened to its first clients, after its initial planned opening was delayed due to the lockdown.

Owner Ruby Davey, who chose Radstock partly because of its friendliness says that, so far, it has lived up to those expectations.

They opened up today July 13 - but BLUSH nails and beauty in the centre of Radstock is already fully booked for the next two weeks.

Owner Rachel Sweeney said they booked up all their available appointments in just fifteen minutes.

Truespeed are a local broadband provider based in Bath and have announced that they are bringing their award winning service to Radstock very shortly.

Truespeed are building their own network, not touching BT cabinets, exchanges and cables. By having their own network Truespeed will connect every house or business with their own dedicated Fibre to the Property service and will be guaranteeing speeds. These speeds START from 200 Mb/s for both Download and Upload speeds with the capacity to go to a Gigabit connection immediately. The service also includes telephone line rental with the ability to keep the same landline number.