Following an extensive nine-month consultation – ahead of appointing a lead architect and design team – Bath Rugby today launch Stadium for Bath. It’s flagship project that brings together the Club, Bath Rugby Foundation and […]
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Month: November 2017
Brunel’s footbridge still due to be restored.
Brunel’s cast iron footbridge over the main line to London – cutting through Bath’s Sydney Gardens – is now open again. There’s also news on whether or not the historic structure will be restored. Network […]
Shape the future.
Housing, jobs and transport. What do you think of the way your city is progressing? Well, residents are invited to have their say on development plans to help shape the future of Bath and North […]
The lights of Walcot Street.
Well, l certainly hope what l witnessed in Walcot Street last night will be the start of a new city festive tradition. Schools and community groups coming together to hold a procession of lanterns. It […]
All of a Christmas ‘flapper’ at American Museum.
It’s one of the highlights of the local festive season. Getting up to the American Museum to see how the fabulous Central Hall tree has been dressed. I joined the museum’s members at their annual […]
Getting it right?
The city’s revised recycling and refuse collecting operation seems to be delivering a bonus. The Council says recycling rates in Bath and North East Somerset have jumped with around 100 tonnes of waste now being […]
Bath’s Viking history.
Today l came face to face with a small – but important – part of Bath’s history. It lies encased in shaped polystyrene – and stored in the vaults of the Roman Baths Museum – […]
Rubbish.
Well, that was fun. Happened to be in while one of B&NES new recycling lorries made its slow way down the street. Not sure the guys have completely got the hang of the new system […]
Wedged in Westgate Street.
The Council does little to help traders in the city’s Westgate Street. I make no excuses for regarding it as one of the dirtiest, run down and traffic-choked thoroughfares in our World Heritage city. A […]
Lost and Found
Bath’s newly revamped refuse and recycling collections have maybe made us stop and think about rubbish. Certainly David Attenborough’s BBC production Blue Planet 2 has made some of us aware of the amount of plastic […]
