News in Radstock

Communities in the Radstock area have benefitted from hundreds of thousands of pounds in funding from the Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) and Section 106 agreements over the past year.

Bath and North East Somerset Council is now publishing an Infrastructure Funding Statement to set out how the money has been spent including expanding schools, flood defences, improving leisure facilities and supporting efforts to tackle the climate and ecological emergency.

Bath is a city steeped in history but it doesn't stand still, and 2021 is set to be another bumper year for developments that could change it for years to come.

The clean air zone will be the first outside London when it is switched on in March to bring nitrogen dioxide emissions within the legal limit.

While the year has been marked by divisions and disagreements at international and national level - what everyone can agree is that 2020 has been quite a year.

The coronavirus pandemic has meant a huge change in how we live our lives, not just in Radstock but across a wider Somerset.

Residents across Bath and North East Somerset are being warned to beware of a coronavirus text message scam.

Bath & North East Somerset Council's Trading Standards Team have received complaints of fraudsters taking advantage of the Covid-19 vaccine rollout by sending convincing text messages to scam people out of financial information.

Radstock along with the rest of B&NES is moving into Tier 3 coronavirus restrictions.

The Health Secretary made the announcement today (December 30) with the new restrictions coming into force at one minute past midnight December 31.

In planning news in and around Radstock this week:

In Radstock, Ryman Engineering Services, which is on the Frome Road, (under application 20/04840/FUL) has applied to build an industrial unit following demolition of existing industrial unit. The application includes a detailed heritage report because the site is located on the former siding area of Ludlows Colliery, sunk in 1782 and closed in 1954. This formed part of a wider group of coal mining pits around the Radstock area primarily owned by the Waldegrave family.

A new charity in Peasedown St John has been working hard over the Christmas holidays to support those in need.

The Peasedown Community Trust, set up just after the first lockdown in June 2020 to champion civic pride and celebrate good causes, launched an initiative on December 1st to feed vulnerable families in Peasedown St John.

Thank you to Chairman Simon Wilkinson for this cracking photo from The Miners' Boxing Day against local rivals Welton Rovers.

The Green Army, playing at home in Midsomer Norton were described as completely lacking in quality and decision making in a match which all went Radstock's way.

The pitch at Welton Rovers is ready for their annual Boxing Day local Derby against RadstockTown FC.

In spite of recent downpours, a dry crisp Christmas Day means the pitch is perfect for the match their traditional Boxing Day clash with a 1:30pm kick off.

Smokers across Bath and North East Somerset are being urged to make 2021 the year they quit.

Despite the stresses of Covid-19, 2020 saw the highest rates of successful quitting on record. It's estimated that during the first lockdown a million people across the country quit with hundreds of thousands remaining smoke-free.