Somerset recycling goes top 30
Somerset’s green-minded residents have helped the county climb into the top 30 councils for recycling. In Defra’s recently published league tables, Somerset’s 2021-2022 recycling rate of 56.2% ranks it 28 out of 228 local authorities – putting it in the top 15%. In 2020-21 Somerset ranked 59 out of 228, with a recycling rate of 52.4%. And, with the full impact of Recycle More’s expanded collections yet to be felt, Somerset Council is confident that the 2022-23 figures will see if climb even further. The Council is committed to a greener, more sustainable county working hard to help...
Read MoreThis year, on Wednesday 5th July the NHS is celebrating a big birthday – an amazing 75 years old.
While a lot has changed over the past seven decades, the NHS has remained a constant in all our lives. We wish to commemorate this significant anniversary, celebrating the positive impact the NHS in Somerset has had on all of us – both the skill, dedication and compassion of the people who work and volunteer in the NHS and the people that it has helped. The NHS Somerset Engagement Team plan to travel across Somerset in May and June and at key locations, speak with members of the public and to hear their positive experiences and stories of the NHS. How are we recording peoples’ NHS...
Read MoreMusic on the Levels: Concert 30th April 2023
Our next free concert is on Sunday 30 April 2023 at 3.00 pm in St Mary’s Church, Main Road, Westonzoyland, TA7 0EP with The Ciderhouse Rebellion. The Ciderhouse Rebellion’s performance is described as ‘uniquely magical, whether springing from a single unplanned note or a traditional tune.’ The duo is fiddle player Adam Summerhayes and master accordionist Murray Grainger. Profound and eloquent, epic, haunting and dramatic, The Ciderhouse produce incredible tapestries of sound. ‘The pair specialise in creating music in the moment’, says promoter Katie Whitehouse, ‘often springing...
Read MorePublications and Correspondence Items 7th August 2023
Publications and Correspondence Items 7th August 2023
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