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Actress Dame Harriet Walter to return to Bath for the Bath Festival of...
Renowned actress, Dame Harriet Walter, will be appearing at this year's Bath Festival of Literature, the Bath Chronicle can exclusively reveal. Walter has received wide recognition for her work on...
View ArticleTV preview: The Big Benefits Row, Channel 5 9pm tonight
Following the ratings success that Benefits Street proved to be for Channel 4, Channel 5 are throwing their hat into the ring tonight at 9pm with The Big Benefits Row. The show boasts a panel...
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Main road through Midford still closed after landslip
The family living in a house just metres from a landslip have said they will stay put. The Lord family, who have rented the house in Midford since last September, have said they have no intention of...
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Neknominate . . . Bath students urged not to get caught up in drinking game...
Bath Spa University is urging students not to get caught up in the neck and nominate craze sweeping the country. Neknominate involves people posting a video on Facebook of them 'downing' alcoholic...
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Hunt for 'dangerous' holiday park robber Dean Smart switches to Bath
Police have appealed for help in finding a 'dangerous' robber who may have gone to ground in Bath. Dean Smart, who is from the Bath area, is suspected of being involved in a robbery at a Dawlish...
View ArticleReview: The Big Benefits Row
The Big Benefits Row hit our screens last night and what a row it was. Heaven help anyone with a 3D TV lest they cut themselves on Katie Hopkins' disapproving finger as she gestures at everyone on less...
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Police investigating fraudster targeting M4 motorists ask victims to come...
Police investigating reports of an elaborate fraud targeting motorists driving along the M4 corridor are keen to hear from victims. Good Samaritans who stopped for a lone man posing as a stranded...
View ArticleTV preview: The Taste - Channel 4 at 9pm
Where will you be at 9pm on a Tuesday night? I'd usually be digesting my dinner and seeing what's on the TV, but not tonight. No, because at 9pm Channel 4 dishes up a nice heaped serving of shame to...
View ArticleDon't let your children wait outside Keynsham Leisure Centre, parents warned...
PARENTS are being advised not to let their children wait outside Keynsham Leisure Centre to be collected from swimming lessons - after a stranger got into a waiting parent's car. The warning follows an...
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Midford Road may continue to stay closed for another week
Midford Road near Bath may continue to be closed for another week as work continues on stabilising the site. The road was shut at the end of last week because of concerns for public safety after a...
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Davey Wilson in contention to make Bath Rugby return against Newcastle Falcons
Davey Wilson is in contention to return to action for Bath Rugby after almost two months out with a calf injury. The England international prop has not played since the Amlin Cup group game at home to...
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Dave Attwood retained in England matchday squad to face Scotland in Six Nations
Bath Rugby lock Dave Attwood has kept his place in England's matchday squad to face Scotland in the Six Nations on Saturday. Head coach Stuart Lancaster has named an unchanged 23 from last weekend's...
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Dave Pratt and Andy Watkins fire Bath City to victory at Hayes & Yeading United
MATCH REPORT: Hayes & Yeading United 0 Bath City 2 (Pratt 45+1, Watkins 70) Strikers Dave Pratt and Andy Watkins were both on target as Bath City beat Hayes & Yeading United in gale-force winds...
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Uncertain future as Bath's Ye Old Farmhouse pub closes
The future of a Bath pub with a long tradition as a live music venue looks uncertain after it was sold by its brewery because of poor trading. Ye Old Farmhouse, in Lansdown Road, has had a difficult...
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Jo Caulfield's Celebration of Angercomes to Bath's Ustinov Studio
Award-winning comedian Jo Caulfield hits town this week with her brandshow Celebration of Anger, a performance that explores things that irritate, annoy and irk – and embraces the joys of getting angry...
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Bath Rugby Academy member Charlie Ewels retains place in England under-20s side
Bath Rugby Academy member Charlie Ewels has kept his place in the England under-20s side as they continue their Six Nations campaign against Scotland at Netherdale on Friday. Ewels starts in the...
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Latest travel and weather: Power cuts and flooding as storms continue
4.30pm update: The Met Office has warned of further disruption as the heavy rain and gale force winds continue into the weekend. Strong winds and huge waves will continue to bring risks along southern...
View ArticleTV preview: The Restaurant Man - BBC 2 at 8pm
Blimey opening a restaurant is hard work, but not nearly as much hard work as watching The Restaurant Man. Airing on BBC2 at 8pm every Wednesday, the programme casts a distinctly "abandon hope all ye...
View ArticleTV preview: Poundshop Wars - BBC 1 8pm
TV seems to have come full circle of late. The cost of a TV license keeps rising so now the BBC in their infinite wisdom have decided to give us a four-part documentary on a chain of family run pound...
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Welfare Minister Lord Freud launches Universal Credit in Bath
The Government minister in charge of the biggest transformation of the welfare system in more than 60 years has been in Bath ahead of the roll out of Universal Credit. Bath will be the eighth area in...
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