Bath Pageant of Motoring returns to Walcot Rugby Ground
A motoring pageant will be returning to Bath for the third year.The Bath Pageant of Motoring takes place at Walcot Rugby Ground on Lansdown on July 5 and 6.It is organised by the Rotary Club of Bath,...
View ArticleSuperheroes join in with Free Comic Book Day celebrations
Doctor Who and Batwoman were among the superheroes who took to the streets of Bath to hand out thousands of free comics.Unsuspecting shoppers came face-to-face with the comic book characters on...
View ArticleRadstock Town relegated after last-day defeat at Brislington
Radstock Town have been relegated from Toolstation League Premier Division following a 2-0 defeat at Brislington on Saturday. Lloyd Edgell's men went into their final match knowing victory would lift...
View Article10 hour photo marathon for Fringe Arts Bath
Up to 50 people took up the creative challenge to grab a camera and see the city of Bath from a whole new angle.It was a photograph competition with a twist as entrants had just 10 hours on Saturday to...
View ArticleHarlequins beat Exeter Chiefs to set up winner-takes-all showdown with Bath...
Bath Rugby's Aviva Premiership play-off push is going down to the wire after Harlequins snatched a late victory at Exeter Chiefs on Sunday afternoon. Quins did not lead until the 75th minute at Sandy...
View ArticleMan with £650 in fines calls on council to scrap Dorchester Street bus gate
A shop worker who racked up £650 worth of fines for using Bath's controversial bus gate said the council should "do everyone a favour" and return Dorchester Street to how it was.AsifHussain, 31, had no...
View ArticleShould schools cut traditional summer break?
A call to "reduce holiday prices" by cutting the traditional six-week school summer break could be a huge blow to the region's tourism businesses, it has been warned. The National Association of...
View ArticleRoyal Ballet love story has fairy tale ending at Roman Baths
A Royal Ballet star from Bath who got engaged on stage has married her sweetheart at the Roman Baths. Leanne and Peter Kay, tied the knot 20 years after they first met when they were joint winners of a...
View ArticleBath pensioner wins payout after developing lung disease
Bath pensioner Richard Garnow who worked as an electrician on post-war construction projects has won a claim against the firm that employed him after he developed a lung disease years later. Mr Garnow,...
View ArticlePaulton Rovers ready for Bank Holiday Monday promotion showdown with Merthyr...
Paulton Rovers head to Wales on Monday afternoon for one of the biggest games in the club's history - the Calor Southern League Division 1 South & West play-off final against Merthyr Town (3pm)....
View ArticleBath Rugby prop Nathan Catt backed for senior England call-up by forwards...
Bath Rugby forwards guru Neal Hatley believes Nathan Catt is in line to be selected for England's tour of New Zealand. England will take on the world champions in a three-Test series immediately after...
View ArticleTotal transformation for Bath townhouse
Once the Bath Tap and before that the Devonshire ... over the years thousands of people have passed through the doors of 19 St James Parade. But as Emma Dance steps inside she discovers a townhouse...
View ArticleYou can influence the design new Keynsham clock tower
The people of Keynsham are being asked to help influence the design of a new clock tower in Keynsham.The town's landmark tower was pulled down last year as part of a £34 million redevelopment of the...
View ArticleWorking out while you work, says Jessie Pavelka from Sky TV's Obese: A Year...
An international TV wellbeing expert has joined forces with physiotherapists from BMI Bath Clinic to encourage people to exercise more.Jessie Pavelka, from Sky TV's Obese: A Year to Save My Life and...
View ArticleGwen Taylor reprises her role as Amy in Last of the Duty Free, the sequel to...
Within moments I feel like I've known Gwen Taylor for years. She almost bursts on to the phone, talking nineteen-to-the-dozen about the afternoon she's just spent going round Windsor Castle. "I've had...
View ArticleBath's gypsy and traveller sites will need kitchen, bathroom and lounge for...
New gypsy and traveller sites planned for Bath and north east Somerset will need to include a building for each pitch which will contain a kitchen, toilet, shower and living room. B&NES Council has...
View ArticlePostal voters target Ukip with packages of blood and faeces
Ukip's European election campaign has met with more hostility - this time from postal voters. Hundreds of pounds have already been raised to buy a drink for the Bell Inn regular who made an obscene...
View ArticleBath Rugby facing hooker crisis ahead of Premiership play-off decider at...
Bath Rugby are facing a potential hooker crisis for their Aviva Premiership play-off decider at Harlequins on Saturday (3.15pm). Mike Ford's side head to The Stoop fourth in the table but a win for...
View ArticleEx-Bath MP Lord Patten stands down as head of the BBC Trust
Former Bath MP Lord Patten has been forced to stand down as head of the BBC Trust following heart surgery. Lord Patten, who was Conservative MP for Bath frm 1979 until 1992, had major surgery last...
View ArticleShow can't go on as illness hits Bath am dram group's Agatha Christie play
A Bath amateur dramatic group has had to call off a production because of cast illness for the first time in its 60-year history. The Argyle Players were due to stage Agatha Christie's play The Hollow...
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