Welcome sign outside the Town Hall in Weston-super-Mare.
Our councillors meet tomorrow evening at 6pm (Tuesday 21 April) and you can watch live 👀
🔗 See the full agenda and read the reports which will be discussed at the meeting by going to https://orlo.uk/zprVK
👀 Stream the meeting live or watch back later at https://orlo.uk/Fk79B
Vince in high-visibility clothing and a hard hat smiles at the camera, with the Banwell bypass construction site in the background.
Whenever we build, we ask our construction partners to make strong commitments to create new jobs and support employment opportunities - helping local people 🏗️ 👷
Vince lives in Weston and now works on the Banwell bypass, a role that's helped him back into work.
🔗 https://orlo.uk/OS8tk
Children in a classroom raising their hands, with text stating over 99% of children offered preferred primary school places.
More than 99% of children have been offered a place at one of their preferred primary schools! 🏫 🙏
Our school admissions team received 1,993 on-time applications for primary school places to start school this September.
🔗 https://orlo.uk/6xP3J
We’ve received an additional £62,120 for further restoration of #BirnbeckPier in Weston-super-Mare 🙌
The funding's been awarded by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Heritage at Risk Capital Fund, delivered by Historic England.
🔗 https://orlo.uk/t9mNC
Aerial view of the Tropicana hosting an event at night. There are multi coloured lights illuminating the venue. Text reads council set to vote on Tropicana operator.
Breaking news….World class events organiser Live Nation could become the Tropicana's new operator! 🎭 🎤 🤩
Councillors will consider a report and vote on recommendations when they meet next Tuesday (21 April).
🔗 https://orlo.uk/ncp6J
Cyclists riding along Nailsea Golden Valley bridleway.
Have your say on planned improvements to the Golden Valley Bridleway in Nailsea 💬 📣
We're proposing upgrades to a much loved section of the bridleway to make it safer, more accessible and more enjoyable for everyone who uses it 🚴 🧑🦽 🚶
Take part at https://orlo.uk/XqmNl
Cllr Paul Gardner, Chair of Portishead Town Council, and Cllr Mike Bell, our Council Leader, at the Lake Grounds
Local devolution is taking another major step forward with Portishead Town Council set to manage key local community spaces 📣
We want to give more control over local spaces and services to the communities who use and value them the most, and know them the best.
🔗 https://orlo.uk/xHGBn
The Rio Grande miniature railway with a small inset picture of the Salthouse Fields in Clevedon.
ICYMI....the miniature railway is returning to the Salthouse Fields in Clevedon! 🚂 🤩
Following a robust, competitive process, we’ve selected The Coles Family as the new operator to restore and run the Rio Grande miniature railway, and develop new facilities.
🔗 https://orlo.uk/BIwYv
Aerial photo of lots of cars parked in a field near Bristol Airport.
Tackling unauthorised airport parking ✅
We’ve stepped up action on problematic and unauthorised parking around Bristol Airport - and it’s making a difference.
🔗 Read the full story at https://orlo.uk/kOaoo
Child wearing bunny ears and eating a chocolate Easter egg.
Kids Go Free is back for Easter so under 16s can hop on the bus for FREE! 🚍
Children across North Somerset, Bath and North East Somerset, Bristol and South Gloucestershire can enjoy free bus travel this Easter, from Friday 3 (Good Friday) to Sunday 19 April.
Birnbeck Pier. Text reads breaking news: extra £19m funding for Birnbeck Pier
Breaking news - the UK Government has announced an extra £19m for Birnbeck Pier! 🤩
This is a game changing amount of money and it means we've now secured over £44m in external funding to deliver our Birnbeck restoration project!
📰 Read the full story at https://orlo.uk/2MNO4
Secondary school children in shirts/blouses and ties, sat in a row at a table, smiling. Text reads 'delivering for you: nearly 100% of children offered secondary school place at one of their top three choices.'
National Offer Day took place earlier this week and nearly every young person in North Somerset was offered a secondary school place at one of their top three choices 🙏
99.23% of the 2,453 children applying were offered their first, second or third choice school.
🔗 https://orlo.uk/Dca3Q
Lights, camera, North Somerset! 🎥
Do you own or manage a building, space or piece of land in North Somerset? Then it could feature in film or TV! 📺
You can register your location for FREE on a national database used by film and TV productions.
🔗 Find out more https://orlo.uk/Hh6EY
Congratulations to YMCA Clevedon and Pill Community Foundation who have been awarded climate funding and support 💚 🙌
They've been chosen to be part of Bristol Climate & Nature Partnership's latest project group.
📰 Read the full story at https://orlo.uk/jwJjK
We’re reviewing the rules that help keep parks, seafronts and shopping areas in North Somerset welcoming for everyone – and we want to hear from you 📢
Wwhat you think of the current Public Space Protection Orders (PSPOs)?
