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Haynes Motor Museum is gearing up for its very first Cars ‘N’ Cracklin’ event, taking place on Friday 18 July, 6:30pm – 9:30pm.

The highly anticipated "Take Five: Weston Arts + Health Festival" is thrilled to announce its return for a sixth year

‘View In, View Out’ is an immersive, multi-layered sound installation and sound trail inspired by the Mendip Hills National Landscape for Nature Calling. Co-authors Gwyneth Herbert, Jason Singh, an..

This July, Weston-super-Mare becomes the canvas for one of the UK’s most ambitious street art takeovers, as Weston Wallz returns with a powerful blend of large-scale murals, bold artist voices and hands-on creativity for the whole community.

There’s a suspicious new arrival at Noah’s Ark Zoo Farm this summer—and he’s not quite what he seems.

This morning (Friday 27 June), the Royal National Lifeboat Institute (RNLI) informed North Somerset Council they no longer wish to be involved in the delivery of the project to restore Birnbeck Pier in Weston-super-Mare. 

Find out more about the opportunity for new and existing food and drink businesses around the West of England - Bath and North East Somerset, Bristol, North Somerset or South Gloucestershire, to receive free support until June 2026. 

EasyJet, Bristol’s largest airline, has today announced four new routes to Bristol Airport, and even more city break packages. 

A bold new music and arts festival has launched in Bruton this week - and it’s already 50% crowdfunded by its future audience. 

Customers flying from Bristol Airport will soon be able to enjoy flights to the stunning shores of Barbados from October 2025 to March 2026, thanks to KLM Royal Dutch Airlines’ new route from Amsterdam Schiphol to Bridgetown, Barbados.

 

The busy flight from Switzerland landed this afternoon, welcoming visitors to the region for business and pleasure.

The Grand Pier has just announced a major expansion of its hugely popular 'My Grand Pier Card,' starting from today, Monday 26 May 2025.