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Rec pressure group tops 3,000 mark

Rec pressure group tops 3,000 mark

A group set up to fight for a new sports stadium on the Rec has topped the 3,000-member mark.

And it has turned to the social networking site Facebook to drive up membership levels.

The Real Friends of The Rec group was launched last year to rally support for Bath Rugby's plans for a new arena at its historic home.

But its...

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Big freeze prompts police warning

Police today warned motorists to take extra care on the roads after temperatures plunged last night. Temperatures as low as minus 10C were seen in some parts of the country, with the cold...


Duchess to visit Theatre Royal

Duchess to visit Theatre Royal

The Duchess of Cornwall will visit Bath's Theatre Royal later this month when she makes her first official appearance as its ...


Review of hospital phone policy

Review of hospital phone policy

Health chiefs say they want to relax restrictions on using mobile phones in hospital. The Government today issued new guidance on phone...


Ex-smoker urges others to stub out their habit

Ex-smoker urges others  to stub out their habit

He's been smoking half his life. But 28-year-old Simon Arblaster successfully kicked his habit in less than an hour and a half. Simon,...


Lighting up time in Great Pulteney Street

Lighting up time in Great Pulteney Street

Residents in a landmark Bath street want to turn the clock back so their homes look the way they would have done before the Second...


Concrete cancer revamp makes progress

Concrete cancer revamp makes progress

The next phase of a £40 million project to tackle homes hit by concrete cancer is about to begin. Social landlord Somer is redeveloping...








 

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We blew a golden opportunity - Meehan

Disappointed head coach Steve Meehan was left to rue a missed opportunity after Bath Rugby’s dramatic 24-22 defeat to Leicester Tigers at Welford Road this afternoon.
But Meehan refused to point the finger of blame solely at the uncontested scrum scenario forced upon his side in the second half as Bath relinquished top spot in the...

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Bath beaten in dramatic finale

MATCH REPORT: Leicester Tigers 24, Bath Rugby 22Leicester Tigers gained revenge for their last-minute defeat at The Rec in November by inflicting one of their own on Bath Rugby at Welford...


COMPETITION: Win signed shirt and Irish tickets with Gatorade

COMPETITION: Win signed shirt and Irish tickets with Gatorade

The Bath Chronicle has teamed up with Gatorade, Official Sports Drink to the Guinness Premiership, to offer readers the chance to win...


Bemand back for trip to Tigers

Scott Bemand will wear the Bath No 9 shirt at Leicester on Sunday

Scrum-half Scott Bemand will line up against former club Leicester Tigers when Bath Rugby travel to Welford Road on Sunday (1.30pm)....


Cold snap hits City and TeamBath

Bath City and TeamBath were left inactive this afternoon after their Blue Square South fixtures fell victim to frozen pitches.City's home game against Bishop's Stortford was called off...







 

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Speeding player spared driving ban

Road safety campaigners have condemned a judge after a Premier League footballer caught doing 106mph in his Porsche was spared a driving ban.

Newcastle United striker Obafemi Martins was clocked breaking the 70mph speed limit while on the way to the city's airport.

Newcastle Magistrates' Court was told the former Inter Milan star...

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'Turbulent year' for homes market

Britain's biggest building society has said house prices fell by a record 15.9% during 2008 as it warned the property market was in for another turbulent year. Nationwide said prices were...


Staff praised as Woolworths closes

Tribute has been paid to Woolworths workers who face redundancy for "seeing the job through" to the company's very last day of trading. John Gorle, national officer for shop workers' union...


Baby dies in hospital bug outbreak

One baby has died and six others are being treated in an isolation ward after a bug hit a hospital's neo-natal unit. The baby, who was born prematurely at Birmingham's Heartlands Hospital...


Knife crime claims 'misleading'

The statistics watchdog has reignited the row over Government knife crime figures with a detailed critique of a controversial Home Office press statement. The UK Statistics Authority said...








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Chris Harris, starring in Jack and the Beanstalk at the Theatre Royal, Bath, with two young supporters of Dorothy House's Dotty Day. Picture: Kevin Bates

 



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