🔗 Find out more and take part at https://orlo.uk/e3KLJ
📚 Recommendation from libraries consultation
🌱 Using our land for Biodiversity Net Gain
💜 Corporate Parenting report
ℹ️ Reports at https://orlo.uk/xuJca
👀 Watch at https://orlo.uk/PyeHZ
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British banknotes and coins. text reads 'full council meeting; Budget 2026/27; Tuesday 24 February 6pm; watch on YouTube
Councillors meet at 6pm this evening (Tues 24 Feb). The meeting agenda includes:
🪙 Budget and council tax setting for 2026/27
📈 Our capital strategy and programme for 2026 to 2030 and our Treasury Management Strategy for 2026/27
ℹ️ Council tax reduction scheme
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Books about Lunar or Chinese New Year
It's #LunarNewYear!
Explore our selection of books for young readers that reflect how much fun this festival is 🎇 https://bit.ly/3Orvwsz
The consultation on us joining the West of England Combined Authority is now live 📣
It runs until Friday 10 April and is a chance for everyone across Bath & North East Somerset, Bristol, North Somerset, and South Gloucestershire to have their say.
Go to https://orlo.uk/eu030
Close up of a pair of hands breaking a cigarette in half.
We've joined with 14 other south west councils to call for the Tobacco and Vapes Bill to be passed as soon as possible 🚭
Together, we represent nearly six million people, and we’re united in asking the UK Government to act now to protect future generations.
🔗 https://orlo.uk/4JfdJ
👀 See the reports and agenda at https://orlo.uk/6j6nQ
🎥 Watch the meeting at https://orlo.uk/v2Kyd
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Welcome sign outside the town Hall in Weston-super-Mare. Text reads Cabinet meeting; Wednesday 11 February, 2.30pm. Watch on YouTube.
Our Cabinet meet today (Wed 11 Feb) at 2.30pm – watch on our YouTube channel 💻 📱
The agenda includes:
💰 Our draft budget
📚 Recommendations for the future of library services
🤝 Our Local Devolution programme & working with Portishead Town Council
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The Government will let us raise council tax for one year only by up to 8.99%.
We don't want to do this. But years of increased costs and demand, reductions in funding and a historically low council tax base mean we’re facing a stark financial situation.
🔗 https://orlo.uk/WVAfn
A pair of hands using a tablet with a QR code on the screen. Text reads recycling centre booking system now in place at Weston-super-Mare. Book your next visit www.n-somerset.gov.uk/recyclingcentres or do it on the app.
The booking system for our Weston Recycling Centre has launched today, Monday 2 Feb ♻️ 📱
A booking system means we can stop people who don't live in North Somerset from using the site, cut emissions from waiting vehicles, and keep the site safe and efficient.
🔗 https://orlo.uk/8LO3x
Two women stood next to each other, smiling at the camera. One is wearing a green garden organic tabbard over her clothes. The woman on the right of the picture is holding up a composting leaflet.
Could you be a Master Composter? 🍂 🌱
We're looking for new volunteers to help people across North Somerset reduce waste, improve soil health and grow greener communities! 💚
Find out more at https://orlo.uk/nwnew
Could you lead the Pride in Place programme in Weston-super-Mare? 🤩
Applications are now open for an Independent Chair and Deputy Chair to support local people to help shape the Pride in Place Programme in Weston’s South Ward.
🔗 Read the full story at https://orlo.uk/DvgZX
the new Electric Library Outreach Vehicle
Nell O'Hora from Arts Council England and Cllr Mike Solomon, our cabinet member for for culture, community services and safety, officially opening the doors!
Cllr Catherine Gibbons (Deputy Leader and cabinet member for children’s services, families, skills and lifelong learning), Cllr Annemieke Waite (cabinet member for planning and environment), Cllr Mike Solomon, Nell O'Hora, Philli Milne (arts Council England) and Emma (our head of libraries and community).
Meet our new electric mobile library! 🚌 🔌 📚
This new vehicle is more flexible, more accessible and more sustainable, and will help us reach rural areas, new developments and communities that haven’t always had easy access to library services.
🔗 https://orlo.uk/Rx0XJ
Someone sat at a table with an open book and laptop top. Text reads libraries consultation report summary published
Front cover of the consultation summary report
The summary report for our consultation on the future of North Somerset Libraries has been published 🗨️📣
Thank you to everyone who took part - nearly 5,000 of you got involved 🙌
🔗 Find out more at https://orlo.uk/Vlg2E
Check out this amazing footage showing the demolition of Winterstoke Road Bridge in Weston! 🤩🏗️🎥
Works took place over Christmas. Our contractor can now start foundation works for a bridge which will be built to last 120 years.
👀 https://orlo.uk/D4WQ5
#InvestingInNorthSomerset
We're calling on the Prime Minister to intervene and fix unfair council funding.
Our Leader @ldmikebell.bsky.social has written to Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer calling for urgent changes to the way councils are funded.
🔗 Read the full story and the letter at https://orlo.uk/6QdhY