Two Tunnels reopen for cyclists and walkers
Two former railway tunnels that run beneath the city of Bath will reopen tomorrow - almost fifty years after they were abandoned.
Two former railway tunnels that run beneath the city of Bath will reopen tomorrow - almost fifty years after they were abandoned.
Students across the south west are competing to come up with the next big smart phone app.
Students are competing to write apps in a 2 day competition at Exeter University.
A Victorian bath stone quarry which has been mothballed for half a century was reopened today. A new tunnel has been dug down to Park Lane quarry near Corsham in Wiltshire. This is the first new tunnel to be dug into a bath stone quarry in over a century.
The firm behind the mine says the million pound investment is worth it as there is such a demand for the stone. Our Wiltshire reporter Robert Murphy was granted unique access to the site.
Orange Grove in Bath is cordoned off while police investigate an assault that's alleged to have happened early this morning.
A man in his twenties is in hospital and will need surgery on his arm. Another man has been arrested and is in police custody.
The James Dyson Foundation has donated £4million for a Cancer Centre at the Royal United Hospital in Bath.
The centre will be equipped with cutting edge technology and designed to have a healing environment.
The James Dyson Foundation has donated £4million for a Cancer Centre at the Royal United Hospital in Bath.
It's the biggest donation in the hospital's history and follows a 600 thousand pound gift from the Dyson family and foundation towards its new neonatal unit.
The centre will be equipped with cutting edge technology and designed to have a healing environment.
A 4-year-old girl has died after a wall fell on her at her family home in Bath.
Police have described it as a tragic accident.
A tribute page has been set up on Facebook for Surranna Stonestreet - one message reads "you will be missed by all who knew you, our little daffodil".
Richard Payne reports:
The four year old girl who died when a wall fell on her at a property in Bath has been named as Surranna Stonestreet.
Police have described the incident on Friday as a 'tragic accident'.
A four year old girl has been killed after a wall fell on her in Bath.
It happened on Haycombe Drive in Bath on Friday.
– Detective Sergeant Peter Knight, Bath Police (speaking to The Bath Chronicle)This incident has now been investigated and it appears to have been a tragic accident with no suspicious circumstances.”
More to follow.
A new permit scheme to stop people from outside Bath and North East Somerset using its recycling centres has issued 22,000 permits already.
The new scheme was introduced in April.
Resident now have to have a free electric permit to use the three sites in Bath, Keynsham and Old Welton.