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Memorial gardens are to be created at several crematoria in the South West as tranquil places where people can come to remember loved ones who died during the Covid-19 pandemic and pay tribute to those who sacrificed so much to help others who were sick, isolated or vulnerable.
A Weston-super-Mare couple who thought they had lost their dream of being married this year WILL be exchanging vows after all – thanks to a top tourist attraction.
A community choir run by the New Room in Bristol has secured a £900 grant from Arts Council England to enable it to expand its community outreach and offer opportunities to improve wellbeing for new audiences in central Bristol.
North Somerset MP Dr Liam Fox has had so many angry emails from constituents about the Prime Minister’s Special Adviser Dominic Cummings that he is unable to reply to them personally.
Bristol Memorial Woodlands is now able to offer larger scale funeral services depending on the number of households involved.
Bristol’s shady links with the historic slave trade will be under the spotlight when the BBC’s popular series ‘A House Through Time’ restarts on Tuesday 26 May (BBC2 9pm), launching its third series by unearthing previously unknown stories of life at number 10 Guinea Street, an 18th-century sea captain’s house situated near the city’s docks.
Financial and professional services group Smith& Williamson has announced a number of strategic management changes in its Bristol office.
A Bristol firm responsible for the UK’s first “webcam wills” service has launched another first – helping to provide “cryptocurrency wills.”
Menthol cigarettes have been banned in the UK from May 20 with West Country smokers looking for alternatives to the flavoured cigarettes.
With lockdown looking set to continue for many more weeks for those over 70, a Taunton care home supporting people with dementia has been providing a virtual getaway with a Spanish flavour for its residents.
Following this week’s decision by the fertility regulator, the HFEA, allowing fertility clinics to apply to recommence routine treatments, the Bristol Centre for Reproductive Medicine (BCRM) has been named as one of the first clinics nationwide permitted to resume operations.
A new quarterly magazine is being launched in the South West to support the region’s building, construction and plant industry.
The Doubletree by Hilton, Bristol City, near Temple Meads Station was reopened this week for key workers only by Focus Management Ltd, the leading hospitality group that manages the hotel. It is among a small number of the group's hotels providing accommodation for workers from the NHS, pharmaceutical industry, distribution and construction sectors.
Please stay away – is the message from North Somerset Council following the relaxing in lockdown restrictions.
Bristol’s Reuse and Recycling centres will reopen to the public from Monday, 18 May with strict new measures being put in place at both the Avonmouth and St Philips sites so everyone can follow guidelines around social distancing.
With Britain’s housing market due to re-open as the lockdown is eased, the first release of shared ownership homes at The Chocolate Factory in Greenbank has been announced.
Bristol-based partner Michelle McGurl is the new head of the projects, real estate and finance (PREF) practice group at international legal practice Osborne Clarke.
Bristol Memorial Woodlands has reopened to the public, following a change to the rules signed by the Secretary of State for Health. Families are once again visiting the resting places of their loved ones and others to enjoy the woodlands, providing they adhere to social distancing rules.
North Somerset Council has purchased its own supply of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) in an effort to support local care workers – and the first instalment has now arrived.
