🦠 A chemistry professor at the University of Bath is part of an international team working on a vaccine for Hantavirus, which has killed three people so far on a cruise ship, reports the BBC.
🚨 Police are cracking down on drug-dealing, verbal abuse and rough sleeping at Snow Hill estate which is affecting residents, reports the Bath Echo.
🤑 In April, the TaxPayers’ Alliance revealed its nationwide 20th annual Town Hall Rich List of local authority employees receiving more than £100,000 in total remuneration. It found:
There were at least 4,733 local authority employees receiving £100,000 or more in total remuneration in 2024-25.
This is a 21.2 per cent increase from 2023-24, representing 827 more people.
The full data is here. See the data from BANES here.
🏫 The old Julian House bike workshop on Corn St is being opened as a day center for the homeless, reports the Bath Echo.
💧The council will test temporary water supply to Victoria Park pond this summer - including using the stream at the edge of the Great Dell, according to its newsroom. It’s still investigating why the pond is leaking and is reviewing park ponds generally.
🚁 A Bath mum is running a triple marathon while performing stand-up comedy at venues along the way - all for Wiltshire & Bath Air Ambulance, reports the Bath & Wiltshire Parent.
🥰 A former Bath rugby player and broadcaster has raised nearly £100,000 for a gold-medallist Paralympian with terminal cancer, reports the BBC.
🥶 Yup, I’m glad we didn’t manage to pack away the winter wear… much cooler forecast this weekend.
🎠 Bath Spring Fayre
📅 Friday 8 May - Sunday 10 May
📍Bath City Centre
🇵🇸 Rally for Palestine & Lebanon
📅 Saturday 9 May ⏰ 12:30 - 16:00
📍Kingston Parade (South Side of Bath Abbey)
🎉 The Little Theatre’s 90th Birthday - with Prosecco, newsreels and a talk
📅 Sunday 10 May ⏰ 15:00
🎟 Tickets here
🌿 Spring Fayre at the The Holburne Museum
📅 Sunday 10 May ⏰ 10:30am – 3:30pm
🎟 Free (suggested £2 donation)
⚡️Check out Sparkfest’s menu of performances across Bath this month.
📵 Offline Quiz - Digital Detox Club
📆 Thursday 21 May ⏰ 7pm – 9pm
📍The Den Café, (Bath Riverside), Unit 1, Sovereign Point, BA2 3GJ
🎫 Book your place here.
🔴 Bath Colourscape, live music programme
📅 23–31 May
📍 Bath Recreation Ground
🎟 Tickets £15/adult. Book here.
🎭 Bath Fringe Festival
📆 Fri 22 May - Sun 7 June
🪐 Family planetarium show at Bath Central Library
📆 Weds 27 May
♻️ A new council scheme to help listed buildings become more sustainable has seen 88% of resulting planning applications for work approved, mostly window glazing upgrades, loft and roof insulation, solar panels and heat pumps, reports the Bath Echo.
🙅🏻♂️ Volunteers working with convicted sex offenders across the Southwest are urging the government not to cut their funding, reports the BBC.
🎶 The BBC reports: How music festivals are adapting to rising costs and corporate raiders.
🚨 A shoplifter has been banned from Tesco Express in Bath while awaiting a sentence, reports the Bath Echo.
🚨A Bath driver has been jailed after leading police on a high speed car chase with a 10-year-old passenger, reports the BBC.
🛣️ The M4 is will be closed overnight (8pm – 6am) in both directions until Saturday 9th May between junctions 18 and 19. There are further overnight closures from Monday June 1st to Saturday 6th June, reports the Bath Echo.
🚷 Plans for a zebra crossing at the current King Edwards’ pre-prep site have been scrapped, reports the Bath Echo.
🍊 A Somerset man beat thousands of global competitors to claim the top prize at the 2026 International Marmalade Awards (yes… really!), reports the BBC.
🪹 A Somerset couple who recently became empty-nesters are tandem cycling 1,900-miles to Lisbon, Portugal, to celebrate their independence, reports the BBC.
🎙️ Frome teenager Erin Rose has gone from TikTok to an LA recording studio, with two singles out, reports the BBC.
⚖️ A Bath law firm entered administration.
🚨 A teenage girl admitted assaulting another child and several police officers.
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