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 […]
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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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Midweek music.
John Taylor writes: It’s Bath Community Big Band’s concert this Wednesday in aid of Dorothy House. The venue is Weston Free Church (Moravian) at the bottom of Lansdown Lane on the roundabout, 7:30 pm. Interval […]
Pools project appoints new director.
With 4.7 million pounds worth of HLF funding secured, Cleveland Pools Trust have appointed a new full-time to manage and direct the restoration of what is the last Georgian lido in existence. The project -to […]
Primary school youngsters across Bath and North East Somerset are being encouraged to take part in a project to raise awareness about air pollution and how to combat it. Bath & North East Somerset Council […]
How heritage makes money.
Another record year for the city’s world-famous Roman Baths with 1,202,491 visitors generating £23.3 million income and a surplus profit – after costs – to B&NES of £8.5 million pounds. That’s according to the annual […]
