A new £25million school and a long-awaited Banwell bypass top an £80million council wish list, as Weston prepares for major growth in the coming years. North Somerset Council is bidding to the Government’s Housing Infrastructure Fund (HIF) for tens of millions of pounds to bolster infrastructure ahead an anticipated boom…
Nationalisation would take us back to the bad old days, but franchising is too brittle and keeps falling over. John asks for reassurances about the future…
Almost half a million pounds has been provided to improve flood defences in Locking Castle and Worle. The money has been allocated by the Environment Agency to reduce the chances of flooding causing problems in Worle. The work will take place in Summer Lane, Locking Castle, over the next few…
Along with Karin Smyth (Labour MP) and Baroness Judith Jolly (Lib Dem Peer), John discusses Brexit’s impact on the West Country, the response to the ‘Salisbury Spy Assassination attempt’ and defence spending.