Good news for Hinton Charterhouse

The residents of Hinton Charterhouse received some good news recently after hearing that the road running through the village is to be completely resurfaced.

Cllr Neil Butters has been working with the local Parish Council, and campaigning on this issue for over a year.

He added:

"Last year I met some visiting cyclists who were also complaining about the road surface and said it was the worst they had encountered on their travels.There really is an amazing contrast in road surface quality once you get to the Somerset border. Travelling on the B3110 from Hinton Charterhouse towards Norton St Philip is like going from Mexico into the U.S.!"

The road is due to be resurfaced towards the end of September.

Neil secures £8,000 for Wellow

A new community bus service is now up and running in Wellow, with help and support from local Councillor Neil Butters.

Neil managed to secure £8,000 from Bath and North East Somerset Council which has contributed towards a bus service for local residents that runs all day.

Neil said:

"Sadly, over time small villages have become more isolated due to the closure of pubs, post offices and other amenities. Thanks now though to the dedication of a hard working team in Wellow, a new community bus service has bucked the trend and been launched for local residents."

Neil takes it to... the Rail Magazine

The national RAIL magazine featured a local name recently, with a special article about B&NES Lib Dem Councillor Neil Butters.

Neil, who covers the Bathavon South area (villages including South Stoke, Hinton Charterhouse and Shoscombe), has a day job as the Secretary of the Railway Heritage Committee, a national statutory body.

RAIL is one of Britain's leading railway magazines. The only one to be published fortnightly, a regular feature is entitled 'A day in the life of'...'. The mid-July edition focused on Neil's work, a journalist coming down to Bristol from Peterborough to follow him around for several hours to find out what a day in life of Neil involves.

Amy Williams MBE

Tremendous to read that Amy Williams has been recognised in the recent Birthday Honours. Our very own Olympic Gold Medallist recently received the Freedom of the City at a ceremony in Bath - the first woman ever to receive this honour which recognises her outstanding contribution to life in Bath and for her exceptional achievement. Amy trained so hard at the first-class facilities at Bath University, she truly deserves all these accolades. Well done Amy!

Housing targets scrapped

Thank goodness that the new coalition government has thrown out Labour's plans for 2000 houses to be built at South Stoke. There had been no consideration to what local residents thought or the impact on local services and amenities. Hooray for the new government's view that local people and local councils should have the freedom to decide where new housing developments should be built and when they will be needed.

The pressure and campaigning over recent months - including a petition signed by every resident of South Stoke - has been vindicated and democracy has triumphed. Now local people are back in charge of their own communities. The old government had imposed a target of 21K houses to be built by 2026 in B&NES.

Wonderful Wellow!

Looking forward to Wonderful Wellow Week which starts on Friday 18th June. First up at 2.00pm is the flower festival in St Julian's Church which continues for an amazing ten days. There will be a host of events including open gardens, history tours, a concert, a treasure hunt and even a visit from one of Bath's Lions. This is a brilliant example of the community spirit that exists in Wellow and all our villages. Well done to Churchwarden Pauline Preddy whose idea it was to bring together a group of people and get this WWW under way.

www.wellowparish.info

When Neil met Amy...

Cllr Neil Butters recently met Olympic Gold Medalist Amy Williams in Bath. Here they are with her gold medal.