Bath’s Lib Dem MP Wera Hobhouse has been doing her bit on National Clean Air Day. She’s got the government to confirm that they are looking at implementing her bill, which would strengthen local authority […]
Month: June 2019
New cycle and walk route backed.
Some good news in on National Clean Air Day. Ambitious plans to create a 5km walking and cycling route, connecting the new Bath Quays development with sites across the city, has been backed with funding […]
Just your imagination.
This morning, Bath’s annual Forest of the Imagination week-end event was being being put together – in and around the Holburne Museum and within Sydney gardens. This year’s lay-out is designed by a collective of […]
Why what’s best adds up to zero.
I cannot say today’s National Clean Air Day had much effect on the usual London Road queues into the centre of Bath. We were supposed to make an effort to find an alternative way into […]
Bath 5 star hotel to be sold.
One of Bath’s prestige 5-star hotels appears to be changing hands. According to the Scottish-based Herald newspaper, Macdonalds Hotels is selling 27 of its properties including the Macdonald Bath Spa and Hotel behind Sydney gardens. […]
In the steps of a hero.
It’s your final chance this coming Saturday morning – June 22nd – to walk in the steps of our nation’s naval hero Admiral Lord Nelson by joining the last of this summer’s guided trails which […]
Red Dwarf star chairs talk on Bath’s green future.
Robert Llewellyn of Red Dwarf and Scrapheap Challenge fame was in Bath at the week-end to chair an event on the Past, Present & Future of Community Energy. Robert, a keen advocate of the transition […]
Don’t forget our park.
Our story about the celebrations to mark the centenary of the Peace Oak in Sydney Gardens has brought a message from Ian Herve. He says: ‘While you are on the subject of parks in Bath, […]
Peace tree remembered.
There’s one tree – on the west lawn – in Sydney Gardens that has a special connection with the end of the Great War. It’s a ‘Peace Oak’ planted in July 1919 by the then […]
Former councillors honoured.
Twelve former B&NES councillors – who have devoted years of their lives to public service – have been honoured in a special ceremony held at Bath’s Guildhall. They were awarded the title of Honorary Alderman […]
