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. […]
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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 […]
Dad’s delight!
A car ordered by legendary singer Frank Sinatra is one of the star attractions in this year’s Bath Festival of Motoring which is back again for this Father’s Day weekend, June 15th and 16th. at the […]
Playing it for real.
Great to see how the business organisation Bath BID has teamed up with the plantsmen at the Parks Department to produce some amazing floral displays around the city. This year too the Southgate Shopping Centre […]
Are bikes electric?
I am finally able to answer a question posed a while ago by a Bath Newseum follower. John Batty wrote to say: ‘It’s now 4 months since Next Bikes disappeared. Where are the replacement e-bikes […]
Keeping up appearances.
Right under the noses of B&NES – just across the High Street from Bath’s Guildhall – this is the pile of rubbish that greeted commuters on their way to work this morning. It’s a mixture […]
