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Top story Epic Long Ashton Campus Opens Its Next Building Contracts to Local Firms Electrical, mechanical, ventilation and insulation packages on the Epic campus at Long Ashton go to tender this month, with work on site from May 2027. · 3 min read

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Christmas Make a Bauble for Nailsea's Christmas Tree and You Could Switch On Its Lights Children can enter a home-made bauble for Nailsea's community Christmas tree by 23 November. Winners get £20 and switch on the tree lights on 4 December. · 1 min read Council Nailsea Town Council Looks for a New Yeo Ward Councillor Until May Nailsea Town Council will co-opt a Yeo Ward councillor on 23 December to serve until the May 2027 elections. Applications close at noon on Friday 11 December. · 1 min read Police appeal Police Police Appeal for Witnesses After Threats on the X1 Bus From Weston Avon and Somerset Police want to hear from anyone on the X1 from Weston-super-Mare to Bristol at about 8.45am on 13 October, when a man made threats. · 1 min read Weston-super-Mare Blessings in Action Crowdfunder Aims for £5,000 in Weston Weston-super-Mare's Blessings in Action CIC wants £5,000 for a year of wellbeing workshops, yoga and walks. By 14 November it had £45 from two supporters. · 4 min read Clevedon Clevedon, home to 'possibly the country's prettiest pier', named among UK's best places to live Clevedon has been named among the UK's best places to live for 2027, one of eight Somerset places on the list. · 5 min read Weston-super-Mare Poundland Gets 10 More Days to Find a Rescue, and Weston's MP Wants Answers Poundland has 10 more working days of protection from creditors to find a rescue deal, and staff wages are covered in full this month. Updated November 2026. · 3 min read Churchill Churchill's New A38 Signs Tell Speeding Drivers to Slow Down Two solar-powered signs on the A38 in Churchill flash 30mph Slow Down at drivers over the limit and record their speeds. Bristol Airport's fund gave £10,000. · 4 min read Weston-super-Mare Weston Pink Scooter Nepal Ride Under Way: £50,200 Raised Tony Hobden set off on 12 November on a 1,000km pink scooter ride across Nepal. His Scoot4Nepal ride has raised £50,200 of £80,000 for school water systems. · 5 min read Portishead Portishead wins national gold for its flowers and gardens Portishead has won gold in the Coastal category of the Britain in Bloom UK Finals 2026, one of seven seaside places in the national final. · 6 min read Portishead Tower Farm Portishead: Natural England Objects to 400 Homes Natural England and the council's flood team have both objected to up to 400 homes at Tower Farm. Public objections on the register now stand at 610. · 5 min read Weston-super-Mare Tropicana Plan Approved: 5,000 Capacity Venue Due by November 2028 Councillors approved a smaller £14.075m Tropicana scheme on 10 November, for outdoor events of about 5,000 people. Work should finish by November 2028. · 3 min read Council Ofsted Rates North Somerset Children's Services Good in Three of Four Areas Ofsted rates North Somerset's support for children in care and care leavers as good. Help and protection still requires improvement, including out-of-hours cover. · 3 min read Council North Somerset Will Recruit Volunteer Mentors for Care Leavers North Somerset Council plans to recruit 10 to 15 volunteer mentors for young people leaving care, from January 2027. Full Council is asked to back the scheme on 10 November. · 3 min read Council North Somerset Is Off Track for Net Zero by 2030, Council Says North Somerset's emissions are down 37% since 2005, but transport has fallen just 13% and is now almost half the total. The council says 2030 net zero is off track. · 4 min read Roads A38 Upgrade Gets £26m, but Construction Is Being Re-Tendered The government has confirmed £26m for A38 upgrades near Bristol Airport, Langford and Sidcot. The council wants to re-tender the build, adding about six months. · 5 min read Council North Somerset's WECA Wish List: Weston Jobs Site Comes First North Somerset has listed what it wants from joining WECA, led by a 30-hectare jobs site in Weston. Councillors are asked to endorse it on 10 November. · 4 min read Weston-super-Mare Weston Ice Cream Maker Gelato Bros Ships Choc Ices to Saudi Arabia Gelato Bros, at the