Friday, June 26th, 2026

🚨Avon & Somerset Police have launched an appeal for witnesses after an 11-year-old girl was sexually assaulted in Odd Down on Thursday, reports the Bath Echo.
➡️The BBC reports that police are carrying out extra patrols at the site.

💥A mysterious underground explosion in central Bath closed roads and caused a sinkhole, reports the Bath Echo.

🥵 A fire, an exploding TV, tarmac washed away, schools and airports closed - and climate change hasn’t even happened yet. The Bath Echo rounds up how Bath was affected.
⚡️ The BBC has a round-up of some of the damaging lightning strikes - 18,540 in Somerset alone according to the Met Office - on Monday. The BBC also reports that ambulance callouts hit a record in the region.

😟This week’s weather has sparked much debate online about climate change and what can still be done - not least because it’s London Climate Action Week.

💷 A decade on from Brexit, Jacob Rees Mogg told ITV West Country that its aftermath has been a national success.

🏘️ The old Julian House bike shop on Corn Street has re-opened as a day centre for those experiencing homelessness, reports the Bath Echo.

🥞Gordon Ramsay is opening a new restaurant in Bath according to restaurant online.
🌇The Bath iteration of Bread Street Kitchen won’t have the iconic skyscraper views of his London Bishopsgate venue, where the full english got a pretty underwhelming review in the Metro.

🎍Check out this ‘rain garden’ vision of Laura Place:

🥵 Never thought I’d say this, but thank goodness for the clouds in this week’s forecast!

🙇🏽I’m really sorry not to be able to round up events this week. I blame warring cats, teenagers on summer break, a broken washing machine and our second jobs…!

🚬 Avon and Somerset Police confiscated a quarter of a million pounds of illegal cigarettes, reports ITV.

🅿️If you use the car park on Arlington Road in Oldfield Park - the Bath Echo has the Council’s latest proposal.

🎻Bath’s iconic busker is featured in a new puzzle.

🎬 Aardman is celebrating its 50th anniversary in Bristol with an exhibition, reports ITV West and the launch of a new recycled gold 50p coin.

👩🏽‍⚕️Hear the testimony of nurse Valerie Brandling who came from the Caribbean to help rebuild Britain after the Second World War in this ITV report.

🏆A few weeks ago, The City of Bath Male Choir won an international competition, reports the BBC.

🎤 Journalist Roger Cook, behind the long-running “The Cook Report” series, passed away at the age of 83 after being treated at the RUH, reports ITV.

🏛️ Watch ITV’s report on the annual draining, cleaning and refilling of the Roman Baths.

🥢 Actor Kiefer Sutherland named his favourite Bath restaurant.

🔎 Police launched a new campaign to help solve the murder of 25-year-old Melanie Hall in Bath.

🅿️ The council has proposed more expensive parking permits for larger vehicles, making the Mirror's pages nationally.