Bath Chronicle, The back issues from March 2008:
Rat run ban for a36 roadworks
Mar 03, 2008 ... A ban on rat-running will be brought in to accompany a 12-weekprogramme of repairs which will close a major road near Bath. The A36 at Limpley Stoke and Monkton Combe will be shut on March31. The Highways Agency has ordered the closure to allow contractorsto stabilise a slope ...
Uni Olympics training camp approval
Mar 03, 2008 ... The University of Bath's extensive training facilities have beenapproved for use in 22 different sports in the run-up to the 2012Olympics. London Games organisers today released a list of more than 600facilities across the UK cleared to host visiting Olympic teams fortraining ...
February award for Barkley
Mar 03, 2008 ... Olly Barkley has been named Guinness Premiership player of themonth for February. Teammate Shaun Berne won the corresponding award in October, amonth which saw Bath do the double with Steve Meehan also winningthe director of rugby award. Barkley, left out of England's RBS 6 ...
Beattie's season could be over
Mar 03, 2008 ... Bath Rugby look set to lose the services of blindside AndyBeattie for the rest of the season if head coach Steve Meehan'sworst fears are confirmed later this week. Beattie, 28, limped out of Bath's 19-9 Guinness Premiership winover Bristol on Sunday after an hour with a knee injury ...
Mears wins starting spot for Calcutta cup clash
Mar 04, 2008 ... Bath Rugby's in-form hooker Lee Mears has deposed former clubmateand Bristol veteran Mark Regan in the England ranks to startSaturday's RBS 6 Nations Calcutta Cup clash with Scotland inEdinburgh wearing the No 2 shirt. England head coach Brian Ashton has opted to go with Mears, ...
Barnes faces month out with broken eye socket
Mar 04, 2008 ... Bath Rugby could accelerate England loosehead David Flatman'scomeback to Guinness Premiership action and pitch him in againstNewcastle Falcons at The Rec on Saturday (1pm) after losing EnglandSaxons' front-rower David Barnes for up to a month. Barnes had to be substituted in the ...
A thoughtful decision can ease the burden
Mar 06, 2008 ... Like everything else, the cost of a funeral increases year afteryear. So it is not surprising that more than 650,000 people in theUK have now planned and paid for their funerals in advance. More than 165,000 have done so through Golden Charter, the UK'slargest prepaid funeral plan ...
Plenty of power for your money
Mar 06, 2008 ... Vauxhall's VXR brand has created highly successful high-performance models including the cute little Merica, the acclaimedCorsa, the practical Astra and the Vectra which is, arguably, thebest of the bunch. Available in hatchback and estate guises, the fastest Vectraevokes ...
Rock camp for budding claptons
Mar 06, 2008 ... A week-long series of rock workshops for teenagers is to belaunched after Bath's International Guitar Foundation (IGF) wasgiven a cash boost. The organisation runs the International Guitar Festival and asummer school at Bath Spa University. It has just seen its funding from ...
Pupils do the write thing
Mar 06, 2008 ... Illustrators and storytellers have visited schools across theBath area as part of the city's literature festival. Pupils at Chandag Infant and St Martin's Garden Primary schoolsenjoyed workshops as part of the visiting authors scheme. Chandag Infant School in Keynsham welcomed ...
mid-Somerset Festival opens
Mar 06, 2008 ... An annual celebration of music, writing and acting is under way. The 107th Mid-Somerset Festival began at the weekend when writersof all ages took part in the event's creative writing competition. The festival has categories in acting, speaking, music andsinging. The ...
Murky side of Venice
Mar 06, 2008 ... Venice must be one of the most painted cities ever. Now local artist Poppy James takes a look at its darker side in anew exhibition at the Widcombe Studios Art Gallery. Poppy turns away from the traditional canals and gondoliers tolook at the city's industrial side and with ...
It's murder most foul at the theatre
Mar 06, 2008 ... Even after getting on for 100 years there seems no sign that thereading and theatregoing public is tiring of Agatha Christie's cosy,country house murder stories. Her first whodunit came out in 1920 and, over the years, morethan 70 others followed. She wrote more than a dozen ...
