Bath marketing campaigns bring £10.5 million into the city
Marketing campaigns for Bath have generated an additional £10.5 million into the city's economy and created 195 jobs.Bath Tourism Plus (BTP), the city's official marketing organisation, revealed the...
View ArticleGogglebox returns tomorrow night
Attention fans of the fourth wall everywhere, Gogglebox is returning tomorrow to provide us with more asinine hilarity as we watch people paid to do something we're all doing for free. Like a bunch of...
View ArticleFA Cup: Bath City director of football Adie Britton braced for "very, very...
Bath City director of football Adie Britton has warned his side to learn from their painful FA Cup exit of two years ago when Poole Town visit Twerton Park on Saturday (3pm).The Dorset visitors have...
View ArticleAlafoti Fa'osiliva and Olly Woodburn return to Bath Rugby side for trip to...
Bath Rugby have made two changes to their starting XV ahead of Saturday's showdown with Aviva Premiership champions Northampton Saints at Franklin's Gardens (3.15pm).Alafoti Fa'osiliva and Olly...
View ArticlePlay Strindberg @ Ustinov Studio, Bath review by Jackie Chappell
Play StrindbergUstinov Studio, BathComedies don't come much blacker than this play about marital disharmony but this one certainly packs a punch to mark the start of the Ustinov's autumn season.Play...
View ArticleNew service to tackle mild incontinence
An innovative new service is being launched by Sirona to tackle a hidden condition which often causes embarrassment for sufferers.The Bladder and Bowel Service – to be known as BABS - launches on...
View ArticleAvon and Somerset Police to honour fallen officers with parade on Sunday
By Chloe Pope and Ellie WestonA memorial day is to be held in the Avon and Somerset force area this weekend to honour police officers and staff who lost their lives while serving the community.A...
View ArticleOver 200 early years providers in the South West have achieved good ratings...
Statistics published by Ofsted show that 63 per cent of nurseries and early years providers in the South West were judged to be good between April and June this year.Ofsted carried out 4,952...
View Article2014 Ryder Cup results at a glance
Day 1: Friday, September 26Fourballs (Europe first)Justin Rose & Henrik Stenson won 5&4 v Bubba Watson & Webb SimpsonThomas Bjorn & Martin Kaymer A/S Rickie Fowler & Jimmy...
View ArticleLetter: How will new homes be built if companies are allowed to keep building...
How ironic when in a week the Chronicle highlights house prices now are eight times the average pay, in the same issue a student accommodation company was announcing they were submitting a planning...
View ArticleLetter: Police station move will help officers to arrive at incidents promptly
We have all benefited from Bath's vibrant economy over the last year. We have high employment and we attract investment and visitors at increasing levels.There is however a down side to the this...
View ArticleLetter: Bath's elderly population needs more seats in shops to sit down and rest
Nothing would please me more than to have you take up the following complaint on behalf of the high proportion of an ageing population affected by the lack of seating in shops.Look for a chair or a...
View ArticleLetter: Bus drivers' game is causing annoyance
Passengers hoping to travel from Bath bus station should be aware of a new 'game' the drivers are playing.It's very simple, just park in a bay nowhere near the allotted one and forget to inform the...
View ArticleWant to be a rugby pro? The Bath Chronicle's head of content samples a Bath...
Still hanging onto his dreams of playing in the pros at the ripe old age of 35, we sent head of content Alex Brown down to Bath Rugby to be put through his paces...The desire to be a pro rugby player...
View ArticleVauxhall issues a safety warning after 3,000 cars are affected by a steering...
Vauxhall is warning some customers to stop driving their cars and check if they have been affected by a steering problem.Those affected are customers of any Adam and Corsa/Corsavan models registered...
View ArticleBath's hottest festival, the Bath Chilli Festival, is today
Bath's hottest festival, the Bath Chilli Festival, begins at 11am today.The festival, at The University of Bath, is running a number of activities, from how to make chilli cocktails and curry on a...
View ArticleSaint Gregory's worldwide links are recognised with two top awards
Saint Gregory's in Bath has received two prestigious awards for the quality of its geography teaching and its links with schools internationally.The school, at Bay Tree Road, has been awarded the...
View ArticleFace fuzz wins Chris Rogers a national title at last week's British Beard and...
A Bath man's face fuzz has won him a national title.Weston's Chris Rogers came first in the Full Beard Natural (under 12 inches) at last week's British Beard and Moustache Championships.Chris, who...
View ArticleBurst water main in Kingswood expected to be fixed today
Update at midday:Bristol Water believes almost all water supplies affected by the burst main in Kingswood have now been restored to normal.However, teams of engineers are still flushing out the network...
View ArticleBath's Monkton Combe School helps to launch a new £1.2 million boathouse...
Olympic medallist Alex Partridge opened a new £1.2 million boathouse facility for rowers from the Bristol and Bath region today.The new facility, in Saltford, is joint project between the University of...
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