• Ten-year-olds to be trained to use speed guns in Nailsea

  By The_Idiot

  @Masked Marvel Well said.

            

   

  By The Bristol Post at 08:00 on 20/05/13

  

  STUDENTS from a Nailsea primary school are to be trained to use police speed guns in a bid to crackdown on motorists who race past their classrooms. Year six pupils from Grove Junior School, all aged 10 and 11, are to join forces with local police to hold Speedwatch sessions outside their school at Whiteoak Way. The move follows increasing concern from teachers, parents and students about the speed vehicles travel on the road outside...

• Young people caught with cannabis at Nailsea primary school playground

  By Andy_Smith38

  I don't think anyone thinks that legalising the sale of cannabis would instantly end the problem of...

            

   

  By Carol_Deacon at 11:22 on 22/05/13

  

  Nailsea teenagers were caught at the weekend taking drugs in a school playground after a neighbour tipped off police. Five young people who climbed an 8ft high fence to get into Golden Valley Primary School grounds have been  arrested for possession of cannabis. Police have praised the person who spotted the group on Sunday, May 19, and raised the alarm. A police spokesman said: "When we got to the school we took the young...

• North Somerset Council leader says parking charges for Clevedon, Nailsea and Portishead would be risky and potentially damaging to businesses

  By Nailseadad

  What is Damaging to Buisness is the LACK of PARKING. Has out Leader been out of his Castle recently?...

            

   

  By The Bristol Post at 05:00 on 24/04/13

  

  CAMPAIGNERS fighting moves to introduce parking charges in parts of North Somerset received a glimmer of hope – after council leader Nigel Ashton raised fears the fees could damage local communities. North Somerset Council strategic planning and economic development (SPED) scrutiny panel is investigating the possibility of introducing charging for parking in Clevedon, Nailsea and Portishead. Areas identified for possible...

• I support mayor's no traffic plan

  By Pader

  Perhaps Mrs. Barrett also advocates that food and other essentials are delivered by horse dray? ...

            

   

  By The Bristol Post at 05:00 on 17/05/13

  

  I HAVE read with amazement the letter from "Raving Dave, St Anne's" (Bristol Post, May 2) against a suggested 'no car Sunday' for Bristol. It makes no difference that he pays his various taxes. The point is the exhaust fumes from road traffic are suffocating the city. My sisters and I avoid going into Bristol now, preferring Weston, as, at least, there are no cars on the Channel. We use railways to get there. Does he not...

• Research your family history at local libraries

  By GwynJones

  Adult Learners' Week is when our thoughts turn to learning skills – whether for work or just...

            

   

  By Carol_Deacon at 12:04 on 15/05/13

  

  North Somerset Council library service is holding free family history taster sessions at some of its libraries as part of Adult Learners' Week, which runs from Saturday to Friday, May 18-24. At the sessions you can find out about family history research, census records and birth, marriage and death indices online. The sessions are free but it is essential to booked a place in advance.  Book your place by contacting the relevant...

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