North Somerset

• Music / Somerset International Festival of the Arts

  Inaugural Somerset International Festival of the Arts to take place in October

  Events will be staged from October 6-8 at St Andrew’s Church in Backwell

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• News / Roots Allotments

  Controversial allotment on outskirts of Bristol rejected

  The allotment company still hopes to have people using the allotments by October

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• News / Roots Allotments

  Council decision on controversial allotment outside Bristol deferred

  North Somerset Council has ordered Roots Allotments to provide more information about the site

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• Art and design fairs / North Somerset Arts Week

  North Somerset Arts Week turns 21

  200 artists will be celebrated across a huge variety of disciplines

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• News / Abbots Leigh

  Allotment company defends decision to build on meadow despite objections

  Roots Allotments has defended plans to build hundreds of allotments and a car park on the site

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• News / Bristol airport

  Bristol Airport expansion given green light by High Court

  The expansion will see passenger numbers increase from 10 to 12 million

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• News / asylum seekers

  ‘Increasingly precarious’ situation for ‘cut off’ asylum seekers 

  Over 100 young men are being housed 14 miles from Bristol by the A38

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• News / Politics

  ‘Boris Johnson’s leadership is untenable’ – Liam Fox calls for PM’s resignation

  The North Somerset MP joins the growing number of Tories withdrawing support for the prime minister

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