News in Radstock

Planning news in and around Norton Radstock this week includes:

The application has been formerly put in to demolish the Walnut Buildings in Radstock. Under reference 20/04759/DEM, Curo Group has formerly requested that it pull down four buildings at numbers 7-36 with the address on the application put in as 7 Walnut Buildings, Radstock, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 3JL. This means it is now open for comments which you can access by clicking HERE: the B&NES planning portal

Residents across Bath and North East Somerset are being encouraged to take on Dry January and double their chances of staying alcohol free for the month, by downloading Alcohol Change UK's free support app, Try Dry.

New research from Alcohol Change UK, the charity behind Dry January, suggests that more people than ever are planning a Dry January with one in eight UK adults aiming to reset their relationship with alcohol, after a year in which many have found themselves drinking more heavily.

Police have issued an appeal following the theft of a high value piece of art from a gallery in Bath.

On Wednesday 2 December at about 3.45pm, an unknown male suspect entered Castle Fine Art Gallery on Old Bond Street and stole a Lorenzo Quinn sculpture, pictured, from a plinth near the front of the gallery.

The North East Somerset MP writes:

This week, the Health Secretary, Matt Hancock, announced a £600 million fund to upgrade and refurbish NHS hospitals.

The development of the former Radco site is pencilled to start in the New Year.

Meantime the main car park area has now been secured off and the existing trolley sheds taken down.

A disabled campaigner who lived in Writhlington for most of her life, has one over- riding mantra. To focus on what she CAN do, not what she CAN'T.

And that gutsy attitude has come together in a book, Taking Steps, which is being promoted at the local library. It's author, Helen Sims hopes that it helps people to understand the kind of struggles a lot of people are living with, but also works as a jolly good read.

Despite the challenges of the coronavirus pandemic, children at St Julian's School, Wellow, have continued to celebrate the festival of Christmas in new and dynamic ways.

The Radstock Mayor writes:

During my anteprandial perambulations I occasionally meet a couple with a dog or two who have recently arrived in Radstock. Such chance encounters give me an opportunity to welcome them to the town and express my hope that they will be happy and find their new surroundings will give them happiness and enduring friendships.

Local solicitors Thatcher + Hallam are pleased to welcome Alannah Godbold to their ever expanding firm.

Alannah, who lives locally to Midsomer Norton, joins Kath Callow as part

Firefighters from Radstock helped free a casualty who was trapped following a three-vehicle crash in Charlton yesterday (December 12).

At around noon yesterday, fire engines from Radstock, Paulton and Shepton Mallet were sent to a report of a collision in Charlton Road, Charlton, near Holcombe.