North Somerset

A general view of staff on a NHS hospital ward at Ealing Hospital in London. Picture date: Wednesday January 18, 2023.

A fifth of staff absences in the University Hospitals of Bristol and Weston are ...

Aerial view of houses in Newcastle.

More empty homes in North Somerset, as numbers rise in England

Orderlies push a bed at the Royal Orthopaedic Hospital, Oswestry.

University Hospitals Bristol and Weston Trust cares for one patient with Covid-1...

File photo 26/02/13 of a police officer demonstrating the use of a Taser as a majority of the public think it is acceptable for police to carry Tasers when on patrol, a survey suggests.

Black people in Avon and Somerset more than three times as likely to experience ...

PICTURE POSED BY MODEL A man stands with a clenched fist as a woman cowers in the corner.

Fewer domestic abuse offences recorded in Avon and Somerset last year

A Food Standards Agency rating sticker on a window of a restaurant in central London. A huge variation in food hygiene standards remains across the UK, with one in five high or medium-risk food outlets failing to meet standards, according to a study.

North Somerset restaurant given new food hygiene rating

A Food Standards Agency rating sticker on a window of a restaurant in central London. A huge variation in food hygiene standards remains across the UK, with one in five high or medium-risk food outlets failing to meet standards, according to a study.

Food hygiene ratings handed to two North Somerset establishments

Pupils at Heath Park Business and Enterprise College, Wolverhampton, which has been named England's most improved school, according to league tables.

More suspensions at North Somerset schools as national numbers hit all-time high

Road Closed signs. Tuesday May 12th 2020

Road closures: almost a dozen for North Somerset drivers over the next fortnight

File photo dated 25/05/10 of students sitting an exam, as the Higher pass rate is down from last year but remains above 2019 levels, as more than 140,000 pupils across Scotland receive their exam results.

North Somerset pupils achieved lower A-level results than the South West average

A Food Standards Agency rating sticker on a window of a restaurant in central London. A huge variation in food hygiene standards remains across the UK, with one in five high or medium-risk food outlets failing to meet standards, according to a study.

Food hygiene ratings given to three North Somerset establishments

A Volvo car being charged using a Ubitricity lampost EV charging point, London. Picture date: Friday March 5, 2021.

Number of electric car charging points increases in North Somerset

A Food Standards Agency rating sticker on a window of a restaurant in central London. A huge variation in food hygiene standards remains across the UK, with one in five high or medium-risk food outlets failing to meet standards, according to a study.

North Somerset establishment given new food hygiene rating

PICTURE POSED BY MODEL File photo dated 31/07/14 of a woman showing signs of depression. Free legal advice aimed at helping tens of thousands of people each year who are at risk of losing their homes has been welcomed by an organisation representing housing associations. Issue date: Tuesday August 1, 2023.

Life satisfaction levels in North Somerset above UK average

Customers walk past Wilko in Brownhills near Walsall, one of the first Wilko stores to close down as the dramatic collapse of the high street chain takes shape. The historic retailer will shut 24 stores across the UK in the first phase of closures, with hundreds of workers at the shops set for redundancy. Picture date: Tuesday September 12, 2023.

More than 1,000 businesses folded in North Somerset in 2022 – as record number o...

A Food Standards Agency rating sticker on a window of a restaurant in central London. A huge variation in food hygiene standards remains across the UK, with one in five high or medium-risk food outlets failing to meet standards, according to a study.

North Somerset restaurant given new food hygiene rating

File photo dated 17/02/16 of a Job Centre Plus. The Government's employment support system is failing both jobseekers and businesses and needs to be substantially reformed, the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) has said. The IPPR described the Government's 'any job first' approach as 'narrow and focused on the short term'.

One in six people in North Somerset in insecure work

File photo dated 22/10/14 of a police officer making notes. Shop owners have asked the Home Secretary to specifically outlaw attacks on retail workers. The Government should create a new offence of assaulting, threatening or abusing a retail worker, dozens of business leaders said.

Number of theft arrests in Avon and Somerset fallen by more than a third in last...

Road Closed signs. Tuesday May 12th 2020

North Somerset road closures: almost a dozen for motorists to avoid over the nex...

File photo dated 02/10/2021 of a general view of an MRI scanner at Leeds General Infirmary in West Yorkshire. Using MRI scans to screen men for prostate cancer could reduce deaths from the disease "significantly", researchers have suggested. Issue date: Tuesday August 22, 2023.