Foodworks in Weston, is selling its plant-based choc ices in a Saudi supermarket chain, backed by £103,000 of loans for a bigger machine. · 3 min read Weston-super-Mare Salvation Army Weston Christmas Toy Appeal: How to Give in 2026 Weston-super-Mare Salvation Army is asking for new toys for local children this Christmas. You can give online or through its wishlist, and its fayre is on 14 November. · 2 min read Police Weston-super-Mare Police Appeal After Report of Men Trying to Grab a Boy Police say two men in balaclavas left a white Ford Transit van and tried to grab a boy near Selworthy Road on 1 November. Call 101 quoting 5226355342. · 2 min read Weston-super-Mare Tropicana: 5,000 Capacity Plan Recommended, Vote on 10 Nov Weston's Tropicana would hold about 5,000, not 10,000, under the plan councillors vote on 10 November. The bigger venue has a £6.6m gap; Live Nation may walk. · 6 min read Banwell Banwell Bypass Delayed to 23 Dec 2027 and £9.5m Over Budget The Banwell bypass will open 28 weeks late, in December 2027, and needs £9.5m more, borrowed by the council. Councillors vote on 10 November. · 4 min read Food hygiene North Somerset Food Hygiene Ratings: 74 Fives, No Zeros 74 of 82 North Somerset food businesses inspected since 23 September were rated 5 and none got zero. Every 1 and 2 named, including six that surfaced late. · 4 min read Bins North Somerset Garden Waste: £35 Half-Price Offer to March North Somerset garden waste now costs £35, half the usual £70, for collections to 31 March 2027. Sign up by 4 January; collections go monthly in winter. · 2 min read Weston-super-Mare Grove Park Pond: Restoration Work Starts, Fountain to Return Work to restore Grove Park's empty pond and fountain in Weston began on 26 October: a new liner and pump, paid for by two councils and the Civic Society. · 3 min read Cost of living North Somerset £100 Energy Payment: 76% in Bands A to D 76% of North Somerset homes are in council tax bands A to D and qualify for the £100 Household Energy Payment from January. See how it varies, Weston to Portishead. · 6 min read Winscombe Winscombe Library Saved: Parish Council Takes Over April 2027 Winscombe Library will stay open: the parish council agreed on 26 October to run it from 1 April 2027, with a transition year in which little changes for users. · 4 min read Portishead Portishead Tower Farm 400 Homes: 610 Objections Lodged 610 of the 616 comments on plans for up to 400 homes at Tower Farm, beside Weston Big Wood, are objections. Natural England has objected too. · 3 min read Nailsea Nailsea Community Awards 2026: the 4 Winners Named A cricket groundsman, the Pop-In Club organiser, the couple behind 40 years of the Christmas float and a Nailsea in Bloom stalwart win this year's awards. · 3 min read Police A38 Redhill Crash: Police Seek Dashcam After Pursuit A Honda CRV went the wrong way round a roundabout on the A38 at Redhill and hit a Golf on 20 October. Its occupants ran off. Police want dashcam footage. · 1 min read Weston-super-Mare Weston College Wins £8.8m to Expand Its Locking Road Campus Weston College has won £8.8m from the Department for Education to expand its South West Skills Campus on Locking Road, with heat pump, drone and BIM training. · 3 min read Weston-super-Mare North Somerset Claimant Count: Under-25s Up 90 in a Year Claims from 16 to 24-year-olds hit 710 in September, up 90 on a year, while claims from people aged 25 to 49 fell. The district total is 3,190, or 2.4%. · 4 min read Charity Breakfast with Santa: CHSW Asks Firms to Host, £5 a Head Children's Hospice South West lends the Santa suit, your team brings breakfast and gives at least £5 each, to help Charlton Farm families this Christmas. · 4 min read North Somerset Council North Somerset Gets £37m to Clear 90% of Its SEND Deficit The government has approved North Somerset's SEND plan, unlocking a £37.3m grant. This year's council overspend is down to £6.5m, Cabinet hears on Wednesday. · 5 min read Nailsea Nailsea High Street Shuts to Traffic for 2 Weeks From 2 Nov Station Road and the High Street in Nailsea close to traffic from Monday 2 November for about two weeks of bus works. The diversion runs via Mizzymead Road. · 3 min read Business North Somerset Business Support Shrinks After 208 Start-Ups Start-up help from the hive in Weston-super-Mare is down to a basic service until March 