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A generator sent by Bath and North Somerset has now been installed in the children’s hospital. Mr Guy added: “You as a council and the people of Bath and North East Somerset have been able to provide that warmth and care and I cannot thank you enough for that really generous act.”

He added: “I am very, very proud of the people of Bath and North East Somerset.”

The council’s close relationship with Oleksandriya, which the council voted unanimously to go about formalising with a proper “friendship agreement,” is believed to put the council at the forefront of sending direct aid to a city in Ukraine.

Seconding the motion for the friendship agreement, Radstock councillor Chris Dando said: “Those of us who were lucky enough to attend the concert last month in the Abbey got a small taste of a year in the life of Ukraine. There rightly wasn’t a dry eye in that house though most of that amazing and moving performance.

“And those like me who have made friends in Ukraine over that last

“This council and community of Bath and North East Somerset can be immensely proud of the work that we have done so far to support Ukraine, both through hosting refugees’ families — we have over 400 refugees in Bath and North East Somerset — and, as the leader has said, in the project to deliver valuable generators to the community of Oleksandriya.”

Keynsham South councillor Lisa O’Brien ran her own fundraiser last year to send generators to Ukraine, raising £9,000 which saw nine generators sent to Kherson, Mykolaiv, and Dnipro.

She said that people in Ukraine had also asked her to pass on their thanks to Bath and North East Somerset for donating the money for the generators. She said: “I certainly won’t be forgetting them because I think their bravery is an example to the world. So I absolutely support this.”

Mr Dando added: “I am immensely honoured to second this proposal and be involved in this project. Slava Ukraini!”

Lyncombe Hill Fields gains new paths

By Harry Mottram: The fields on the steep slopes above Widcombe under the shadow of Alexandra Park have slowly been transformed over the last two years by the Friends of the fields. New forests have appeared, brambles cleared, wild flowers planted and more paths laid out with more added last month as volunteers worked hard to lay gravel to allow locals to explore the former pasture lands. Visitors will also have seen hazel catkins, which are like yellow lambs’ tails, that are lengthening and shedding masses of pollen; the male pollen hopes to alight on the tiny red female flowers, which look like tiny sea anemones. Join up as a volunteer. No previous experience is required, it’s great exercise and very sociable. They typically meet on Wednesdays and Sundays 10:0012:00. If you or any family or friends are interested in getting involved, contact lyncombehillfields@gmail.com