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Nearly £10 million is set to be spent on improving and
expanding primary schools in North Somerset.
The council's Executive has agreed to spend over £9.6
million on expanding and improving six primary-aged
and one special school on top of an addition £2 million
already committed to expand and create all-through
primary schools in three other Weston schools.
Ashcombe Primary School in Weston is the largest
beneficiary with nearly £5 million being agreed for a new
420-place school by September 2013. The children's
centre on site will also be expanded.
Locking Primary School is set to expand from 45 to 60
places per year group benefiting from a £850,000
scheme and Ravenswood Special School in Nailsea is to
receive £450,000 for refurbishment.
An addition £1.84 million is to be spent on providing
an extra 210 places across the Portishead and Pill
cluster of schools and Yatton Infant and Junior
schools will get an additional 105 places.
The Executive also agreed to create primary schools
at Hillside and Mendip Green First Schools and at St
Martin's Junior School. Hillside will increase to a
210 place primary with Mendip Green and St Martins
being able to each accommodate up to 630 pupils.
The new primary schools will come into effect from
September this year. Cllr Jeremy Blatchford, North
Somerset Council's executive member for children
and young people's services said this was great news
especially at a time when councils were having to cut
their spending by a third.
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North Somerset’s premier business show
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Here are a few reasons why many exhibitors and hundreds of visitors are expected
to be at Weston’s iconic Winter Gardens for the North Somerset Business Show:
Motivated businesses keen to meet new customers
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Dear Editor
What exciting times there are ahead of us in
Weston. I was lucky enough to attend the recent
Weston Showcase event at The Winter
Gardens, where I was able to learn about all the
new development about to take place. I always
thought Weston was a good place to be in
business, but soon, I believe, it will be hard to
beat!
Certainly, at the event, there was a lot of positive
and forward thinking. We can, I’m sure, all list
things wrong with our town but, with an upbeat
message and a united front, I am sure we can
attract more business into Weston to
complement and help grow existing business.
We just need to make sure we are in a position
and ready to take advantage of it.
J Sutton, Uphill
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Guild endorses
Bakers Dolphin
One of Weston’s most successful coach operators
Bakers Dolphin, has been awarded top marks in a
recent audit by the Guild of British Coach Operators.
In a stringent exanination that members of the Guild
undergo every two years, the firm underwent a 44 point
check to ensure that it meeets the exacting standards
to remain a member of the guild.to remain a member of the guild.
As the only coach operator in the region to be a
member of the guild, the company, which was founded
in Weston in 1889, is justifiably proud of its 100% pass
mark. As Bakers Dolphin’s MD, Max Fletcher, explains,
“The Guild believes that the customer should be at the
centre of everything, and we are keen to subject
ourselves to their examination as they look at everythingourselves to their examination as they look at everything
we do from that perspective.”
“To receive 100% marks from their audit is a real credit
to all our staff and is especially pleasing for our drivers,
who are the public face of the buusiness meeting and
transporting customers every day.”
As well as coach hire and a daily service to london,
Bakers Dolphin is a fully-bonded tour operatorBakers Dolphin is a fully-bonded tour operator
providing British and continental coach holidays.
The company also runs several bus routes and school
transport franchises. They have just taken over the
121 Weston-Bristol services via Bristol Airport and are
now offering UK and Continental holidays out of
Coenwall.
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It’s “Go” for Weston’s road
improvementsFollowing a successful bid for Government funding,
North Somerset Council has released the timetable for
the biggest programme of road improvements the
town has seen in years.
Travellers will have already noticed the blue barrier in
place on the roundabout at Junction 21 of the M5. This
is part of the preparatory work to exclude wildlife from
the area, which includes the relocation of a family of
badgers.
The main works on all the projects, known collectively
as The Weston
Package, is scheduled
to commence in
October.
The scheme which
will probably be of
most interest is the
remodelling of
Junction 21, which
will go some way to
relieving the queues
which have blighted
the morning and
evening rush hours.
This scheme will consist of:
Creating three lanes around the roundabout
Installing traffic lights on the northbound off slip
Adding a third lane on the approach to the
roundabout from the southbound off slip to allow
for a dedicated filter lane towards Bristol
Adding traffic signals at the junction of Somerset
Avenue and the slip road from St Georges, and
creating a dedicated filter lane onto the
northbound M5.
The works on Junction 21 are set to last 12 months.
Elsewhere, work will begin
on creating a dual
carriageway past Dunelm;
creating a car park and
bus interchange on the
south side of Worle
station, together with
improvements to the existing car park; enlarging the
bus terminus at Queensway and installing a bus lane
past the traffic lights at Morrison’s. There will also be
a “bus gate” at the side of McDonalds at Worle to allow
buses to bypass the busy junction by the courts -
speeding up bus travel and allowing easy access to the
new bus interchange at Worle station.
In addition to the publicly-funded Weston Package,
construction is due to start on a new road across the
old airfield, which will allow work to begin on new
Chamber News
Following a successful campaign,
with members of Weston’s
Chamber of Commerce lobbying
North Somerset Council, plans,
which would have seen parking fees
in Weston’s car parks increased,
have been dropped. President, Gail
Parsons, declared,”This is a victory
for common sense. Whilst we
realise the council needs to raise
revenue, this is not the way to do
it. Had the increases gone ahead, it
would have put people off visiting
the town.”
