• New Co-op store opens in Keynsham

  By Medwaytribe

  Currys, P C World, are opening a new store in Longwell Green, 12th July.

            

   

  By BeckyFeather at 19:21 on 15/05/13

  

  Pupils from St Keyna Primary School today officially opened the new Co-op store in Keynsham. The convenience store, which has an in-store bakery, has opened in the former Wingrove pub on the corner of Queens Road and Tenby Road. Fifteen jobs have been created for local people at the store, which opened at 10am to a steady stream of customers. First at the check-out was local man Geoff Richards who said that although he used to drink at...

• Inquiry to resume into building thousands of homes across Bath area

  By mhelenmary

  At last someone with a true interest in housing. The situation is difficult I can assure you, as a...

            

   

  By Bath Chronicle at 09:00 on 16/05/13

  

  A public inquiry into plans to build thousands of new homes across the Bath area is expected to resume this summer. Bath and North East Somerset Council received around 1,000 comments from residents during the last round of consultation on its planning blueprint, the core strategy, which outlines how the district will develop up to 2029. Policy and environment manager at the authority, Simon De Beer, said the comments were now being...

• Battling loan sharks

  By Mush66

  Yep...steer clear of those illegal ones ...There's plenty of Govt sanctioned sub-prime Loan...

            

   

  By Bath Chronicle at 09:00 on 16/05/13

  

  The battle against loan sharks is being taken to Keynsham this week. The England Illegal Money Lending Team, in partnership with trading standards, has delivered Stop Loan Sharks beer mats to local pubs, and will have a stand with free advice and information outside the town's Tesco store on Saturday from 9am to 6pm. There are also activities with Curo tenants and youth workers, and posters have been put up in local shops. ...

• Diggers move on to green fields at Keynsham as work begins on 'K2'

  By playboy51

  Taylor Wimpy have been ignoring pre-set conditions laid down from when they first won the contract....

            

   

  By BeckyFeather at 22:02 on 13/04/13

  

  Olly Bishop has lived in his house on the edge of Keynsham for nearly seven years and this is the view that he has enjoyed. Deer, as pictured here, foxes and other wildlife have been a common sight in the fields behind his terraced home at The Brambles. But this view changed forever a week ago when contractors from Taylor Wimpey began clearing the fields in preparation for building scores of homes. For Olly, 33, lives next to 'K2' -...

• Readers make their points about rail plan

  By Brizz_Tony

  An absolute no-brainer. Without those two extra lines, services will worsen, not improve.

            

   

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

  

  SCORES of Bristol Post readers have written to the paper to back the campaign to double the number of rail tracks at Filton Bank on the approach to Temple Meads. The campaign is seen as a vital part of the bid to improve public transport and the train service in the city. Local MPs are backing the move which would double the number of services and open up what is seen as a bottleneck in the system. Readers have filled in the special...

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