Cycle path campaign to link Peasedown St John with Odd Down
A cyclist is rallying support for a new cycle path linking Peasedown St John with Odd Down in Bath.Matt Creed, 27, has persuaded council leader Paul Crossley to look into the issue as a way of cutting...
View ArticleTeenager Loren Bleaken scoops Running Bath accolade after outstanding 2012
For Loren Bleaken, 2012 was quite simply an outstanding year. The 17-year-old Team Bath AC runner from Marshfield, who is a member of Adrian Clover's outstanding group of young athletes, stamped her...
View ArticleTOM BRADSHAW: Freddie and Henry - the two that got away
In early November, according to one of their dads, two Bath lads met up at The Rising Sun pub in the city centre to watch the start of England's Autumn International campaign. Nothing strange about...
View ArticleCarl Fearns returns to Bath Rugby line-up for LV= Cup clash at Gloucester
Big-hitting Carl Fearns is back in Bath Rugby's starting line-up for Saturday's final LV= Cup pool match against West Country rivals Gloucester at Kingsholm (2pm). Fearns will be joined in the back row...
View ArticleHomeboy Banahan happy to extend Bath Rugby stay
Being part of a bright Bath Rugby future is what made Matt Banahan's decision to sign a new contract with the club a no-brainer. The giant centre has been at The Rec since joining the academy as a...
View ArticleBride-to-be arrested just before wedding in Bath
A bride-to-be has been arrested just minutes before she was due to get married in Bath today. Police have confirmed that they arrested a 35-year-old woman in Weston this afternoon. The woman, who is...
View ArticleShed silenced as Bath Rugby win at Gloucester to secure LV= Cup semi-final spot
MATCH REPORT: Gloucester 5 Bath Rugby 32 Bath Rugby booked an LV= Cup semi-final spot for the second successive year after breaking their Kingsholm hoodoo with a bonus-point triumph. The win was Bath's...
View ArticleAnother black mark against Bath City as Staines steal win at the death
Match report: BATH CITY 0 STAINES TOWN 1 (Marsh 88) Tyrone Marsh struck two minutes from time as struggling Staines Town inflicted defeat on a lacklustre Bath City. Marcus Gayle's side arrived at...
View ArticleTunley fail to halt table-topping Radstock on return to action
Tunley Athletic failed to halt table-topping Radstock Town Reserves in the Somerset League Division 2 East as they suffered a 3-1 home defeat on their return to action after a two-week break. Matt...
View ArticleFreshford's fab four maintains Trowbridge League title push
Freshford United kept up their push for the Trowbridge Windows & Conservatories Trowbridge League Division 1 title with a 4-0 home victory over Warminster Town Reserves. Jamie Olding netted in each...
View ArticleCouple rescued after plunging 20 feet down Bath riverbank
A couple have been rescued after slipping 20 feet down an embankment along the River Avon in Bath.The pair, a man and a woman believed to be 18 to 20 years old, were rescued by fire crews from Bath...
View ArticleRidout hits hat-trick as free-scoring Bradford climb into top two
TOOLSTATION DIVISION 1 Bradford Town climbed into the Toolstation Division 1 promotion places as Nick Ridout's hat-trick helped them run out 4-0 winners at Welton Rovers. Town, who have now won their...
View ArticleDevon delight as Larkhall complete double over Buckland
Larkhall Athletic handed Buckland Athletic a first home Toolstation Premier Division defeat of the season with an emphatic 3-0 success in Devon. The result lifts the Larks – who progressed to the fifth...
View ArticleAnya Shrubsole among the wickets as England bounce back against World Cup...
Anya Shrubsole claimed a wicket as England defeated hosts India by 32 runs to record their first win of the ICC Women's World Cup in Mumbai. The Bath pace ace sat out the holders' surprise one-wicket...
View ArticleSir James Dyson's tap that gets you wet – and then dry again
First it was a boat with wheels, then a wheelbarrow with a ball. Then a vacuum cleaner without a bag, a super-powered hand-dryer and a fan without blades. And now, after seven years and millions of...
View ArticleClouds on the horizon
Is it the jet stream or the wrong kind of rain that's causing our dreadful and damaging weather, asks Philip Bowern. Both seems to be the answer, according to the experts The weather is always news in...
View ArticleTight spot . . . lucky escape for elderly driver in Bath parking drama
An elderly driver has had a lucky escape after he accidently reversed his car into and over some park railings in Bath. Police were called to Park Lane, next to Royal Victoria Park, at around 5.30pm...
View ArticleIce and strong winds forecast in Bath today
The public should be wary of icy roads and pavements this morning and braced for strong winds this afternoon, as Bath could see gusts of up to 39mph. A yellow weather warning of ice is in place until...
View ArticlePozzi and Child set new championship records in Birmingham
Andy Pozzi showed he had put the hamstring injury which forced him to pull up during the Olympics firmly behind him by clocking a championship-best time at the Birmingham Indoor Games. His time of...
View ArticleTop 10 things to do in and around Bath this Easter
EVEN if the family has consumed enough chocolate to last a whole year, there are no excuses not to get out and about this Easter in Bath, the glorious Georgian city where history runs deep. Whichever...
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