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    Preparing for soaring energy bills

    Preparing for soaring energy bills

    Gas and electricity bills are due to rise sharply in April when the energy price cap goes up. The background to this is that shortages of...
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    Deputy Mayor quits the local Lib Dems, complaining of bullying and racism

    Deputy Mayor quits the local Lib Dems, complaining of bullying and racism

    A former Liberal Democrat councillor has dramatically quit the party, stating publicly on social media that for the past three years he...
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    Left over from greedy property developers of the 19th century

    Left over from greedy property developers of the 19th century

    A hundred and forty years separate this former Victorian terrace of four cottages from the imposing presence of the Spring Wharf...
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    Liveable Neighbourhoods and the Mount Road scheme

    Liveable Neighbourhoods and the Mount Road scheme

    The first fifteen proposed Liveable Neighbourhoods for Bath and North East Somerset have been announced by the council, with a fanfare of...
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    What is going on with Bath this Christmas? asks city trader

    What is going on with Bath this Christmas? asks city trader

    The owner of Bath Aqua Glass, Annette Dolan, is critical of the council's lack of clear communication over Christmas stall arrangements...
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    First council houses to be built in BANES for two decades

    First council houses to be built in BANES for two decades

    A proposal to build 58 council houses in eight locations around Bath and North East Somerset was passed with unanimous support at the...
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    Ring of Steel: The latest twist

    Ring of Steel: The latest twist

    Conservative leader accuses the council of twisting the words of the police A new page in the story of Bath's notorious 'Ring of Steel'...
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    Pushing Oldfield's parking problems onto other communities?

    Pushing Oldfield's parking problems onto other communities?

    News has emerged of a plan to unroll a huge Resident Parking Zone (RPZ) across Oldfield Park and Westmoreland, which could have an impact...
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    Ways that the 'Ring of Steel' would fail the disabled in Bath?

    The debate around the council's plan to develop an anti-terror security system in the city centre is hotting up, with last week's cabinet...
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    Local tree planting will honour Holocaust refugees who fled to Britain

    Local tree planting will honour Holocaust refugees who fled to Britain

    A network founded in 1941 to support refugees escaping Nazi-occupied Europe, is launching a new campaign called 80 Trees for 80 Years....
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    Council to investigate loss of freshwater habitat at Foxhill

    Council to investigate loss of freshwater habitat at Foxhill

    News that a much-loved freshwater habitat at Foxhill may have been lost to nearby construction work, has prompted Bath and North East...
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    Has Mulberry Park building work caused Foxhill spring to dry up?

    Has Mulberry Park building work caused Foxhill spring to dry up?

    A familiar stream on the Foxhill estate has suddenly dried up, leaving just a moistureless stony bed where there was once flowing water....
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    Impact of Clean Air Zone on Twerton, Whiteway & Southdown had been predicted, local councillor says

    Impact of Clean Air Zone on Twerton, Whiteway & Southdown had been predicted, local councillor says

    An increase in heavy vehicles using roads in Twerton, Whiteway and Southdown to avoid Bath's Clean Air Zone charges has become an issue...
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    Council cabinet to consider 'Ring of Steel' to protect crowded streets

    Council cabinet to consider 'Ring of Steel' to protect crowded streets

    But Conservatives call for the plan to be scrapped On Thursday 20th July the council cabinet will consider steps it says are aimed at...
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    Council's 'affordable homes' announcement meets with less than ecstatic response

    Council's 'affordable homes' announcement meets with less than ecstatic response

    Bath and North East Somerset Council has made some progress on its commitment to build more affordable housing. Today the council...
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    Theatre Royal Bath to reopen with performance starring Ralph Fiennes

    Theatre Royal Bath to reopen with performance starring Ralph Fiennes

    Theatre Royal Bath welcomes audiences back to live theatre when it reopens this month with a brand-new stage adaptation of T.S. Eliot’s...
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    Bath residents protest against planned "lethal" changes to busy through road

    Bath residents protest against planned "lethal" changes to busy through road

    Residents of Twerton and Southdown are campaigning against planned changes to The Hollow which they say would leave drivers without...
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    Using bureaucracy to diminish social responsibility?

    Using bureaucracy to diminish social responsibility?

    How the Camden Residents' Association need to work on their responsibility to surrounding communities when it comes to Low Traffic...
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    A curious East Twerton gravestone inscription recalls a man who regained his life

    A curious East Twerton gravestone inscription recalls a man who regained his life

    Strolling into the tranquil cemetery at Bellotts Road, visitors are likely to spot a graceful Victorian headstone set against the glossy...
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    The issue of HMOs in Bath

    The issue of HMOs in Bath

    Do neighbourhoods targeted by HMO landlords need stronger measures to preserve family housing? Twerton and Whiteway are seeing many new...
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