Jessops reopens city store
Camera retailer Jessops has reopened its Bath store – four months after the company collapsed.Jessops was the first high street casualty of 2013 with more than 1,300 jobs lost nationally, including...
View ArticleHairdresser helped women through trauma of hair loss
A woman who helped hundreds of local women overcome the trauma of hair loss has died.Gill Morris, who has died at the age of 67, worked as a hairdresser at Hatt's city salon between 1961 and 1971.In...
View ArticlePeregrine falcon chicks hatch on Bath church roof
A pair of baby peregrine falcons have hatched high on a city church.The eggs were two of four laid in a nesting box at St John's Catholic Church in South Parade in April.The two chicks appeared at the...
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CJ Wheeler tribute
Hundreds of lanterns lit up the sky in tribute to a popular young Bath shop worker who has died from cancer.Carl John Wheeler, who was known as CJ, passed away at the Dorothy House hospice at Winsley...
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Inquiry to resume into building thousands of homes
A public inquiry into plans to build thousands of new homes across the Bath area is expected to resume this summer.Bath and North East Somerset Council received around 1,000 comments from residents...
View ArticleNo appeal for witness
Police have said they are no longer appealing for witnesses after a man was found collapsed in the city more than a week ago.A 24-year-old man was found unconscious in Beechen Cliff Road at around...
View ArticleLink to epilepsy
Research at the University of Bath has found a previously undiscovered link between epileptic seizures and signs of autism in adults.Dr SallyAnn Wakeford, from the university's Department of...
View ArticleDysons' contribution to health
The Dysons have always been firm supporters of the Forever Friends Appeal, donating £500,000 to the Space to Grow campaign in 2010, resulting in the new unit for premature babies being called the Dyson...
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Sir James Dyson: Why we gave £4m to Royal United Hospital appeal
The biggest donation ever received by the Royal United Hospital has enabled a campaign to build a new cancer unit to reach its target.Designer and entrepreneur Sir James Dyson and his wife Lady Deirdre...
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Workers face being deported after raids on restaurants on takeaways in Bath area
Eighteen workers are facing removal from the country after a series of immigration raids in the Bath area.Officials from the Home Office visited four restaurants and takeaways last Thursday, forcing...
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JONNY WILKINSON: I'm counting down the days to 2015 World Cup
England Rugby 2015 ambassador Jonny Wilkinson played at four Rugby World Cups and was the hero of the hour in his country's triumph over Australia in 2003. Here, following the announcement of venues...
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Bath top place for women and under 25s in business
The Bath business community is proving a national trail blazer hiring more women and young people in top jobs. The city has come out in the top ten of UK towns for female director and young director...
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Singer Stevie-Jo Dooley from Bath in national battle of the bands final
An 18-year-old singer from Bath is hoping to bring the House down later this month. Talented Stevie-Jo Dooley, from Lansdown, has been named one of the finalists in the Parliamentary music competition...
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My Bath: Geoff Dunford . . . great view from hills, day or night
River Regeneration Trust chairman Geoff Dunford answers the questions in our My Bath featureWhat's your favourite part of BathMy favourite part of the city is the abbey and its surrounding streets, and...
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Monkton Pre-Prep pupils dress up as their future selves
Children have dressed up as the workers they want to be when they grow up for a school charity day.Youngsters at Monkton Pre-Prep donated money to Save the Children to spend the day in their outfits....
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Bath Cricket Club start new girls-only matches at North Parade
Bath Cricket Club's North Parade ground will today play host to the opening matches in a new scheme designed to encourage more girls to play the sport. Primary and secondary schools across the region...
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City set for a fabulous Bath International Music Festival
Once again the Bath International Music Festival kicks off mid-week, this time to the sounds of the Scottish Chamber Orchestra Strings at Bath Abbey. This is the first festival organised by Alasdair...
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Bath Contemporary holds an important retrospective for artist Endre Roder
Gay Street gallery Bath Contemporary is currently showing the first major South West retrospective of Endré Roder's work and a celebration of 80 years of artistic endeavour. More than 30 works are on...
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Sebastian Faulks's best-selling epic Birdsong lands at Theatre Royal Bath
A vivid new stage production of Sebastian Faulks's best-selling epic Birdsong a comes to the Theatre Royal Bath next week.Set against the backdrop of the Western Front, Rachel Wagstaff's adaptation of...
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Ex-Kingswood School head's novel The Jacobite Murders reveals forgotten part...
An often forgotten part of Bath's history has become the focus for a new novel called The Jacobite Murders written by local author Gary Best, a former head teacher at Kingswood School in Bath.Set in...
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