Staff at Bath’s Butterfly Home Help share festive cheer with party for families
Staff at one of Bath’s leading private home care companies shared some festive cheer by organising a Christmas party for their clients and families. Butterfly, which has teams of carers working across...
View ArticleTrading Standards team warn locals not to be caught out by rogue traders’...
Bath & North East Somerset Council’s Trading Standards Team is warning residents across the Bath area not to fall for a door-to-door fish-selling scam, after a number of recent reports. The team...
View ArticlePolice arrest two men in connection with serious assault on 26-year-old in Bath
Avon and Somerset Police have arrested two men in connection with a serious assault in the Newton Road area of Bath last week, though investigations are still continuing. A 26-year-old man required...
View ArticleWessex Water reveal treasured toys that have been fished out of sewer system
The wait is almost over to discover what Father Christmas has delivered this year, but spare a thought for those toys that end up being flushed down the loo, says Wessex Water. During the year some of...
View ArticleBath’s Fashion Museum set to stage special ‘Lace in Fashion’ exhibition next...
The Fashion Museum’s special exhibition for 2017 will be ‘Lace in Fashion’, drawing on the riches of the museum’s collection, as well as generous loans from contemporary fashion designers. The...
View ArticleBath & North East Somerset Council to step-up support for rough sleepers
Efforts will be stepped up to help address the number of rough sleepers in Bath and North East Somerset, after the annual count found an estimated 25 people sleeping outdoors. The estimate was carried...
View ArticleEnjoy Christmas safely and reduce the risk of fire at home urges firefighters
As preparations for Christmas get underway, firefighters from Avon Fire & Rescue Service (AF&RS) are reminding people to make sure they celebrate safely and reduce the risk of fire. Christmas...
View ArticleSisters diagnosed with cancer just weeks apart back new charity campaign
Two sisters, both from the Bath area, admit to being closer than ever after a life-changing experience of a breast cancer diagnosis just weeks apart from each other. Amy Buller, 35 from Oldfield Park...
View ArticleTwo men found guilty over the Lansdown Lane tipper truck crash which killed four
Two men have been found guilty at Bristol Crown Court of four counts of manslaughter, following the tipper truck crash on Lansdown Lane in Bath in February 2015. It brings to an end a 22-month complex...
View ArticleCouncil set to improve independence for local people with learning disabilities
Bath & North East Somerset Council has been successful in bidding for £456,800 of Government funding to improve independence for people with learning disabilities. In September the Department of...
View ArticleDog spends Christmas with family after dramatic rescue from Bath football stand
Bath firefighters were able to give a dog’s owners an early Christmas present by reuniting them with their pet who had become trapped under a concrete football stand. Taz, the Patterdale Terrier, had...
View ArticleNew health campaign encourages locals to ‘take a little action for a big...
Public Health England (PHE) is urging adults in the South West to take action about their health, citing recent figures which show they are taking many unnecessary risks. PHE is particularly...
View ArticleSaturday bus services to Radstock and Westfield to be restored following...
People living in the Tyning area of Radstock and the Waterford Park and Poets Estate area of Westfield will once again be able to catch the bus to Radstock and Midsomer Norton town centres on...
View ArticlePolice appeal for information after man’s body discovered on Christmas Eve
Avon and Somerset Police are appealing for the public’s help in tracing the movements of a man whose body was found in South Gloucestershire, north of Bath, on Christmas Eve. Officers launched a murder...
View ArticleNew ‘Art at the Heart’ exhibition goes on display at CircleBath in Peasedown...
The expertise and knowledge of the RUH’s art team is expanding its role and has begun providing services across the wider community, with Art at the Heart now exhibiting at CircleBath in Peasedown St...
View ArticleBath Rugby stars donate over £3000 to local Teenage Cancer Trust unit
Members of the Bath Rugby team visited the specialist Teenage Cancer Trust unit at Bristol Haematology and Oncology Centre (BHOC) just before Christmas to present a cheque for £3,175. The money was...
View ArticleRUH’s Forever Friends Appeal announces winner of popular 2016 Grand Draw
The Forever Friends Appeal have announced the winner of this year’s Grand Draw 2016 as Mrs Kettle from Horfield in Bristol, who won the star prize, a brand new Kia Picanto car. The prize was generously...
View ArticleNew initiative to help local residents find employment with weekly drop-in...
People living in Peasedown St John and the surrounding areas now have more opportunities to look for employment, thanks to a new initiative. Peasedown St John Residents’ Association, which holds weekly...
View ArticleLast chance to have say on Avon Fire & Rescue’s priorities as part of...
Local people are being reminded to have their say on the future priorities of Avon Fire & Rescue Service (AF&RS) before the 31st December deadline. A six-week consultation into the Service’s...
View Article59 people arrested as police mark first anniversary of new domestic abuse law
Avon and Somerset Police have marked the first anniversary of a new law established to protect victims of domestic abuse and violence, and announced that since the introduction 59 people have been...
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