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Bath's Porter pub set for £500,000 makeover by new owner Giles Thomas
A Bath businessman has bought The Porter pub and is giving it a £500,000 makeover to turn it into an all-day eating and drinking venue.Giles Thomas already owns the Halcyon Hotel and Circo bar in South...
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Business owner devastated by blaze which gutted Bath's Banglo Bar
One of the owners of a Bath bar and restaurant has described the sickening moment he saw it had been gutted by fire.Banglo director Robbie Tack said seeing his family business reduced to a shell had...
View ArticleCenturies old Bath Soft Cheese recipe discovered
The Bath Soft Cheese recipe was discovered by Graham in an old grocer's book, and is more than 200 years old.Its flavour is attributed to Graham's cattle, a single herd of 160 Friesians who are...
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Park Farm cheese business spans the generations
They really are the big cheeses in the Bath area.A dairy farm at Kelston is celebrating the growing demand for its award-winning cheeses.Park Farm has been making its signature Bath Soft Cheese for 20...
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Bath archaeological thief caught after Bellarmine vase spotted on eBay
An archaeologist who stole three 17th-century vases discovered during the development of SouthGate shopping centre in Bath was caught out four years later after trying to sell the items on eBay.James...
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Bath restaurant owner tells of mixing with the stars in Cannes
A bar and restaurant owner from Bath has been rubbing shoulders with the stars at the Cannes Film Festival.Antonio Bustorff-Silva, who runs Portvcale, in St James's Parade, has been trying to make it...
View ArticleSophie Cottle, 10, makes her move on England chess team
A Bradford on Avon schoolgirl has won a place on the England under-tens girls' chess team.Sophie Cottle, who is now ten, has been playing chess since she became intrigued by her dad Mark's set at the...
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Ex-Bath rugby star Phil de Glanville joins Help for Heroes' Hero Ride
Former Bath and England Rugby captain Phil de Glanville will join a host of famous names, service personnel and fundraisers in the Help for Heroes' Hero Ride this weekend.De Glanville, who won 34...
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My Bath: Christina Slade . . . open invitation to uni's campus
The vice-chancellor of Bath Spa University, Professor Christina Slade, answers the questions in our My Bath featureWhat's your favourite part of Bath?Well, I don't know whether you would count it as...
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Starsky actor Paul Michael Glaser in Fiddler on the Roof at Theatre Royal Bath
Starsky and Hutch actor Paul Michael Glaser will take the lead role in a new production of Fiddler on the Roof at Bath's Theatre Royal later this year. The 70-year-old American will appear at the...
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Sir Ben Ainslie pays tribute to Olympic champion Andrew 'Bart' Simpson
Sir Ben Ainslie has paid a poignant tribute to Olympic sailing gold medallist Andrew "Bart" Simpson as mourners gathered for his funeral in Dorset. The four-time Olympic sailing champion spoke outside...
View ArticleCafé that opened in Thirties is to close
A café that has served mugs of tea and sarnies since the early Thirties has closed. The cafe, called the Crowing Cock in Trowbridge's Wicker Hill, in the town centre, was run by the Williams family for...
View ArticleGo-ahead to extend dual carriageway
A notorious bottleneck at the entrance to a Wiltshire town will be tackled by extending a dual carriageway, the Government has announced. The A350 dual carriageway runs from junction 17 of the M4 to...
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Strike up the band to welcome the Sunrise Festival
The first major music festival in the West this summer began last night on the Wiltshire-Somerset border – and as May ended and took with it the coldest spring for generations, a flaming June was...
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High expectations from crane wars at the Museum of Bath
Budding engineers in Bath have been offered the chance to improve their skills and learn more about the city's industrial heritage.Primary school pupils have collaborated with experts from local...
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Historic but low-key day for the Queen on anniversary of the coronation
The Queen reaches an historic anniversary tomorrow. It will be exactly 60 years since she made her way, as a young 27-year-old, to Westminster Abbey to be crowned. Last year's Diamond Jubilee was a...
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Charity cyclists stop for a chat in Bath
Fundraisers cycling 250 miles to London stopped for a chat with residents in Bath on the way.Robert Davidson and Anne Ludlow, from Totnes, in Devon, rode to London on two wheels to raise awareness of...
View ArticleBath University honorary doctorate for retiring Bishop of Bath and Wells
The retiring Bishop of Bath and Wells is to be presented with an honorary doctorate by University of Bath chancellor Prince Edward later this year.The Rt Rev Peter Price will be given the Doctor of...
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Hilton in the Community Foundation donates £17k for Wizzybugs
Staff at a Bath hotel have handed over £17,000 to a city charity which is a lifeline for disabled children.The Bath Institute of Medical Engineering was presented with a cheque for £17,000 from the...
View ArticleRolling Stones could limit BBC coverage of Glastonbury Festival set
Viewers tuning in to watch this year's Glastonbury festival coverage on the BBC could be left disappointed after it emerged The Rolling Stones don't want their eagerly awaited set to be broadcast. The...
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