Last chance to see . . .
Mar 06, 2008 ... Shared Experience has teamed up with the National Theatre for arevival of the acclaimed 1996 adaptation of the novel War and Peaceat the Theatre Royal this week. The play, which you see in two separate halves runs untilSunday. On Saturday and Sunday it is possible to see both ...
Marshfield's Peter Pan story
Mar 06, 2008 ... Jm Barrie's story of the boy who never grew up is heading for thestage at Marshfield and coinciding with Great Ormond StreetHospital's Peter Pan Week. Marshfield Players are staging a production of Peter Pan at thevillage community centre from tonight (Thursday) until ...
An intriguing heroine
Mar 06, 2008 ... In more than 100 years Henrik Ibsen's Hedda Gabler has attractedsome singularly odd reviews. London Theatre critic Max Beerbohm was so impressed by theperformance given by the prompter when Italian actress Eleonora Duseplayed the part that he said: "While Signora Duse walked ...
Tommy steele is talking to the animals
Mar 06, 2008 ... Leading urban dance choreographer, Supple, presents the worldpremiere of Bootless Cries, a brand new work based on Shakespeare'ssonnets at Bath's egg theatre tomorrow (Friday). The show features an original soundtrack by the much sought-after composer Ilan Eshkeri and performed by ...
Comedy at tobacco factory
Mar 06, 2008 ... The comedy season at Bristol's Tobacco Factory is well underway with Bill Hicks and stand-up comic Richard Herring playing to sell-out houses. Next up is confrontational Australian comic Jim Jeffries whobrings his latest show 30 to the theatre on Sunday night at 8pm. After ...
Sonnets get new airing
Mar 06, 2008 ... The legendary Tommy Steele, one of Britain's best-loved musicalstars, returns to the stage this year in the title role of the smashhit production of Doctor Dolittle at Bristol Hippodrome from nextMonday. Having appeared in Hollywood hits that include The HappiestMillionaire, ...
Much ado about rather a lot
Mar 06, 2008 ... Much Ado About Nothing is one of the best loved comedies of theclassic repertoire. Teeming with glamorous young things, hilarious clowns and seriousmen of state, Red Shift's absorbing ensemble production ofShakespeare's play at the Rondo Theatre Larkhall, Bath from nextWednesday ...
Egg theatre has a day out
Mar 06, 2008 ... Dustbin Ditty, a riveting piece of theatre created and performedby Pete Belcher, will be visiting two different venues onSaturday. Children aged five years and over and their families canenjoy Dustbin Ditty at Peasedown St John Primary School at 11am andaudiences can also see the show ...
Deer-spotting is also on offer
Mar 06, 2008 ... Spring is a fine time of year to visit the National Trust'sDyrham Park, whose grand house and garden reopen on March 14. The park (pictured right) is already open daily, offeringpossibilities for spotting deer while enjoying a country walk. Theytend to be quite visible, out and ...
Lit fest reviews
Mar 06, 2008 ... Michele Hanson The Guildhall, Bath For those who already knew Michle Hanson's family through hercolumns in The Guardian, or occasional anecdotes on Radio 4, thiswas the chance to see the often put-upon raconteur. Those who had not read or listened to her got a generous ...
Places to go . . .
Mar 06, 2008 ... This weekend's Spring Festival of Food and Drink at the Bath andWest Showground, Shepton Mallet, celebrates the very best ofSomerset produce, bringing together all the county's farmers'markets. Fare for sale includes cider, bison, cheese, pies andchutneys. Other features include ...
Look at life before the mobile phone
Mar 06, 2008 ... If you have been enjoying the Sunday evening TV drama, Lark Riseto Candleford, centred on a small town Cotswolds Post Office acentury or so ago, more fascinating insight into that era can beobtained at Bath Postal Museum. Indeed, the museum provided the show's set designers with ...
