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For full details of the events visit https://www.welcometobath.co.uk/ rebalance-bath-wellbeing-festival/ election in 2019, there was one conviction of voter fraud out of over 47.5 million voters. Apart from the £5 million pounds spent on making people aware of voter ID the main criticism by opposition parties is thousands of people may be turned away at the polling station as they may not have photo ID on them or not have any form of photo ID at all. A full list of forms of photo ID that can be produced at the polling station can be found at https://www. electoralcommission.org.uk/i-am-a/ voter/voter-id/accepted-formsphoto-id time tending the woods, copses and meadows. These folk are from WSP Engineering, Bristol who did some of the hardest work digging up those hard to shift bramble roots last September. Not to be discouraged they came back for more preparing the soil and planting saplings and anemones in a quiet corner of the Inner field near the Copse.

Mount Road: A consultation on a range of improvements to revitalise Mount Road in Bath opened last month. The Council said Mount Road is among four high streets in the city to have been awarded a share of a £488,000 funding boost announced last June by Bath & North East Somerset Council. Concept designs including street furniture, art installations and planting have been drawn up and the council is now consulting on the suggested improvements.

Residents and businesses were originally asked for their views on both the Mount Road and Twerton High Street improvement schemes in a consultation launched in September 2022, but responses for Mount Road were not recorded due to a technical error with the online form. All Twerton responses were recorded. The consultation runs until February 3.

Voter ID: From 4 May 2023, voters in England will need to show photo ID to vote at polling stations in elections. The plan has been criticised by Bath MP Wera Hobhouse. She said there was little evidence of electoral fraud at polling stations. At the last general

Cost of Living Crisis: The housing association Curo has a scheme: Temporary Accommodation for homeless families. They have 23 units of accommodation in B&NES. 17 of these are in one property, with individual units. These are generally used to house families plus six self-contained flats for larger families. The scheme has over 40 households on a waiting list so if anyone has spare accommodation they should contact Curo at www.curo-group.co.uk/ contactus

Sirona Care and health are recruiting new staff for at their

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February brings snow, sleet and freezing frost

February brings snow, sleet and freezing frost

The Friends of Lyncombe Hill Fields have published this photo earlier this winter by Jackie Terrett of the entrance to the green - sorry - white space near Bear Flat. The first fall of snow turned the hill into a winter wonderland.

Sub-Acute Strome Rehab Unit (SSARU) at a job fair at South Bristol Community Hospital in Hengrove on Thursday 2 February.

They have a number of full and part-time jobs at the (SSARU) in South Bristol Community Hospital that will be opening soon. This includes work to improve the prevention of strokes, as well as to provide the best possible stroke emergency care, rehabilitation and care at home once individuals are discharged from hospital. Stroke is the fourth leading cause of death in the UK, and one of the largest causes of disability. Working with other healthcare partners, the aim is to ensure local people have the best opportunity to survive and thrive after a stroke. For more details visit www. sirona-cic.org.uk/ or email via sirona.recruitment@nhs.net. with the trend in the heritage industry as it was seen as more efficient.

Now the chairman of the committee Jonathan has been a key organiser of events that raise thousands of pounds every yearcash that is sorely needed when you consider the heating bills for the Georgian stately building.