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Share your thoughts on local services at our Area Forums
Provision of local services for children and young people is the focus of the next round of Bath & North East Somerset Council’s Area Forums.
Area Forums, Communities and volunteering, Giving people a bigger say
Homes investment bid for B&NES foster families
Bath & North East Somerset Council is set to fund home alterations for foster carers to enable more children to be cared for in homes with local foster carers.
Children's Services, Delivering for local residents, Focusing on prevention
B&NES budget invests in support for most vulnerable and residents’ priorities
Bath & North East Somerset Council is proposing a balanced budget that focuses on protecting the most vulnerable and supporting residents’ priorities including road maintenance, keeping streets
Delivering for local residents, Finance
Support for residents who want to quit smoking
Research shows that people are three times more likely to quit smoking for good if they get support, so smokers in Bath and North East Somerset are being offered a host of free tools to help them quit
Delivering for local residents, Focusing on prevention, Public Health
“Wonderful” B&NES Care Home rated ‘Good’
Combe Lea Care Home in Midsomer Norton has been given a rating of ‘Good’ by Care Quality Commission inspectors, in a report published today (2 February).
Adult Social Care and Health
Through-traffic restrictions trials in Lower Lansdown & The Circus
The council has published its decision to make permanent three linked through-traffic restriction trials in the Lower Lansdown & Circus area of Bath.
Bath, Delivering for local residents, Giving people a bigger say, Roads, travel and transport, Liveable Neighbourhoods
Council welcomes new £1.7m funding for Fashion Museum Bath and Milsom Quarter
Bath & North East Somerset Council’s plans to develop Fashion Museum Bath have taken a step forward with £1.745m grant funding from the West of England Mayoral Combined Authority.
Bath, Delivering for local residents, Heritage , recovery and renewal, Regeneration and Development, WECA
Explore the Collection: Fashion Museum Bath Opens Up Its Collection with New Digital Prototype
Fashion Museum Bath has today unveiled Explore the Collection: a prototype of a new online catalogue that offers digital access to one of the UK’s most important contemporary fashion collections.
Heritage
Find inspiration for the perfect “I do” at Bath Guildhall’s annual wedding showcase
Couples planning their big day are invited to step inside one of Bath’s most iconic buildings on 8 February as The Guildhall opens its doors for the much-anticipated annual wedding showcase.
Bath, Delivering for local residents, Events, Registrar services, weddings
Poster Power! New Exhibition Celebrates 200 Years of British Poster Design
Victoria Art Gallery, Bath | 23 January – 10 May 2026
Arts, Heritage
Decision sought on parking charge consultation in Bath & North East Somerset
Councillors are being asked to agree a public consultation on changes to parking charges, based on vehicle-size, for residents’ parking permits in Bath and North East Somerset.
Parking and Travel
Bath locations star in Agatha Christie’s Seven Dials
Look out for key Bath locations which provided the backdrop for the latest Agatha Christie adaptation, Seven Dials set in 1925 and premiering on Netflix on Thursday 15 January.
Bath, Leisure, Tourism and Heritage