Heading for a fall
Mar 06, 2008 ... Driving through what is a green undulating landscape of low hillsand valleys, and narrow winding lanes bounded by hedgerows, it isdifficult to imagine that north Somerset was historically one of thecountry's leading coal-mining areas. The winding wheels have long gone - as have the ...
Directions
Mar 06, 2008 ... Distance: 21/2 miles Time: 2 hours Start: Greyfield Road in High Littleton (GR 643584) Maps: OS Landranger 172 or OS Explorer 142 Terrain: Gently undulating Contact: www.geocities.com/vilewalks/nigel Getting there Follow the A39 south from Bath ...
Wealth of life in walls
Mar 06, 2008 ... Readers following in Nigel Vile's foosteps may be interested in abook about the numerous dry stone walls surrounding Bath. Called Conserving the Flora of Limestone Dry Stone Walls, it iswritten by John Presland who has studied the walls in the Winsley,west Wiltshire area, for many ...
How they queued for a sighting of a rare species
Mar 06, 2008 ... When scores of people lined up outside of Topping and Company'sbookshop last Thursday evening to meet David Attenborough, it washardly surprising that traffic slowed as passing motorists tried toget a glimpse of the action. For one evening Sir David had stopped off in Bath to sign ...
Book world for kids
Mar 06, 2008 ... There are some page-turning excitements for young readers in Bathstarting with today's World Book Day event at Waterstone's in MilsomStreet featuring Where's Wally? In Hollywood. The event ends at 7pm tonight. On Saturday, author and illustrator Richard Roberts will besigning ...
Win tickets to see agatha Christie play
Mar 06, 2008 ... If you would like the chance to win a box for two people to seethe opening night performance next Monday then enter this week'scompetition. All you have to do to stand a chance of winning is answer thefollowing question correctly, put your answers on a postcard andsend it, ...
Barmaid pulls off yet another thriller
Mar 06, 2008 ... "Just after lunch on a Tuesday in April, nine feet under water,police diver Flea Marley closes her gloved fingers around a humanhand. "The fact that there's no body attached is disturbing enough. Yetmore disturbing is the discovery, a day later, of the matching hand.Both have ...
60 top novels
Mar 06, 2008 ... Today is World Book Day, an annual event that encourages peopleto explore the pleasures of reading. To celebrate, we have 15 sets of four fantastic novels to giveaway. Each winner will receive four books, one of each of thosedescribed below. There's compelling historical ...
Catch them tonight
Mar 06, 2008 ... Two very different novelists are in town. The first, at 6.30pm, is newcomer Catherine O'Flynn, whose novelWhat Was Lost has won her the Costa First Book Award. Set among the shoppers of a huge shopping mall, it is an unusualand absorbing mystery. She is in Bath at an ...
Also showing
Mar 06, 2008 ... Vantage Point (12A) This is an intricate action-thriller, whichreplays a devastating terrorist attack from eight perspectives - butcoincidence and chance nudge the film increasingly towardsimplausibility. Running time is kept to a minimum, sacrificing deeprelationships between the ...
Sister loses her head over a lover
Mar 06, 2008 ... A Hollywood blockbuster featuring Scarlett Johansson that waspartly filmed at Great Chalfield Manor in Holt, near Bath, is due tohit our screens tomorrow. The Other Boleyn Girl is based on the novel by Philippa Gregory, a tale of sex and royal intrigue, revealing the story of ...
Preview sneak of top films
Mar 06, 2008 ... Film fans have the chance to see an exclusive sneak preview laterthis month of some of the biggest and best films to be released overthe coming year. Red Carpet Preview is offering film buffs the chance to see theequivalent of industry backstage passes of clips from teasers ...
The chance to sleep like a king and Queen
Mar 06, 2008 ... The Little Theatre Cinema is offering a Chronicle reader thechance to live like a king and spend the night at Thornbury Castlewhere King Henry and Anne Boleyn spent the night themselves. The lucky winner will also receive two tickets to see the film,plus a copy of the book by ...
