Grand National-winning jockey Graham Lee bags double at Bath Racecourse's...
Grand National-winning jockey Graham Lee rode two winners at Bath Racecourse's annual Real Ale Festival Racenight on Friday. Lee, who was on board Amberleigh House when it triumphed in the world famous...
View ArticleMelanie Road detectives urge passers-by to help solve 1984 Bath murder
Detectives trying to solve the 1984 murder of Bath schoolgirl Melanie Road have been handing out leaflets and posters to city centre shoppers as part of their public appeal for information. The team of...
View ArticleThe Derby 2014 results - where did your horse finish?
Favourite Australia romped to victory in the Derby at Epsom on Saturday as Aidan O'Brien made history by becoming the first person to train the winner for a third year in succession. The 11-8 shot was...
View ArticleGeorge Street in Bath now reopened after collision between taxi and pizza...
George Street in Bath has now reopened after an earlier crash between a taxi and a pizza delivery motorbike at the junction with Milsom Street. Police and ambulance crews have been in attendance at the...
View ArticleGreat British Bake Off star Mary Berry receives Freedom of the City of Bath
Great British Bake Off star Mary Berry has been given Freedom of the City during the annual mayor making ceremony. Dignitaries, military personnel, politicians and guests left the Guildhall this...
View ArticleJenson Button qualifies ninth as Nico Rosberg nets pole position for Canadian...
Jenson Button qualified ninth for Sunday's Canadian Grand Prix as Nico Rosberg maintained Mercedes' perfect pole record in 2014. Frome Flyer Button got his McLaren into the top ten shoot-out in...
View ArticleAcademy Award-winning film producer Lord Puttnam opens new building at Bath...
Academy Award-winning film producer Lord Puttnam has opened a new building at Bath Spa University. The acclaimed producer, whose work includes The Killing Fields, Chariots of Fire, Bugsy Malone and...
View ArticleBath Goes Wild nature event in Queen Square
Families had fun getting back to nature with the first Bath Goes Wild event in Queen Square. The day-long event had been organised by the Bristol Natural History Consortium and brought together various...
View ArticleNew Bishop of Bath and Wells installed at Wells Cathedral
The new Bishop of Bath and Wells was installed during a service at Wells Cathedral yesterday. The Rt Rev Peter Hancock became the 79th Bishop of Bath and Wells in front of more than 1,000 people who...
View ArticleBrazil 2014 World Cup: England held to goalless draw by Honduras in final...
England were frustrated by both Honduras and the weather as their final World Cup warm-up game ended in a 0-0 draw in Miami on Saturday. An electrical storm above the Sun Life Stadium forced the match...
View ArticleEngland's Rabobank World Cup semi-final chances hang in the balance after...
England fell to their first defeat at the Rabobank Hockey World Cup on Saturday as world number one side Australia racked up a 5-0 win. Bobby Crutchley's men are now third in Pool A and must beat...
View ArticleLizzie Simmonds snatches 200m backstroke gold as Bath swimmers bag four...
Lizzie Simmonds won gold in the 200m backstroke on the first day of the Monaco Mare Nostrum in Monte Carlo on Saturday, the first of four medals for Bath-based swimmers. The British Gas National Centre...
View ArticleKate French finishes fourth at maiden modern penathlon World Cup Final
Kate French achieved the best result of her modern pentathlon career to date as she narrowly missed out on a medal by finishing fourth on her World Cup Final debut in Florida. French, who trains at the...
View ArticleWomen support Breakthrough Breast Cancer at Triathlon Pink in Bath
Women from across the South West have taken part in a charity "pink" triathlon day at the University of Bath. This was the second in a series of Triathlon Pink events taking place across the UK and...
View ArticleJenson Button finishes fourth at Canadian Grand Prix as Daniel Ricciardo...
Jenson Button secured his best result of the season with a fourth-placed finish at the Canadian Grand Prix on Sunday as Daniel Ricciardo claimed a shock win for Red Bull. Frome Flyer Button benefited...
View ArticleBath footballer Martin Sinclair captains England to pre-World Cup...
Bath's Martin Sinclair captained the England cerebral palsy team to victory in the seven-a-side International Trophy in Barcelona at the weekend. England clinched the title thanks to a hard-fought 1-1...
View ArticleUpdate: Man arrested after two killed in crash between van and lorry on M4
A man has been arrested after two people were killed in a crash between a lorry and a van which closed a westbound section of the M4 this morning. The motorway has now reopened, but was shut on the...
View ArticleBath City Community Sport Foundation wins Conference South award
Bath City FC's Community Sports Foundation has won a £10,000 prize, which will go towards helping football programmes for children and schools, at this year's Football Conference awards. The foundation...
View ArticleBath most expensive place in South West to buy a home
The average house price in Bath is now more than eight times a city wage packet making it the most expensive place to buy a home in the South West. Properties in Bath, which cost on average £241,262,...
View ArticlePeasedown pub gets ready for the FIFA World Cup
A Peasedown pub has been decorated with international flags as it gets ready to show all the countries playing in football's biggest competition: the FIFA World Cup. Customers at the Red Post Inn are...
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