Wednesday traffic and travel update
Update 6.12pm: The A4 High Street is closed both ways with queuing traffic due to an incident involving two cars. It is between A365 Devizes Road and A363 Bradford Road/London Road East. The incident...
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Walk on fire for Dorothy House
Brave people are needed to walk over fire in support of people with cancer in Bath and North East Somerset. Dorothy House Hospice is looking for volunteers to take part in a firewalk at the grounds in...
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Bath City Community Sports Foundation finally gets funding boost from...
The Bath City FC Community Sports Foundation has been awarded a grant from the Football Conference Trust for £15,000. The community charity, founded by the Bath City FC Supporters' Society, had twice...
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Win a pair of Cheltenham Festival tickets with GUINNESS
Festival fever is growing as the countdown continues to what promises to be another marvellous Cheltenham – and YOU could be there next month for one of the biggest events in the sporting calendar....
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Youngsters learn about Bath Abbey at a Light and Sound event
Children were kept entertained during the half term holiday by an activity day at Bath Abbey. The Light and Sound event was held as part of Creating Voices, a history project to capture and share the...
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Players past and present have their say on Bath Rugby's Sam Burgess signing
Bath Rugby players past and present have all had their say on the club's audacious signing of rugby league superstar Sam Burgess…Jeremy Guscott, Bath 1984-2000 "For Bath, it's a huge statement of...
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Bath Rugby Academy lock Charlie Ewels to start for England under-20s against...
Bath Rugby Academy player Charlie Ewels will start for England Under-20s against Ireland at Franklin's Gardens on Saturday. Head coach Nick Walshe has made six changes to the side that beat Scotland a...
View ArticleLong delays between Batheaston and Box
Motorists are experiencing long delays due to an incident between Box and Batheaston Two vehicles have collided between the A365 Devizes Road and the A363Bradford Road / London Road East, at the...
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Disruption continues as engineers work to reopen two main Bath roads
Motorists are facing continued disruption as council engineers work to reopen two major routes in and out of the city - but the Bristol to Bath cycle path has reopened. Kelston Road was shut on Monday...
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Looking to buy a new car? Here is your chance to look at the best new cars - without moving from your chair.Best new cars Bath ChronicleBest new cars Frome StandardBest new cars Somerset Guardian
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Casualty star Clive Mantle left permanently disfigured after being bitten...
Former Casualty actor Clive Mantle has told a court that during a row in a hotel his ear was bitten three times in an attack that left him permanently disfigured. The 56-year-old, who was working...
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Surprise BRIT for legend David Bowie . . . 30 years after first Best British...
Music legend David Bowie became the oldest ever BRIT award winner after he picked up the Best British Male honour 30 years after he last won it. Bowie stole the show with this surprise win at the...
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Final planning permission for 700-home development at former Cadbury factory...
A 700-home development on the former Cadbury plant at Keynsham has been given final planning permission. Homebuilder Taylor Wimpey Bristol is developing the 220-acre Somerdale site, which has been...
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More people jetting off on holiday from the South West than ever before
More people are jetting off on holiday from the South West than ever before. Online travel agent, On the Beach, which will carry over one million customers from across the UK on their holidays this...
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Under-fire Universal Credit benefits system starts operating in Bath next week
A heavily-criticised new wide-ranging benefit will be road-tested in Bath from Monday. The city is one of the guinea pigs for Universal Credit, which rolls six benefits into one. The new benefit is...
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Were you shaken by Bristol Channel earthquake?
People across the south west of Britain today reported their houses rocking as a "frightening" earthquake struck the region. Others said the tremour, which was centred in the Bristol Channel, was like...
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Cakegate cafe's food hygiene rating goes up after new visit to The Shed
The food hygiene rating given to a cafe which has found itself at the centre of a social media storm has improved. A council environmental health officer visited The Shed at Bathford on Wednesday after...
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Travel news: Long delays on A46 following two-vehicle accident
The A46 has reopened following a two-vehicle accident. Police closed the road earlier because of the accident on the A46 between its junction with the A4 London Road and the A420 Cold Ashton...
View ArticleJill Bennett on why we shouldn't be afraid of Shakespeare
If you were a Shakespeare character, which one would you be? This isn't going to be one of those ten question "personality tests" you see every day on Facebook by the way, you won't get an analysis or...
View ArticleJiving Lindy Hoppers dancing into the Theatre Royal Bath
Swinging at the Cotton Club brings hot jazz and dance inspired by Harlem's legendary nightclub to the Theatre Royal Bath on Sunday, March 2, featuring the furiously paced, authentic routines of The...
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