The April meeting of the Chamber
will include a presentation on a
privately-funded scheme to create
a barrage across the Severn. Dr
Roger Falconer, from the
consortium Corlan Hafren, will
outline the plans. Also speaking will
be Dr Andrew Tyler, of Bristol-
based Marine Current Turbines,
who will explain the alternative
technologies they offer to create
power from the sea. There will be
discussion from a wildlife
conservation group. The free event,
which is open to non-members, is
at The Royal Hotel on Wednesday
18 April from 7pm.
Call 07775 928772 or email:
events@westonchamber.co.uk to
book a place
May’s meeting will be a members’-
only networking event at the newly-
re-launched Imperial Hotel.
Members will have the opportunity
to share their news and meet with
new contacts. The event takes place
on Wednesday 16 May at 7pm,
and light refreshments will be
available.
Call 07775 928772 or email:
events@westonchamber.co.uk to
book a place.
Membership to the Chamber starts
at just £20 per year and more
details can be found on the web
site: westonchamber.co.uk
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commercial premises and homes. Included in the plans
is a new 80 room hotel and restaurant, and a new base
for the North Somerset Enterprise Agency which will
include affordable office space for start-up businesses.
President of Weston Chamber of Commerce, Gail
Parsons said, “We are very pleased that these works
are finally going ahead. The current state of our roads
has been seen as a barrier to visitors and employment
opportunities. The combination of these
improvements and the planned development of the
airfield will serve to make Weston a good place to be
for new and existing businesses.”
In other transport news, local MP’s are calling for the
local rail franchise, which is due for renewal in 2013,
to include a requirement to provide a minimum half-
hourly service to Bristol, and a commitment to re-open
the rail line from Portishead to Bristol
More information can be found on the council’s web
site: www.n-somerset.gov.uk/transport
Help sought for major new
event in Weston
Organisers of the first National Remote Control and
Model Jamboree are seeking the support of local
clubs and and societies to help plan the programme.
Planned for the 1 - 4 November 2012, Weston Arts
Social Enterprise (WASE) hopes the event will attract
people from across the country and help boost tourism
in the town in what is, traditionally, a quiet time.
WASE Director, Terry Gilbert, said, “The whole reason
why WASE exists is to raise the profile of the town
through events such as this, with the aim of putting
“Heads on Beds” and supporting local business
through the leaner months of the year. We know that
remote control vehicles and models is big business and
there is an annual event at Shepton Mallet to
showcase these hobbies, but we want to put more of
an emphasis on competition at our event.”
“The committee is also keen to get the associations,
schools and colleges involved by building models that
can compete in the events. However, as we don’t know
much about modelling and remote control vehicles,
we need to get the enthusiasts involved in helping us
make the event as exciting as possible.”
As well as static displays and trade stands, planned
events include:
Land speed trials
Water speed trials
Motor racing
Aerial slalom racing
Mini-enduro
Robot Wars
For more information, or to get involved, email:
info@wase.org.uk or call 01934 418118
Business Improvement
District in place.
Town centre businesses have voted to put in place a
Business Improvement District (BID). In doing so, they
have followed more than a hundred other towns across
the country. Businesses in the BID pay an extra levy on
their business rates which goes towards schemes that
enhance the area, including extra street cleaning,
wardens and events to attract more visitors. These are
in addition to services provided by the council. The levy
will see in excess of £250,000 extra per year put
towards making the town more inviting for at least the
next 5 years.
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Worle High Street 1955
These images are reproduced by permission of the Francis Frith Collection. www.francisfrith.com
Copies of the photos can be bought onlined from the Francis Frith website,which also sells local history books and gift products.
Step back in time
Worle Village 1896
This is the oldestpart of the village, with some properties dating back to the
medieval times. The shop with the thatched roof, here belonging to
Mr Rollins. a dyer and cleaner, used to be a bakery, it was converted into
cottages in 1931,when the thatch was replaced with tiles.
The three-storey building in the centre used to be the Valiant Soldier Inn and was
was built about 1670.was built about 1670.
Worle High Street 1955
Worle at this time retained a village feel, even down to its gas lamps,
seen on the telegraph pole. On the right are the laundry and the malthouse.
In the distance is the New Inn, an old coaching house inn, now renamed
the Woodspring. By the 1970’s worle’s population grew rapidly due to the
new housing.
The High Street was redeveloped with the new shops and facilities.The High Street was redeveloped with the new shops and facilities.
Worle the village 1896
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Feed the soil, with compost, leaf mould and well rotted
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Shade seedlings in the greenhouse, or on a windowsill
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PlantPlant potatoes in the ground, or in pots.If frost is forcast
protect young tender shoots.Earth them up or cover with newspaper
newspaoer overnight.
Support your peas, peas that were sown last year need to be supported
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The sinking was just the begining of this true story.
A journey to discover the truth about
Christopher Wards grandfather, the
Scottish vilonist Jock Hume who died
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Is this the end for cheap
DVD’s and CD’s
As of this April, you will not be able to buy your DVD’s and CD;s
VAT free from companies registered in the channel Islands. Retailers in the Cha
have been exploiting a loophole in the law. in which goes back to
1983; when any item under £15.00 imported from outside the EU
was not liable for VAT.
Companies set up in the Channel Islands to take advantage of the
situation, Last yeasituation, Last year. George Osborne had this law changedand said
it would be scrapped as of this april.
A good place to still look for your music would be the supermarkets;
as many of them sell the latest dvd’s and cd’s at the lower price;
some, discounted up to 20%.
This is a large part of business in the Channel Islands, This matter
is being challanged in the courts.
Copy Deadline For The
June Issue
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