One in six prostate cancer patients at the University Hospitals of Bristol and W...

A Food Standards Agency rating sticker on a window of a restaurant in central London. A huge variation in food hygiene standards remains across the UK, with one in five high or medium-risk food outlets failing to meet standards, according to a study.

North Somerset restaurant given new food hygiene rating

A view of people thought to be migrants at the Manston immigration short-term holding facility located at the former Defence Fire Training and Development Centre in Thanet, Kent. 700 people were moved to the Manston facility for safety reasons after incendiary devices were thrown at a Border Force migrant centre in Dover on Sunday. Picture date: Monday October 31, 2022.

North Somerset looking after more lone asylum-seeking children

PA file photo dated 18.11 2006 showing a posed image simulating a child being bullied.

More than a quarter of parents say North Somerset schools not dealing with bully...

File photo dated 24/01/16 of a preschool age child playing with plastic toy animals. Blocks on childminders looking after children in their rental properties should be lifted to help boost numbers in the sector, Children's minister Claire Coutinho has told landlords. Issue date: Monday August 21, 2023.

Several North Somerset households start fostering children as foster rates decli...

General view of estate agents signs outside a block of flats in Basingstoke, Hampshire.

North Somerset house prices increased slightly in September

A Food Standards Agency rating sticker on a window of a restaurant in central London. A huge variation in food hygiene standards remains across the UK, with one in five high or medium-risk food outlets failing to meet standards, according to a study.

Food hygiene ratings given to 18 North Somerset establishments

A radiator at a home in north London.

Half of homes in North Somerset suffer poor energy efficiency

Road Closed signs. Tuesday May 12th 2020

Road closures: almost a dozen for North Somerset drivers over the next fortnight

Orderlies push a bed at the Royal Orthopaedic Hospital, Oswestry.

University Hospitals Bristol and Weston Trust cares for four patients with Covid...

A young child is weighed on scales.

Childhood obesity rates in North Somerset worse than before coronavirus pandemic

A Food Standards Agency rating sticker on a window of a restaurant in central London. A huge variation in food hygiene standards remains across the UK, with one in five high or medium-risk food outlets failing to meet standards, according to a study.

North Somerset restaurant handed new food hygiene rating

General view of an Accident and Emergency Sign at Hinchingbrooke Hospital in Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire.

Nearly two-thirds of A&E arrivals in the University Hospitals of Bristol and Wes...

A general view of staff on a NHS hospital ward at Ealing Hospital in London. Picture date: Wednesday January 18, 2023.

The University Hospitals of Bristol and Weston: all the key numbers for the NHS ...

A Food Standards Agency rating sticker on a window of a restaurant in central London. A huge variation in food hygiene standards remains across the UK, with one in five high or medium-risk food outlets failing to meet standards, according to a study.

Food hygiene ratings given to three North Somerset establishments

File photo dated 03/10/2023 of a ward at the Royal Liverpool University Hospital, Liverpool. Public support for the NHS as it reaches its 75th anniversary is "rock solid", but the service will not be around to celebrate its 100th anniversary without investment, leading health think tanks have warned. Issue date: Wednesday July 5, 2023.

Rise in hospital admissions for people with eating disorders in North Somerset

A Food Standards Agency rating sticker on a window of a restaurant in central London. A huge variation in food hygiene standards remains across the UK, with one in five high or medium-risk food outlets failing to meet standards, according to a study.

North Somerset restaurant handed new food hygiene rating

File photo dated 26/04/16 of stocks of food, as one in three young people say their family have relied on food banks or other community outlets for supplies in recent months, new research suggests.

Record number of food parcels handed out in North Somerset this summer

Road Closed signs. Tuesday May 12th 2020

North Somerset road closures: seven for motorists to avoid over the next fortnig...

File photo dated 25/01/18 of a homeless person on Victoria Street in London, as new figures suggest that more people are sleeping rough on the streets of England than at any point this decade.

Hundreds of thousands of pounds spent on temporary housing for homeless in North...

A Food Standards Agency rating sticker on a window of a restaurant in central London. A huge variation in food hygiene standards remains across the UK, with one in five high or medium-risk food outlets failing to meet standards, according to a study.

Food hygiene ratings handed to four North Somerset establishments

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