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All in Covid
Somerset County Council will present online the work that they are doing with partners to help local businesses stay safe, recover and grow as the county eases further out of lockdown.
A project instigated by businesses and venues on one of Bristol’s most well-known streets and the city council is being hailed as an early success story in the drive to help the city’s hospitality sector recover from the Covid-19 lockdown.
As the date nears for the birth of her second IVF baby after treatment at the Bristol Centre for Reproductive Medicine, Karen Marks says despite the anxieties of the lockdown she’s enjoying every step of the journey.
After three months in lockdown a 95-year-old care home resident from Somerset has been reunited with her loving family.
Hoteliers in Bristol have welcomed a temporary cut in VAT for the hospitality sector, saying it’s lower than they expected.
A new day nursery in Bridgwater has announced an official opening date following delays due to the coronavirus crisis.
A North Somerset school has opened its doors to all year groups following the recent easing of the nationwide lockdown.
A nursery group in Bristol has used the time during lockdown to improve its settings with a programme of upgrades, re-decoration and new resources.
The pioneer of an online “webcam wills” service says the Covid-19 pandemic should prompt an overhaul of the Victorian legislation which currently governs the making of a valid will in England and Wales.
This week’s Government announcement that hotels can re-open their doors to guests from July 4 has been welcomed by the Bristol Hoteliers Association (BHA).
Babies, toddlers and pre-school children across Bristol have enjoyed their first week back in early education after the lockdown was lifted for nursery settings on 1 June.
Employers will need to understand and carefully manage their role in the test and trace process, and the potential impact on their business, taking on board the government guidance on how it will work and the accompanying workplace guidance.
Bristol’s second virtual Death Café is being planned for later this month following the sell-out success of the first in May.
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.
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.
