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Bath stone quarry back in use after 50 years

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.

Police investigate assault in Bath

Orange Grove in Bath is currently cordoned off after an alleged assault. Credit: ITV News West Country

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.

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James Dyson Foundation donates £4m for cancer centre in Bath

Sir James Dyson's foundation has donated £4million pounds for a cancer centre in Bath Credit: PA

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.

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Four year old girl killed after wall falls on her in Bath

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.

This incident has now been investigated and it appears to have been a tragic accident with no suspicious circumstances.”

– Detective Sergeant Peter Knight, Bath Police (speaking to The Bath Chronicle)

Around 22,000 permits issued under new recycling permit scheme

22,000 permits have already been issued Credit: ITV Westcountry

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.

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