2-for-1 reader offer
Mar 06, 2008 ... Take this voucher along to the Odeon Bath next Tuesday and youcan buy two tickets for the price of one to see the cinema'sDirector's Chair offering of the film Once, at 8.30pm. Directed by John Carney, Once is the musical story of a singer-songwriter who makes a living by fixing ...
Students go on display
Mar 06, 2008 ... Half a dozen of the best art students from Bath Spa Universityhave been given the chance to display their latest work in thecity's Guildhall. Paintings by the six, all studying Fine Art, are being exhibitedoutside the Chairman's Room until the end of March. The students ...
Literature Festival reviews
Mar 06, 2008 ... Eric Hobsbawm The Guildhall, Bath Eric Hobsbawm, one of the world's best-known and respectedhistorians, is 90. When someone who was born in the same year as the Soviet Union,marched against the rise of Hitler, lived through the Second WorldWar, the Cold War and the fall of ...
Griffin gears up for f6 series
Mar 06, 2008 ... Karting St Stephen's School Year 6 pupil Peter Griffin completedhis rookie year in outdoor karting with a victory in the fifth roundof the Winter Sprint series at Bayford Meadows. The victory in the Honda Cadet Rookies Class by 4.6 secondssealed second place in the championship ...
Keeper call
Mar 06, 2008 ... Keynsham Town JFC Under 9 team (Year 4) are looking for a newkeeper. They train on ...
County champions Bath schools eye Wembley trip
Mar 06, 2008 ... Bath Schools have been crowned county seven-a-side footballchampions for the fourth successive year and will represent Somersetat the regional finals in Poole. The national seven-a-side competition pitted Bath against NorthSomerset, a side they have never lost against, and a recent ...
Home draw for Oldfield
Mar 06, 2008 ... Oldfield Colts Oldfield Rugby Club's young up-and-coming starswill take on London Welsh at Shaft Road on Sunday (2pm) in theNational Under 19 Colts Cup after seeing off hosts Longlevens 15-11in their regional final last weekend. Following a nervous start from Oldfield, Longlevens ...
Corsham edge home in goal feast against Larks
Mar 06, 2008 ... Afc Corsham and visitors Larkhall Athletic hit the goal traillast weekend to dish up an 11-goal Mid-Wilts Youth & Minor LeagueUnder 11 Division 2 thriller. Larkhall eventually clinched a 6-5 win with goals from JoeLindsey, Curtis Dunn, Caleb Collins (2), Jamie Smith and ...
Frome beat Bath Arsenal
Mar 06, 2008 ... Mid-norton League Bath Arsenal Under 11 lost out 3-1 when theytook on their Frome Town counterparts last Sunday in a MidsomerNorton Youth League clash. Frome were the first to score after 15 minutes from a threadedball to their striker, who was quickest to respond, and he ...
Breakfast to feed charity
Mar 06, 2008 ... Box: People in the village will be waking up to a healthybreakfast on Saturday thanks to a dedicated group of fundraisingvolunteers. The Box and Corsham committee of the charity Cancer Research UKhas been raising money for 30 years. This weekend it will be involved in the ...
World service
Mar 06, 2008 ... Odd Down: A special service for the Women's World Day of Prayertakes place at the Salvation Army ...
Arts evening
Mar 06, 2008 ... Bath: An evening of poetry and music has been organised to raisemoney for Oxfam. Audioprose will take place on Friday, March 14 at the InventionArt Studios in Lower Borough Walls. Doors open at 7pm and ...
Chefs give pupils a taste of how to cook healthy food
Mar 06, 2008 ... Healthy eating was the order of the day for pupils at a Bathschool. Thirty Year 10 catering students at Ralph Allen School werejoined for a day by a team from Unilever Foodsolutions, one of thecountry's biggest food manufacturers. Ollie Knell, the company's chef coach, showed ...
Musical dates
Mar 06, 2008 ... Keynsham The Parish Players present Tippety, a musical written byDouglas Richards and Kenneth Wall, from next Thursday untilSaturday, March 15, at St John's Church Hall in Keynsham. Tickets, priced at ...
