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MP praises NHS staff at Somerset community hospital who saved her husband’s life

"Community hospitals are the backbone of local healthcare"

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Bath travel firm collapses into administration with bookings cancelled

Groupia’s website says that all bookings departing on or before 31st August 2026 will proceed as planned.

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Council blocks £200k plan to make vault safe over heritage harm

The proposals to pump foam concrete into the space would prevent the pavement collapsing.

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Judge commends Bath sex offender for the progress he has made

The charges relate to material found on Theo James-Lucas’s mobile phone.

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Pay dispute between council and social workers comes to an end

An agreement has been struck, but a separate dispute involving over 200 social workers remains unresolved.

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Suicide charity’s founder is sentenced after admitting three offences

Everett was given a 12-month conditional discharge as well as being ordered to pay costs.

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Bath’s Samuel to face French open semi-finalist at Wimbledon

The Team Bath star will take on the number 15 seed in the first round.

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Much-loved son, brother and fiance, 32, among this week's Somerset funeral notices

Our thoughts are with those who have lost a loved one

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We love you, but here's my three tips for being a good tourist in Bath

Welcome! Please take a look around... but first, some pointers

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Looking for the best afternoon tea? Bath's got the region's finest

Five city businesses were voted best of the best in the Muddy Stiletto awards

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From redundancy to 10 years running beloved Bath bakery the Grumpy Baker

Success was far from a piece of cake

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Bath woman given £32,000 from NHS Trust after 'unnecessary' thumb operation in bizarre mix-up

'My thumb isn’t what it was, and I guess it will never be the same.'

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Welcome to the Bath charity where they've had bricks through the window and the founder lives in hiding

The team have fought hard to keep it safe

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I visited the Bath restaurant Yak Yeti Yak keeping girls in school on the other side of the world

Yak Yeti Yak is something special

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'It's only a matter of time before somebody dies' - urgent warning over Bath swimming spot

'I have watched people lie down on a 90mph mainline railway to take a selfie. The next person who does that may not get up'

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Toby Samuel serves for match but beaten in ATP Eastbourne semi-final

Belgium’s Zizou Bergs, the World number 38, recovered to win 4-6 7-6(5) 6-2,

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Police step up patrols after girl, 11, sexually assaulted near Bath park

Police are hunting the offender who has a 'distinctive neck tattoo'

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One things make people more likely to take a walk

The OS has launched a new series of walks based on the research

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Gordon Ramsay opening restaurant in Bath this summer after daughter marries in city's Abbey

The culinary legend's latest outpost will open later this summer

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Man ‘looking for a fight’ assaulted four people at Orange Grove

Chadwick, of Westbury, carried out two assaults causing actual bodily harm and two assaults by beating.