Author Archives: Dan Norris

Ministers must do more to help dementia sufferers and their families, Mayor Dan Norris has said. The intervention comes after the West of England’s directly elected Mayor hailed ‘invaluable’ Royal West of England Academy (RWA) programmes for locals living with the disease in the city. RWA have been running their ‘Teatime Tours’ since May ofContinue reading “BREWING SOME GOOD: METRO MAYOR HAILS RWA’S ‘TEATIME TOURS’ FOR BRISTOL LOCALS WITH DEMENTIA, BUT SAYS: MORE SUPPORT NEEDED”

A new “one-stop shop” website for West of England residents who are looking for training to gain new skills has launched. Skills Connect comes from Dan Norris’s West of England Mayoral Authority and is designed to make it easier for residents who want to find information about upskilling, reskilling, apprentices, and a wide range ofContinue reading “WEST SKILLS BOOST: MAYOR’S ‘SKILLS CONNECT’ SCHEME LAUNCHES”

Bathonians and other West locals will get the chance to see what planet Earth “looks like from the moon” starting this week. The illuminated planet Earth artwork called Gaia, named after the Greek Goddess of Earth, is by local artist Luke Jerram, and will be visiting the city for six weeks as part of aContinue reading “GIANT PLANET EARTH COMING TO BATH ABBEY THIS WEEK – TIME TO EXPLORE LOCAL, SAYS MAYOR”

Mayor Dan Norris has warned that the government’s U-turn on climate policies makes it “unlikely” the West of England can achieve its 2030 net zero ambitions. Responding to reports the Prime Minister is planning to water down key net-zero policies the Mayor said, “this tips the balance for the region’s goals, from really challenging toContinue reading “DAN NORRIS: PM PLANS TO GUT GREEN POLICIES PUTS WEST’S 2030 NET-ZERO TARGET AT RISK”

The West of England is “still paying the price” of Liz Truss’s so-called ‘mini-budget’, the region’s directly elected Labour Mayor Dan Norris has warned. A year on from the former PM’s budget, the housing market has hit its worst slump since the Credit Church thanks to soaring mortgage rates seen in the past 12 months.Continue reading “WEST ‘STILL PAYING THE PRICE’ FOR TRUSS PREMIERSHIP AMID “MORTAGE BOMB”, SAYS NORRIS”