Local residents set to mark the burial of a community time capsule in Keynsham
Residents of Keynsham are marking the burial of a time capsule on Saturday 10th September, after a 50-year-old capsule was uncovered when the new Civic Centre development was started in 2013. When...
View ArticleWheelchair fencer and skeleton star join ranks of MJ Church sporting ambassadors
Piers Gilliver, the world’s number-one wheelchair fencer, and rising skeleton star Jor’dan McIntosh have been named as the latest sporting ambassadors for MJ Church, Team Bath’s new partner. They join...
View ArticleOne week to go until introduction of new car park and payment system at RUH
The first phase of a new 300-space public car park at Bath’s Royal United Hospital opens next week (Monday 12th September), coinciding with the introduction of a new parking payment system. A total of...
View ArticleAppeal for witnesses launched after woman killed in collision on A36 near Bath
Avon and Somerset Police have launched an appeal for witnesses following a fatal collision on the A36, in the Hinton Charterhouse area, yesterday afternoon (5th September). The collision between a car...
View ArticleBudding Bath Spa Uni film student recruited to produce wedding festival video
Bohemian Dreams, the events company behind the BoShow Wedding Festival, has partnered with Bath Spa University to offer a budding film student the opportunity to produce a short film covering the...
View ArticleGreen Park Station to celebrate launch of venue’s exciting new food quarter
Green Park Station will show off its new food traders in partnership with Bath Pizza Co and the Bath Instagram community on Saturday 1st October, the opening day of the Great Bath Feast. Bath Pizza Co...
View ArticleAvon Fire & Rescue Service offers safety advice as part of UK Business Week
Avon Fire & Rescue Service (AF&RS) is supporting UK Business Week (Monday 5th to Sunday 11th September) by offering safety information to local businesses. UK Business Safety Week is organised...
View ArticleLocal residents encouraged to pop on their aprons for Ted’s Big Bake Off 2016
Between Monday 17th and Friday 21st October, The Forever Friends Appeal are asking people across Bath, Somerset and Wiltshire to pop on their aprons and get baking for the Royal United Hospital....
View ArticlePregnant women urged to protect their babies from infectious whooping cough
Cases of highly infectious whooping cough have increased by 25% across the region, posing a serious risk to babies and young infants. Yet despite the rise, thousands of women are still not being...
View ArticleRoman Baths launches new ‘Beneath My Feet’ app to help visitors explore site
Visitors to the Roman Baths can now explore locations around the perimeter of the historic site where ancient remains and precious artefacts were unearthed, thanks to a new ‘Beneath My Feet’ app. The...
View ArticleSon of Thunderbirds creator urges people to join him at the Bath Memory Walk
Dr Who director and son of the creator of Thunderbirds, Jamie Anderson, is urging people to join him in signing up to Memory Walk in Bath and walk for a world without dementia. The event will take...
View ArticleConservatives call for council to support action to end FGM and modern slavery
Conservatives in Bath and North East Somerset are calling upon the council to support action to put an end to both modern slavery and female genital mutilation (FGM). Conservative councillors have...
View ArticleLocal law firm Mogers Drewett becomes Team Bath Netball’s education partner
West Country law firm Mogers Drewett, has signed an agreement to become Team Bath Netball’s education partner, funding a number of workshops to integrate the team into local schools. As its key...
View ArticleCouncil adopts ambitious charter setting out shared vision for Foxhill area...
Bath & North East Somerset Council has adopted a new charter to help shape the future of the Foxhill area of Combe Down, Bath. The Foxhill Regeneration and Development Charter has been developed...
View ArticleBig Bath City Bid secures third of goal as it pushes on towards £300,000 target
The Bath City FC Supporters Society has succeeded in securing a third of the £300,000 target needed to allow the Society to take a majority stake in the club and move Bath City FC into community...
View ArticleBudding young poets in Bath set to have their work published in new book
A group of budding young poets from across the Bath and North East Somerset area are to have their work published in a new book. B&NES Youth Connect, asked young people who use the Council’s Youth...
View Article‘All victims should have access to restorative justice’ says PPC Sue...
A report by the Justice Select Committee, which states that restorative justice (RJ) should be available to all victims of crime, has been strongly welcomed by Avon and Somerset Police and Crime...
View ArticleBath City FC Supporters Society to hold public meeting for the Big Bath City Bid
The Bath City FC Supporters Society will be holding a public meeting in Randalls at Twerton Park at 7.30pm on Thursday 15th September. The meeting will give interested parties an opportunity to hear...
View ArticleCelebratory reception at House of Commons honours managers of two Bath pubs
Local MP Ben Howlett met with ecstatic Steve Kenward and Jonathan Langan from Molloys and the Lamb and Lion at the House of Commons last week as part of a celebratory reception. Steve and Jonathan were...
View ArticleTorchlit Summer Evenings at the Roman Baths attract record visitor numbers
Torchlit Summer Evenings at the Roman Baths attracted record visitor numbers this year, with more than 40,000 evening visitors during July and August, up from just under 33,000 in 2015 and 29,000 in...
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