2027, after a three-year scheme created 208 businesses and 226 jobs. · 4 min read Churchill Churchill Broadband Outage: Openreach Works Sunday 18 Oct Openreach warned broadband near the A38/A368 junction could be off for much of Sunday 18 October during work for the Churchill crossroads. Updated October 2026. · 3 min read News update Shipham Shipham FEASTING: Cameroonian Feast and Kurdish Folk Songs Trigger's Humanity Club filled Shipham Village Hall on 10 October with a Cameroonian feast, folk songs and games for refugees and locals. How to volunteer. · 3 min read Weston-super-Mare Birnbeck Pier Exhibition at Weston Museum: Free from 6 Nov Restoring Birnbeck Pier, a free exhibition at Weston Museum, opens Friday 6 November with unseen restoration photos. It runs to 27 February; no need to book. · 3 min read Weston-super-Mare Winterstoke Road Flats Approved: 45 Homes, 9 Affordable Councillors approved 45 build-to-rent flats off Winterstoke Road, Weston, 9 at cheaper rents, on 14 October. The Drove Road mounds decision was deferred. · 7 min read Weston-super-Mare Winterstoke Road Bridge Delayed: Reopening Now Early 2028 Winterstoke Road bridge in Weston will not reopen until early 2028, not summer 2027. Summer heat halted piling beside the railway, North Somerset Council says. · 4 min read Business New North Somerset Companies: 112 Registered in September 112 new companies registered at North Somerset addresses in September, up from 97 in August, including a Portishead mini market and a Weston café. · 4 min read Weston-super-Mare Birnbeck Pier: A Quarter of the New Deck Is Now in Place Four of Birnbeck Pier's 16 replacement deck spans are now in, and the first people have walked on them. The council says it is on track and on budget for 2027. · 3 min read Portishead Portishead Town Council Takes Lake Grounds and 6 More Sites The Lake Grounds, Battery Point, Somerset Hall and four other Portishead sites are now run by the town council, with a new Report It service. Nailsea is next. · 3 min read Worle Becket Road, Worle: Explosives Found, Cordon Lifted Explosives, a firearm and drugs were found at a Becket Road house in Worle. The cordon round 153 homes lifted at 6.15am Thursday; a man, 70, is in custody. · 4 min read Food hygiene North Somerset Food Hygiene Ratings: 2 Zeros, 101 Fives Two North Somerset food businesses were rated zero and 11 rated 1 since July, while 101 got top marks. Every low rating named, with the date and address. · 6 min read Worle Worle High Street Works Start 5 October, Two Roads One-Way Worle High Street works run from Monday 5 October to spring 2027. The Scaurs and Ebdon Road go one-way that day, and a 20mph limit is on the way. · 4 min read Weston-super-Mare Street View Arts Launches in Weston, Live on Wave Radio Blessings in Action CIC has launched Street View Arts, live on Wave Community Radio, bringing people who have been homeless together with the wider community. · 2 min read Portishead Portishead Teenager George: Family Thank Public for Support Formal identification has confirmed the death of George, 18, missing from Portishead since 17 September. His family thanked the public and asked for privacy. · 3 min read North Somerset North Somerset Planning: Call-In Powers End on 31 October From 31 October your councillor can no longer call a planning application in to committee in North Somerset. Councillors vote on the new rules on Wednesday. · 6 min read North Somerset North Somerset Parks Handed to Town Councils: Full List Lake Grounds, Grove Park and 21 named play areas are lined up to leave North Somerset Council for town and parish councils. Every site, town by town. · 7 min read North Somerset North Somerset House Prices Dip to £313,638 as Growth Halves The average fell £1,362 in July to £313,638, the first monthly drop since February, and annual growth halved from 7.6% to 3.8%. Flats are still below 2023. · 4 min read Weston-super-Mare Weston CIC Is a Double Female Business Awards Finalist Blessings in Action CIC is a finalist in two Female Business Awards categories, and seeks Weston adults for free Street View Arts workshops and a museum show. · 4 min read Council North Somerset Council £12m Budget Gap: Survey Open to 1 Nov North Somerset Council faces a £12.1m gap in 2027/28 and wants views on cuts and council tax by 1 November. A draft budget follows in December. · 7 