Limited visiting reinstated

Limited visiting has been reinstated at Bath’s Royal United Hospital. Most visiting was suspended in December 2021 to help protect…

Pic of the day. Monday, February 14th

Pic of the day. Sunday, February 13th

Picture of the day. Saturday, February 12th

Cotton buds in sky and bush. First time since l have ventured up to Upper Swainswick on my own two…

Waiting for treatment

The latest stats from NHS England, published in January, reveal that 31,550 patients in Bath are waiting to start treatment. …

Dan digs deep

Metro Mayor Dan Norris has been in our patch – inspecting a ‘tree-making green factory’ as he helped to dig…

Pic of the day. Friday, February 11th

Moonlight

Toilet revamp

Another public loo back in business. Work has been completed on reopening a disability-compliant toilet at Charlotte Street in Bath…

Recording session for Bath Abbey choirs

Bath Abbey’s Choirs of Boys, Girls and Lay-clerks will be busy next week – recording a new CD. Provisionally titled…

Parents praise RUH maternity care.

[The RUH’s Bath Birthing Centre team] Seems expectant parents are very pleased with the care they have been receiving from…

Pic(s) of the day. Thursday, February 10th

Thanks to Caroline Francis-King for today’s illustration of these floral ‘messengers’ of a spring soon to come. A colourful splash…

Kick the weed

Did you know it’s reckoned that smoking is killing around 160 people in our area every year? Data also shows…

Leafy Larkhall

B&NES Parks Department lead a volunteer session in the Little Park on St Saviour’s Road in Larkhall to plant 25…

Future of former gasworks site

St William, a joint venture between the Berkeley Group and National Grid formed to regenerate under utilised gasworks and gasholder…

Step out on Mr Fuller’s Bridge?

Elsewhere on this page l was suggesting ‘Newark’ as the name for the new pedestrian bridge across the River Avon…

Don’t mess with our library

Seems the Friends of Bath Library are ‘angry and disappointed’ that B&NES – they argue – seems to have ‘u-turned’…

Full Christmas Market due to return

We’ve hardly finished waving off the Christmas festivities of last year and here comes news of a Christmas to come.…

Speaking up for those who cannot.

[Image taken from Humane Society International website] Good to see our local MP speaking up for animals subjected to the…