Bath Abbey Set To Fundraise With Second Great Bake Sale
Back due to popular demand, Bath Abbey is holding another Great Bath Bake Sale for the Great Bath Feast, taking place on the 3rd October from 11am – 3pm. Bath Abbey will be opening its doors to the...
View ArticleBath’s Victoria Art Gallery Acquires Adrian Heath Painting
A striking oil painting by one of the most important post-war artists, Adrian Heath, will go on display at Bath & North East Somerset Council’s Victoria Art Gallery from 29th September....
View ArticleSainsbury’s Fundraise To Install Defibrillators Across Bath
Bath & North East Somerset Council is working alongside Sainsbury’s and the Community Heartbeat Trust to raise funds to install lifesaving defibrillators across the district. Over the next four...
View ArticleBath’s MP Launches Dedicated Twitter Hour For Locals
Ben Howlett is launching his own Twitter hour, #HowlettsHour, so those using the social network can discuss local issues and interact directly with their MP. For the Tweeters amongst you the concept...
View ArticleTeam Bath Netball Set To Face Superleague Champions
Team Bath Netball will get their 2016 Vitality Superleague campaign under way against defending champions Surrey Storm during a ground-breaking Super Saturday event. Four matches – all televised live...
View ArticleCouncil Partners With Theatre Company For Short Stories
Following the Council’s successful short story competition last year, they are once again partnering up with A Word in Your Ear and Kilter Theatre for the Annual Short Story Competition. This year’s...
View ArticleOpportunity For Local Voices To Be Heard At RUH’s AGM
The Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust (RUH) will be holding its Annual General Meeting (AGM) next week, on Wednesday 30th September. The AGM – which incorporates the Trust’s Annual...
View ArticleServices For Local Carers Shortlisted For National Award
Services delivered collaboratively by health, local authority and voluntary sector organisations to support carers across B&NES have been nominated for a prestigious healthcare award. Bath and...
View ArticleCuro In Bloom Celebrates Finest Gardens Across Bath
Glorious gardens created by green-fingered Curo residents have been celebrated at the 2015 Curo in Bloom Awards ceremony, held in Bath earlier in this month. 2015 was another fabulous year for Curo in...
View ArticleSupport On Offer For Vulnerable Adults In Police Custody
Vulnerable adults in Avon and Somerset are being supported by a scheme to provide them with Appropriate Adults when they are detained in police custody. Appropriate Adults are volunteers who assist...
View ArticleFencers Get GB Call For Rio 2016 Olympic Competition
University of Bath students Tom Edwards and Chris Hay have been selected by British Fencing for an Olympic qualifying competition in Switzerland next month. The 52nd Tissot Grand Prix of Bern – a World...
View ArticleAir Ambulance Pilot To Jump From Aircraft For Charity
Great Western Air Ambulance pilot Jim Green has decided to go against everything he knows and throw himself from an aircraft in the name of charity. Jim is used to being above the clouds as he pilots...
View ArticleGreen Light For First 275 Homes At Bath’s Mulberry Park
Detailed plans for the first 275 new homes at Mulberry Park (the former Foxhill MOD site in Bath), have been approved unanimously by local councillors at a meeting last week. This follows the planning...
View Article£115k To Be Spent Improving Play Parks Across Bath
Bath & North East Somerset Council is investing £115,000 on improving facilities on some of the area’s play parks, with work set to start at two sites in Bath. The first play parks to receive a...
View ArticlePublic Consultation Begun On Court Closure Proposals
Bath & North East Somerset Council’s Community Transport and Environment Panel is set to submit its response to the proposal to close Bath Magistrates Court & Family Court. The Panel undertook...
View ArticleBath’s Liberal Democrats Call For Cut In Tourism VAT
The Liberal Democrats have become the first major political party to back a campaign to reduce the Value Added Tax on Britain’s Tourism Industry. The move came when the party voted to back the campaign...
View ArticleThe House Creates Branding For Percent Club Initiative
Bath-based branding agency The House has created a visual identity for Percent Club, a new initiative that encourages businesses to give a percentage of their profits towards charity. The House has...
View ArticlePolice Investigating Unexplained Death On Saltford Footpath
Avon and Somerset Police are currently investigating the unexplained death of a man near Saltford, after a member of the public found a body on a footpath. Officers were called shortly before 8.30am...
View ArticleLocal WW1 Hero To Be Commemorated By Council
A special ceremony to honour a hero of the Great War is to be held in Paulton on Thursday 8th October, organised by Paulton Parish Council and two local councillors. Oliver Brooks was the only soldier...
View ArticleBath Smokers Urged To Ditch Their Habit For Stoptober
Smokers across Bath and North East Somerset are being urged to ditch their habit for Stoptober, with an aim to becoming smoke free by 28th October. Until 2nd October, a pop-up shop in Bath run by...
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