min read Hutton and Locking Hutton and Locking By-Election Result: Reform UK Wins Seat Reform UK won Hutton and Locking with 706 votes on 26.31% turnout. The Conservative vote in the ward fell from 834 in 2023 to 281, and the Lib Dems came second. · 5 min read Weston-super-Mare Weston Beach Dog Ban Still Undecided After Cabinet Vote Cabinet agreed the dog and PSPO review as proposed on 16 September. Six dog rules in Bleadon and Winford go; Weston's beach ban waits on one councillor. · 7 min read Weston-super-Mare Weston Recycling Centre: £2.5m Vote Tonight on £56m Plan Councillors vote at 6pm tonight on £2.5m to design a new Weston recycling centre and depot, part of a £56m scheme. The current depot lease ends July 2028. · 7 min read Weston-super-Mare Birnbeck Pier: Free Talks from 15 September, 45 Seats Five free Birnbeck Pier events run from 15 to 20 September in Weston, with only 45 seats at each museum talk. A giant cardboard pier follows on 26 September. · 6 min read Weston-super-Mare Weston charity's four tonnes of aid bound for Nepal floods Shiva Charity UK, registered in Weston-super-Mare on an income of £13,910 last year, has put 200 boxes of aid on an airlift to Kathmandu after the floods. · 5 min read Yatton Wakedean Gardens Repairs: Council Decides 8 September North Somerset says the Yatton road is now a risk to its bin crews. The 8 September decision starts a process that can bill homeowners for the repairs. · 7 min read North Somerset North Somerset Bus Boardings Hit 704,453 in July Bus boardings in North Somerset reached 704,453 in July, the best month since April 2023 and more than 32% up on July 2023. The longer DfT trend is less rosy. · 5 min read Winscombe Winscombe Children's Home Approved Despite 60 Objections Winscombe's planning dispute over the Well Close children's home ended in approval on 23 September despite 60 objections. The conditions and opening date. · 7 min read Weston-super-Mare Grove Park cafe reopens in Weston on a 15-year lease Busy Lizzies now runs the Grove Park cafe in Weston-super-Mare on a 15-year lease and plans to open seven days a week. The park's new toilets are open too. · 3 min read Weston-super-Mare North Somerset library hours change 7 Sept, Worle closes Worle Library's last day is Saturday 5 September. Every other council-run library in North Somerset gets new opening hours from Monday 7 September. Here is what changes at each one. · 6 min read Weston-super-Mare Weston Community Arboretum accredited: 59 trees on a map Weston-super-Mare's 59 most notable trees have been accredited as an arboretum by ArbNet. What the Level I standard actually requires, and which trees are on the list. · 3 min read House prices North Somerset House Prices Rise 7.5%, Fastest in South West The average home hit £314,628 in June, up £21,819 in a year, while neighbouring Bath and North East Somerset fell. Only 24 English districts rose faster. · 4 min read Long Ashton Long Ashton Flower Show: the 100th, 5 September 2026 The 100th Long Ashton Flower Show ran on 5 September 2026 and the 2027 date is now set: Saturday 4 September. No results or trophy winners published yet. · 9 min read Weston-super-Mare North Somerset Claimant Count: 3,185 in July, Up 45 on a Year July's revised figure is 3,185 people, 2.4% of working-age residents. Under-25s account for more than the whole year's rise, and Weston Central's rate is seven times Backwell's. · 7 min read Planning North Somerset Local Plan: hearings start 9 November Four weeks of hearings from 9 November settle where 23,700 homes go. The council built 794 last year against a need of 1,580 and holds 5.05 years of land. · 6 min read Weston-super-Mare Birnbeck Pier: £44m secured, reopening set for summer 2027 North Somerset Council has secured over £44m and says the pier is on track to reopen in summer 2027. The deck is being rebuilt now and one operator will run it. · 5 min read Business Portishead construction firm faces HMRC winding-up petition HMRC has asked the High Court to wind up J Quick Construction Ltd of Bunting Lane; the petition is heard on 19 August. What the public record shows. · 3 min read Clevedon Clevedon town centre works run to late 2026: what changes Old Street's bus stop moves, a new crossing and loading bay go in, and from 30 August the X10 serves upper Clevedon. Works at The Triangle run to late 2026. · 3 min read