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Top story 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

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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 Christmas eat:Weston Christmas Festival: 95 Food Stalls and the Grinch on 21 November eat:Weston fills the Italian Gardens and High Street on Saturday 21 November, 10am to 4pm, with over 95 traders. Free entry, level access and dogs welcome. · 2 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 Christmas Weston Christmas Market: 65 Stalls, Fire Shows and Fireworks on Saturday Weston Independent Market fills the Italian Gardens on Saturday 14 November, 12 noon to 7pm, with about 65 stalls and free entry. Updated November 2026. · 3 min read Christmas Boxing Day Walks in North Somerset: 10 Headlands, Hillforts and Combes Ten Boxing Day walks in North Somerset, from Brean Down to Poets' Walk and Tyntesfield, with parking and what is open on the day. Updated November 2026. · 15 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 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 Weston-super-Mare Weston Christmas Cracker 10K: 13 Dec, 11am, from £18 The Christmas Cracker 10K starts on Weston beach by the Grand Pier at 11am on Sunday 13 December. Entry is £18 or £20 and closes 11 December, none on the day. · 3 min read Weston-super-Mare Vee Dub Christmas Cruz Weston: 5.30pm, Sunday 13 December Up to 170 lit-up Volkswagens leave Worle at 5.30pm on Sunday 13 December, pass the Grand Pier and reach The Range at about 6.15pm. Here is the expected route. · 2 min read Christmas North Somerset Christmas Shopping: 20 Shops From Clevedon Pier to Wraxall We checked 20 North Somerset shops, from Hartmanns Books in Portishead to Clevedon's Hill Road, for opening hours and what they sell. Updated November 2026. · 17 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 Christmas Where to Buy a Christmas Tree Near North Somerset 2026 We checked 4 places to buy a real Christmas tree near North Somerset, from St Georges to Frenchay, for 2026 dates and prices. Updated November 2026. · 8 min read Christmas Ice Rinks Near North Somerset 2026: Dates, Rules and Prices We checked 6 ice rinks near North Somerset, from Puxton Park to Cardiff Castle, for 2026 dates and rules, with prices for four. Updated November 2026. · 9 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 Food & Drink Christmas Dinner in North Somerset: 10 Places to Let Someone Else Cook Ten North Somerset pubs and hotels with Christmas Day menus, from £57.95 to £125, plus children's rates, deposits and payment dates. Checked November 2026. · 12 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 Weston-super-Mare Weston-super-Mare Roadworks: Road Closures and Traffic Orders Near Weston-super-Mare Weston-super-Mare roadworks: Clevedon (now, until 16 Nov) and every other traffic order within 3 km, checked each morning with the council's notice linked. Weston-super-Mare Weston-super-Mare Weather: 7-Day Forecast and Today's Hourly Outlook Weston-super-Mare weather today: overcast, 10°C by day and 1°C overnight, with a 0% chance of rain and winds up to 10 mph. 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 New Year Weston New Year's Eve: no fireworks listed, pier party £80 No public New Year's Eve fireworks are announced in Weston-super-Mare for 2026. The Grand Pier's party is £80 with a four-course meal, 7pm to 1am, 18 and over. · 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 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 Free Wills Talk in Weston Held on 2 November Kylie Cox of Toucan Law gives a free talk on Wills, inheritance and planning ahead at Clarence Bowls Club, Weston, at 2pm on 2 November. Booking requested. · 5 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 Ice Skating Weston ice rink: Icescape opens at Puxton Park 20 Nov Icescape's ice rink at Puxton Park, near Weston, opens Friday 20 November and runs to 3 January. Skating from £8 a child online, 10% off advance tickets; free parking. · 5 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 Halloween Halloween in Weston-super-Mare: what's on 30 Oct to 1 Nov Last Halloween weekend in Weston: Puxton's free pumpkin patch is open to Saturday 31 October, pier wristbands £12.50 to 1 November, Clevedon fireworks. · 9 min read Christmas Weston Christmas markets 2026: 21 Nov and 28-29 Nov, free Weston-super-Mare's Christmas market is eat:Weston, Sat 21 Nov, 10am to 4pm, then Weston Museum on 28 and 29 Nov. All free; Nailsea and Portishead on 5 Dec. · 5 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 Half Term October Half Term in North Somerset: 26 to 30 October North Somerset's half term is 26 to 30 October, but Clevedon School breaks up on 16 October. What's on, from Nailsea's free witch hunt to the Grand Pier. · 8 min read Remembrance Remembrance Sunday North Somerset: Parades Held 8 Nov 2026 Weston's parade leaves the High Street at 10.30am on 8 November, silence 11am in Grove Park; order of service now out. Nailsea, Portishead, Clevedon times. · 8 min read Christmas Santa's Grotto Weston 2026: Museum £5, Grand Pier £19.95 Weston Museum's £5 grotto (5, 12, 19 Dec) went on sale on 1 November; Grand Pier's runs 5 to 24 December at £19.95; Noah's Ark's from 28 November at £13.95. · 8 min read Christmas Weston Panto 2026: Aladdin with Jaymi Hensley, 4 to 31 Dec Union J's Jaymi Hensley stars in Aladdin at the Playhouse, 4 to 31 Dec, all 48 shows listed, from £25. The Blakehay's Sleeping Beauty opens 12 Dec, from £13. · 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 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 Weston-super-Mare Weston Beach Race 2026 results: Mewse beats Bolt No 2027 Weston Beach Race date is set yet. Conrad Mewse won the 2026 Adult Solo from Billy Bolt on 21 laps: every podium, plus the race-day timetable. · 8 min read Weston-super-Mare Weston Carnival 13 Nov: 7pm start, roads shut from 4.30pm Weston-super-Mare Carnival is Friday 13 November at 7pm. The 2026 order shuts roads from 4.30pm to 1am, and Locking Road car park closes from 11 November. · 8 min read Weston-super-Mare Weston-super-Mare Fireworks 2026: 7 and 14 November Cricket club fireworks 7.30pm Sat 7 Nov (£13, advance only); free Fireworks at Sea over the bay about 7.30pm Sat 14 Nov. Hornets was 5 Nov. Times and parking. · 15 min read Christmas Weston Christmas lights switch-on: 5.30pm, Sat 14 Nov Weston's lights go on at 5.30pm on Sat 14 Nov in the Italian Gardens, free from 4pm. Clevedon switches on at 5.30pm on 20 Nov, Portishead 23 Nov, Nailsea 4 Dec. · 8 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 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 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 Trains North Somerset Christmas Trains: No Service on 25 December No trains on Christmas Day, very few on 26 December and early finishes on Christmas Eve. Plus the Bristol to Weston line closures already booked this winter. 5 min read