• Council tax rise on the way to help balance the books?

  By Prue_Reid at 10:28 on 26/01/13

  

  PEOPLE in Portishead could see their council tax rise this year as North Somerset Council battles to balance the authority's books. The cashstrapped authority is considering whether to raise council tax bills by between one and two per cent for 2013-14  in a bid to raise much needed funds. The council, which is proposing a budget of £158.427 million for 2013-14, is facing making savings over £86 million during...

• 'Gloomy' outlook as North Somerset Council tries to balance its books

  By Prue_Reid at 12:44 on 25/10/12

  

  CASHSTRAPPED North Somerset Council faces shaving an additional £39 million off it budgets by 2018 - but admits it has yet to decide how the savings will be made. The authority has already taken extensive steps to close a £47.3 million funding gap between 2011 and 2015. But following a series of Government announcements earlier this year, the authority now expects to have to save £86.3 million by 2018 - nearly double...

• What a load of rubbish is being recycled in Posset

  By Prue_Reid at 13:23 on 28/09/12

  

  Food, plastic and pieces of junk are no longer going into landfill in North Somerset as people go green. The district council says more and more residents are recycling their rubbish which is fantastic news for the environment. Last year 61.1 per cent recycled which compares with 58.7 per cent % in the same period last year. The 12 month recycling rate now stands at 60.4 per cent and makes North Somerset the second best recycling...

• Fuel storage plans at Portishead spark fears of leak

  By Prue_Reid at 11:50 on 18/09/12

  

  Concerned residents are expected to pack a special meeting to talk about plans to open additional fuel tanks at a storage depot in Portishead. The Oil and Pipelines Agency has applied to North Somerset Council for a hazardous substance consent to open additional three tanks at is fuel storage depot, which was built in the 1950s, at Redcliffe Bay. Currently there are 13 tanks on site but only five are used to store aviation fuel which is...

• No change to Bank Holiday rubbish and recycling collections

  By thepickler at 09:11 on 20/08/12

  

  There's no change to recycling and waste collection days over the August bank holiday in North Somerset.  Residents are asked to continue to put out there recycling and waste on their normal collection day. Your can check your collection day at www.n-somerset.gov.uk/calendar ENDS

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