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A ring to mourn a canal builder

John Rennie was a Scottish civil engineer – a young East Lothian farmer’s son – and born in 1761. He made … More

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A penny for your thoughts?

B&NES has big plans for making historic Sydney Gardens more ’21st century’ friendly. That’s if the council is successful in … More

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Brush up on industry

Yesterday – Saturday, September 24th – l popped along to the seventh Industrial Heritage Exhibition  – held at Bath City … More

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Consultation favours skateboard facility for Alice Park.

A park and ride site east of Bath isn’t the only facility being pushed for at this end of the … More

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Majority back new West of England Mayor-led Authority

The people of B&NES seem to have given their support to the idea of a Mayor-led West of England Authority … More

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Maintaining council standards – Can you help?

Bath & North East Somerset Council is looking to recruit two independent local volunteers to help promote and maintain high … More

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Stubbs and the Wild

It’s no good – the temptation to use the expression ‘roaring success’ to describe the Holburne Museum’s new summer/autumn exhibition … More

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It’s been repaired, but who saw the fountain damaged?

At last!! I passed by the Laura Place Fountain today and found local stonemason Nick Shinn hard at work preparing … More

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A crane escort for last of the Sparrow brothers.

The funeral cortege of Bath businessman and last-surviving Sparrow brother, Gordon Sparrow, makes its way to Haycombe Cemetery, Bath today … More

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Roman Baths spread the word.

  Following an increase in international visitors in the past few years, the Roman Baths and Fashion Museum have introduced … More

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Make our tourist pay towards city upkeep?

Bath shares with Venice the honour of being one of the only two European cities to enjoy World Heritage status and … More

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Counting the cost of history.

When he was Mayor of Bath – and a councillor with B&NES – Bryan Chalker helped rescue one of the last remaining … More

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Bath Abbey – messages from the past.

Tower tours at Bath Abbey have always been very popular with the general public but research work that has just … More

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Car park work completed..but there’s more

Work to improve the durability of the car park at Bath’s Holburne Museum has been completed – and the car park … More

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Beware of bogus tree surgeons

Members of the public are urged to be vigilant of rogue tree surgeons after numerous reports of cold-call tradesmen operating … More

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Christmas in Bath

Another Christmas Market shot for Wednesday, December 9th.

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Bath City Forum to meet for first time.

The new Bath City Forum will meet for the first time on Tuesday October 13, at The Guildhall in Bath. … More

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(Almost) No service is sacred in B&NES economy drive.

As a service provider, it seems almost nothing is safe and untouchable when it comes to economies forced on the … More

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