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Sales fever sparks queues headache

Sales fever cause queues headache

Long queues built up at city centre car parks today as sales fever gripped the city.

Attempts by Bath and North East Somerset Council to control traffic entering one entrance to the Charlotte Street car park led to queues at the other this morning.

Right turns into the car park from Charlotte Street itself have been banned to avoid...

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Parking attendant quits in RUH row

Parking attendant quits in RUH row

A parking attendant at the Royal United Hospital has quit after he says he was told to turn a blind eye to rule-breaking. Mike St John...

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Would-be robber punches bus passenger

Police are hunting a would-be robber who punched a fellow bus passenger in Bath. The incident happened on a bus in Twerton on Sunday. The victim had got on a FirstBus number five service at...

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Trinny and Susannah in city visit

Trinny and Susannah in city visit

Cruel to be kind fashion gurus Trinny and Susannah have been in Bath on the latest leg of their drive to smarten up the country. The...

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Gridlock fears at new school site

Gridlock fears at new school site

People living close to a new primary school development say they are worried it will cause "gridlock" on their roads. St John's RC...

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Bath man mourned less than month after friends' death

Bath man killed in motorway crash

A man from Bath has died in a car accident less than one month after two of his friends lost their lives in a crash.Friends have been...

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Uni's rolling robot

Uni's rolling robot

An innovative robot designed in Bath that can jump and roll could play a key role in future space exploration. The Jollbot has been...

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Lipman set to skipper Bath after ban escape

Michael Lipman

Bath have been given a timely boost with news that captain Michael Lipman is available for selection ahead of Sunday's home Heineken Cup clash against Glasgow Warriors (1pm).

Lipman was cited by independent match commissioner Andrew Prior for stamping on an opponent during England's 32-6 defeat to New Zealand at Twickenham last Saturday,...

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Berne eyeing starting spot for cup clashes

Shaun Berne

Shaun Berne is a man who knows all about healthy competition and, following off-the-bench appearances against Harlequins and Northampto...

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Caddick awarded Somerset testimonial

Andy Caddick

Veteran paceman Andy Caddick has been awarded a testimonial by Somerset in 2009. The 40-year-old made his debut for the county back in...

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Play-off place is still City's target – Britton

Bath City boss Adie Britton wants his side to use the next four games to remain in sight of the Blue Square South play-off zone. City currently lie six points behind fifth-placed Maidenhead...


Top talent at Grand Prix

Olympic and Paralympic swimmers will be among the athletes in action at this weekend's University of Bath Grand Prix, which starts tomorrow and ends on Sunday. University of Bath swimmer...

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More MPs rebel under PM Brown

More Labour MPs have rebelled under Gordon Brown than Tony Blair

Labour MPs rebelled on more occasions during Gordon Brown's first full parliamentary session as Prime Minister than during the whole of Tony Blair's first four-year term in office, a new report has shown.

The analysis of Labour voting records found that some 103 of the 341 Commons divisions during the year - 30% of the total - saw at...

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Menezes family in courtroom protest

Jean Charles de Menezes was gunned down by specialist firearms officers

Relatives of Jean Charles de Menezes staged a courtroom protest - just minutes before jurors were sent out to consider their verdicts....

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Smith defends police call decision

Jacqui Smith has made a Commons statement on the arrest of an MP

Home Secretary Jacqui Smith has defended the decision to call in the police to investigate leaks from the Home Office. In a Commons...

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£250m funding to train scientists

Some £250m to be invested in training scientists and engineers

A quarter of a billion pounds is to be invested in training scientists and engineers to tackle the problems Britain faces. The £250...

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Britons win DNA landmark decision

All DNA evidence taken during criminal proceedings in England and Wales is currently retained

Nearly a million innocent people could have their records removed from the national DNA database after a court ruled holding them breac...

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