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Grewcock signs contract extension

Jul 07, 2008 ... Bath Rugby veteran Danny Grewcock has signed an extension to hiscontract that will see him stay at the club until the end of the2009-10 season. Grewcock, 35, who has played for the British and Irish Lions andhas accumulated 69 caps for England, was arguably in some of thebest ...

Bath host Tigers in edf opener

Jul 07, 2008 ... Bath will start their EDF Energy Cup Pool B qualifying campaignin a home clash with last season's beaten finalists Leicester Tigersat The Rec on Saturday or Sunday, October 4 or 5. Their sole away tie takes Bath to Edgeley Park to tackle SaleSharks over the weekend of Saturday and ...

Bath rugby Guinness Premiership fixtures

Jul 04, 2008 ... Bath Rugby will start their 2008/9 Guinness Premiership campaignwith back-to-back west country derbies against Bristol andGloucester. Steve Meehan's men, who made the play-offs last season only tolose to Gloucester at Kingsholm one game short of a trip toTwickenham, open up with ...

If it's excitement you want . . . ; Audi's R8 is the tangible proof that a car can be more than just the sum of its parts - a bit like its name.

Jul 03, 2008 ... Audi's R8 is the tangible proof that a car can be more than justthe sum of its parts - a bit like its name. It's letter/number designation has been seen before on the racetracks of Europe and the USA, where the original R8 racer swept allbefore it at Le Mans and in the American Le ...

Campaigners claim victory over licences

Jul 03, 2008 ... Residents' associations are claiming victory after the licencesof two bars in the city centre went up for discussion. The Porter and the Adventure Cafe both applied to Bath and NorthEast Somerset Council to change the rules under which they have tooperate. Both are in an ...

Passengers tackle attacker

Jul 03, 2008 ... Passengers stepped in to help when a bus driver was assaulted inbroad daylight in Bath. The incident happened in Eastfield Avenue in Weston on Wednesday,June 24. At 1.35pm the bus pulled up and a man got on and punched thedriver in the face. The attacker was pulled ...

How network of 103 cameras is catching a criminal a day

Jul 03, 2008 ... One person is arrested every day as a result of the Bath area'scrimefighting CCTV cameras. From a small dark room in the Guildhall, the streets of Bath aremonitored 24 hours a day, seven days a week, via cameras positionedacross the length and breadth of the city. There are ...

Shop helps brides find gowns after company goes into liquidation

Jul 03, 2008 ... A Bath shop has come to the rescue of worried brides left withoutdresses. Clifton Brides, in St James's Parade, has had dozens of callsfrom women after the sudden closure of a Bradford on Avon bridalshop. Brides who had ordered and paid for wedding dresses fromArvella ...

Students saddle up for 2,000-mile bike ride

Jul 03, 2008 ... Three students are marking the end of their A-levels by doing a2,000-mile charity bike ride. Jake Tempo, Alex Wildy and Chazz Fisher have recently finishedtheir exams at Ralph Allen School and will be pedalling for sixweeks from St Malo in Brittany to Gibraltar. The trio, who ...

You're warmly invited to join the barbecue

Jul 03, 2008 ... Churches across Bath could be feeding the 5,000 next weekend inan event to put them at the heart of their communities. Bath's Biggest BBQ is billed as one of the high points of theHope 08 initiative which sees churches across the city trying toengage in new ways with their local ...

Christian tournament

Jul 03, 2008 ... A total of 10 teams from the Bath area have taken part in thefirst Bath Youth for Christ five-a-side football tournament. The event took place at St Mark's School and organisers arelooking to lay on another tournament in the future. Anyone ...

Great Bible giveaway continues

Jul 03, 2008 ... A religious charity based in Timsbury has handed out free Biblesto 160,000 children in the past decade. Trinity Primary School at Radstock has become the latest schoolto receive a batch of Bibles from the Timsbury-based charity Biblesfor Children. The presentations were ...

New chapter for library services

Jul 03, 2008 ... A new self-service system is to be introduced in Bath's librarieslater this year. People visiting the city's libraries will no longer need theassistance of staff to check out their books, thanks to newtechnology. Equipment, which is being installed in all public libraries ...

World-class musicians

Jul 03, 2008 ... Bath: A group of world-famous Cuban musicians are to perform atHayesfield School. Members of the school's big band will be working with the bandAsere and then performing with them at a concert in the evening. Asere have just finished an album with jazz performer BillyCobham ...

Author reveals the mysteries of writing a best-selling book

Jul 03, 2008 ... Teenage book lovers at a Bath school were given the chance to getwriting tips from a best-selling author. Caroline Lawrence, who writes the popular Roman Mysteries books,visited Beechen Cliff School to talk to pupils about being anauthor. All of year seven, about 140 pupils, ...

Prison priest to give talk

Jul 03, 2008 ... A director of South West Community Chaplaincy will be speaking toa group of businessmen on Monday. The event, organised by the Full Gospel Business Men's FellowshipInternational, begins at 7.15pm with a two-course dinner, at theLimpley Stoke ...

Gardener is inspiration for athletes

Jul 03, 2008 ... Shoscombe Olympic gold medallist Jason Gardener visited ShoscombePrimary School as part of his work with the UK School Games, anexciting event coming to Bath and Bristol at the end of August. During his visit, Gardener - nicknamed the Bath Bullet - workedwith Key Stage 1 pupils ...

Reds edge out rivals

Jul 03, 2008 ... St Julian's St Julian's School, Wellow made the best of the fineweather as they held their sports day on the village playing fields. A large ...

Success for St Mary's in fitting climax

Jul 03, 2008 ... Bathwick St Mary's Primary School emerged as the winners of lastweek's B&NES Year 5 Kwik Cricket Festival at Keynsham Cricket Club. St Mary's saw off Paulton Junior School in a tight and excitingfinal which provided a fitting finale to a day of intensecompetition involving more ...

ECB chairman Clarke in firing line for beechen

Jul 03, 2008 ... Beechen Cliff Pupils representing Beechen Cliff's 1st XI took onone faced one of the most powerful men in world cricket - ECBchairman Giles Clarke - when they played their annual match againstthe 40 Club at Lansdown Cricket Club. Clarke was at the match at Combe Park to see the ...