Did we need to spend £55k on solar bins?
So, the week after we learn that the local Liberal Democrats have reneged on their promise to keep vital public toilets open until the next spending review at a saving of approximately £55,000 per...
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For me, it's the perfect place to live
What's your favourite part of Bath?At the risk of being obvious, it is the Royal Crescent. I've been spending a lot of time there over the past year, helping to prepare No. 1 Royal Crescent for its...
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Three Ways School buys new minibus with help from Wish campaign cash
Pupils at a special needs school have taken delivery of a new 17-seat minibus which was partially paid for by prize money from the Chronicle's Wish campaign.Three Ways School, in Frome Road, Odd Down,...
View ArticleGolden Valley Paddocks farm faces enforcement action
Owners of a controversial poultry farm are facing enforcement action after failing to secure planning permission.Golden Valley Paddocks, in the Woolley Valley, has been told it has to remove ten...
View ArticlePupils on the pedal drums
Bath primary schoolchildren are preparing to launch the country's first Bike Band.The healthy living initiative will feature 60 Year 5 pupils from Oldfield Park Juniors singing with bells and drums on...
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Smallest pub on market
Bath's smallest pub has been put up for sale.The Coeur De Lion in Northumberland Place is on the market for £395,000 on a freehold basis.The pub is currently run by Bath brewery Abbey Ales, which also...
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TV is professional reading – on stage you're everything
Jason Manford has not run away to join the opera. Despite winning ITV1's charity-based talent competition Born To Shine, putting his new-found talent into practice by joining Alfie Boe on tour and then...
View ArticleSteely superhero lacks emotion in bruising reboot
MAN OF STEEL (12A, 143 mins) Action/Sci-Fi/Romance. Henry Cavill, Amy Adams, Michael Shannon, Kevin Costner, Diane Lane, Russell Crowe, Antje Traue, Laurence Fishburne, Ayelet Zurer, Cooper Timberline,...
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New producer says tango will temptaudiences
It's a late night in the Buenos Aires bar. The air is tense with expectation. A man and a woman enter and the dance begins. You are on a journey which offers danger and excitement, joy and jealousy,...
View ArticleAccused denies trying to kill ballet dancer
A young ballet star feared his career was over when his neck was broken after being mugged for his mobile phone, a court heard.Royal Bern Ballet dancer Jack Widdowson, from Bath, faced spending the...
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Link School Spring Fayre helps animals
Children at a Bath school have raised more than £150 for local abandoned animals by hosting a Spring Fayre.The Link School, in Frome Road, which caters for youngsters with behavioural difficulties,...
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Police warning after rise in theft of poultry
Police are appealing for information after a spate of poultry thefts over recent weeks.Officers are investigating a number of similar incidents in which chickens and ducks have been reported stolen...
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Bath Holburne Museum's 250 thank-yous to its army of volunteers
A Bath museum has held a party for its volunteers to thank them for their hard work.To mark National Volunteer Week the Holburne Museum threw a celebration for its 250 volunteers.Volunteer manager...
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Bath shoppers have chance to show off piano talents at SouthGate
Bath has been showing it has got talent with the arrival of a piano.As well as finding a good fashion bargain, shoppers in SouthGate are also being given the chance to win a piano.Throughout the summer...
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My Bath: Adrian Tinniswood . . . for me, it's the perfect place to live
Writer and historian Adrian Tinniswood, who is a board member of the Bath Preservation Trust, answers the questions in our My Bath featureWhat's your favourite part of Bath?At the risk of being...
View ArticleTravel sites 'could take you for a ride'
Holiday-makers are being warned to be wary of paying unnecessary fees for travel documents this summer.Bath and North East Somerset Council is advising people not to be fooled by businesses offering...
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Shortlist released for Bath's Apprenticeship Awards
The shortlist for Bath's inaugural Apprenticeship Awards has been announced.The 11 categories up for grabs have received dozens of entries from local businesses and apprentices.The awards were launched...
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There's so much pupils can learn from helpers at Retired and Senior Volunteer...
An organisation which arranges for volunteers to go and help at schools across Bath and north east Somerset is appealing for more people to get involved.The Retired and Senior Volunteer Programme...
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Ten years on and Bath book club's still turning over a new leaf
A Bath book club which was set up ten years ago has been celebrating the fact that it is still going strong a decade later.The owner of Oldfield Park Bookshop, Harry Wainwright, came up with the...
View ArticleWitnesses needed after woman knocked off her bike in Oldfield Park yesterday
A 21-year-old woman from Bath who has been left on crutches after being knocked off her bike is appealing for the driver who hit her to come forward. Margaret Mogg, who lives just off Englishcombe...
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