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Bath City fighting for their lives as Romans gunning to stay up

“Our players are fighting for their lives and are 100% behind everyone at this football club,”

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'Almost no money’ for rural Somerset cycle routes until 2030

The council has committed £16m towards new active travel projects

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Children's social workers warn redundancies will 'devastate' their work

'The idea that you can cut out a huge chunk of our team will just devastate our capacity to support vulnerable families and children who are being looked after'

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Thousands hit the streets for successful 2026 Bath Half Marathon

Entries for next year's race have already opened, following another successful event.

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Four lorry drivers admit breaching 18t Cleveland Bridge weight limit

The temporary 18-tonne weight limit was extended for another year last autumn.

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Councillor says costs for new Fashion Museum are not “over-running”

Councillor Elliott said the £54 million figure had remained the same for the last two years.

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Section of A46 north of Bath set to close overnight for two weeks

The affected stretch of the A46 is from the junction with Tormarton Road to the junction with the B4465.

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57-year-old man stole banana rum as ‘medicine’ for street drinkers

Representing himself, Lees admitted stealing the bottle of rum, which had a cask strength of 65%.

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Kendall hails fans after Romans battle back for precious point

Brilliant backing by City followers in the crowd of 952 helped the hosts battle back for a 2-2 draw.

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Wilson and Batten on target as City hold high-flying Urchins

The odds were against the Romans when they found themselves 2-0 down to title-challengers Hornchurch.

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14 tries for rampant Bath – and all-clear given in salary-cap audit

Bath romped to a remarkable 94-14 victory as they build towards the resumption of Gallagher PREM action.

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Employee sacked at Royal United Hospitals after sexual offence allegation

A member of staff was dismissed

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£54m cost of new Bath Fashion Museum explained

'We have a strong grip on the project, the costs are not over-running, and we have solid, well planned funding routes for the whole project.'

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Bath primary school on journey of improvement after 'significant changes in leadership'

St Martin's Garden is on the right track

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Weston-super-Mare reignite play-off hopes as Bath City fight for point

Weston climb the table as Bath remain in the bottom four

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Bath Half Marathon winners book spots in Team GB World Championship squad

Here are the winners of the race

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45 fantastic pictures from the Bath Miles fun run

Over 12,000 runners are expected to take part in the main race today

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Three cousins born on same day at same Somerset hospital

They were born just hours apart

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'Back to his best' - Bath Rugby ratings from 94 point thrashing of Bedford Blues

Tries came from all over the park, with plenty of Bath’s squad getting a run-out, as Bath’s squad once again looked impressively deep.

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Signs shame owner of beautiful Bath building left empty for 35 years

It is the latest in the one-way war of words between a Bath circus performer who once attended the school and the reclusive brewery proprietor who owns it but has left it abandoned