• 20p charge to spend a penny as loos taken over by a private firm

  By Henrymojo

  This is another absolute disgrace from our council scrap the life mag that will help to pay for the...

            

   

  By The Bristol Post at 05:00 on 21/05/13

  

  PEOPLE are to be charged 20 pence to spend a penny in a number of public toilets in North Somerset. North Somerset Council is to sign a seven-year lease agreement for five of its public toilets – four in Weston-super-Mare and one in Portishead – with operator Healthmatic. The new contract will come into force in October and for the first year people needing to answer the call of nature will be charged 20 pence. People...

• Pill residents set up food band to help those struggling to feed families in North Somerset village

  By DecemberDawn

  The work these people do to aid others is amazing and I deeply hope no one is using these Food...

            

   

  By The Bristol Post at 05:00 on 21/05/13

  

  A FOOD bank has opened in Pill to help people struggling to put food on the table as a result of the current economic climate. The independent food bank has been set up by village councillor Don Davies and chairman of governors at Crockerne Primary School, Elspeth Davis. The food bank is the fourth in North Somerset to launch over the past two years, with similar initiatives running in Clevedon, Portishead and Weston-super-Mare. The...

• Fracking Awareness North Somerset

  By Boss_Witch

  For frack sake Best wishes BW

            

   

  By Carol_Deacon at 15:40 on 20/05/13

  

  A CAMPAIGN group set up in a small North Somerset village to raise awareness about fracking is hoping to take its message across the district. Fracking Awareness Backwell (FAB) started in February after a public meeting organised by Sustainable Backwell, with speakers from Frack Free Somerset and the National group Frack Off.  FAB's aim so far has been to raise awareness of the severe threat coal bed methane extraction - commonly...

• North Somerset Council leader says parking charges for Clevedon, Nailsea and Portishead would be risky and potentially damaging to businesses

  By Nailseadad

  What is Damaging to Buisness is the LACK of PARKING. Has out Leader been out of his Castle recently?...

            

   

  By The Bristol Post at 05:00 on 24/04/13

  

  CAMPAIGNERS fighting moves to introduce parking charges in parts of North Somerset received a glimmer of hope – after council leader Nigel Ashton raised fears the fees could damage local communities. North Somerset Council strategic planning and economic development (SPED) scrutiny panel is investigating the possibility of introducing charging for parking in Clevedon, Nailsea and Portishead. Areas identified for possible...

• Portishead People pylons latest

  By Henrymojo

  It needs to go under the sea that will keep it cool as well

            

   

  By Carol_Deacon at 13:08 on 15/05/13

  

  North Somerset MP Liam Fox tabled an amendment to the Government's Energy Bill in a fresh bid to stop great big energy pylons blighting our 'green and pleasant land'. Dr Fox wants the National Grid to 'have regard for the protection of the environment and, in particular to conserve the natural beauty and amenity of the countryside', when deciding how to transmit electricity. If successful the new clause will amend the 1989...

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