Book yourself in for a second helping from Bath's finest chefs
Mar 06, 2008 ... Tickets have gone on sale for a festival guaranteed to whet theappetite of food lovers. Preparations are in full swing for the four-day Taste of BathFestival, which will shine the spotlight on the culinary creationsproduced by the region's leading chefs. The Bath food ...
Running in memory of Jenny
Mar 06, 2008 ... Bar manager Andy Rollett has been running marathons and half-marathons for 17 years. But this year's Bath Half could be the most important yet. The 36-year-old is leading a team of five runners whoseathleticism has been sparked by the death of the mother of one ofhis ...
Why this is my first - and last - half-marathon
Mar 06, 2008 ... When Christine Wilson joins the throng of runners racing throughthe city's streets later this month it will be for the first and thelast time. The former TV producer moved to the city just days before lastyear's Bath Half Marathon and was so inspired she promised herself she ...
Eco-friendly community planned for development
Mar 06, 2008 ... Bath's Western Riverside redevelopment is set to include a hostof environmentally-friendly features that will make it into apioneering green community. A sustainable living education centre and a 'travel plan co-ordinator' who will be responsible for making sure residents keepcar ...
Expert slams design school proposals in council report
Mar 06, 2008 ... Sir James Dyson's bid to build a design school suffered a blowwhen a senior council architect formally registered his oppositionto the plans. Andrew Sharland, Bath and North East Somerset Council's seniorlandscape architect, says in a report to councillors that he isunable to ...
Couple leap at chance to mark their seventh special anniversary
Mar 06, 2008 ... They've been married for 28 years - but they've only had sevenreal anniversaries. A couple who got married on February 29, in 1980, returned toBath last week to celebrate their marital milestone. Richard and Nichola Parr visited the former register office, atCharlotte Street, ...
Guscott backs sports project
Mar 06, 2008 ... He became a rugby legend in his home city of Bath. But this week Jeremy Guscott flew the flag for another sport ashe encouraged youngsters to take part in an event which introducesthem to new healthy activities. The 42-year-old, who now works as a pundit for the BBC, ...
Claire turns her marriage proposal into a hit on big screen
Mar 06, 2008 ... Romantic Claire O'Dwyer staged a cinema proposal to her boyfriend- before a screening of the film The Accidental Husband. Claire proposed to her partner Martin Pitman between the trailersand the movie at the Odeon cinema on leap day on Friday. When the adverts finished, a ...
Why our work is so vital, by England's goalie
Mar 06, 2008 ... Back in the autumn, the England football team crashed out of theEuropean Championships - prompting a round of soul searching: youthsport development is broken, coaching is poor, insufficient money isreaching community level. Football may be life and death for some but coherent ...
Amanda'sartwork is first past the post
Mar 06, 2008 ... A 10-year-old girl has won a pair of trainers and pounds100 forher school by designing a poster. The artwork of Amanda Marchant, of St Andrew's School in JulianRoad, will be used to promote the Nationwide Bath Half MarathonFamily Fun Day, which is taking place on Saturday, March ...
Business teams on board
Mar 06, 2008 ... More than 100 business teams will be taking part in this year'sNationwide Bath Half Marathon. The 2008 Corporate Challenge at the race will involve more than650 runners in 101 teams - well over double the number of companieswhich entered last year. Last year 45 teams raised ...
Mum goes the extra mile for baby unit
Mar 06, 2008 ... Mum Rachel Burns will be putting her best foot forward to raisemoney for a hospital unit that ensured her son had the best start inlife. The 26-year-old from Corsham will be taking part in a one-milefun run on the day of the Nationwide Bath Half Marathon. The NICU Marathon ...
Gates make a really grand entrance
Mar 06, 2008 ... Replicas of cast-iron gates melted down for the war effort havebeen put up in Royal Victoria Park - 66 years after they were takenaway. The new gates were installed this week, paid for by a grant fromthe Heritage Lottery Fund as part of the long-term restoration ofthe historic ...