Bath Chronicle, The back issues from April 2008:
New era for Rec - report
Apr 02, 2008 ... A new era of certainty is about to dawn for Bath's RecreationGround, according to an official report. The three councillors responsible for the running of the citycentre green lung meet next week to discuss progress on moves toallow Bath Rugby to create a new stadium at its ...
Porsche raises the roof...
Apr 03, 2008 ... Now, I'm one of those people who tends to think convertibles,particularly those manufactured by the likes of Bentley, AstonMartin, Ferrari and so on, are out there for the poseur. But I have to admit that the Porsche 911 Turbo Cabriolet capturedmy imagination and completely ...
Thank you
Apr 03, 2008 ... West: The Parkinson's Disease Society has thanked everyone whotook park in the 2008 Bath Half Marathon on behalf of the charity,raising a record pounds1,800. Jean Almond, its regional fundraiser, said the charity had 17runners taking part - the highest number ever. "The funds ...
Many ways to lend hand
Apr 03, 2008 ... A centre which matches volunteers with charities needing help hasexpanded its opening hours. The Bath Volunteer Centre has expanded its operation from threeto five days a week, opening from 10am to 4pm, Monday to Friday. The centre at Green Park Station aims to offer support ...
Demo urges greener bill
Apr 03, 2008 ... Bath: Environmentalists will be campaigning for the ClimateChange Bill on its way through Parliament to be strengthened. Members of Bath's Friends of the Earth and Oxfam groups will beat Green Park Station on Saturday, asking local residents to join MPDon Foster in pledging support ...
Housing clarity
Apr 03, 2008 ... Wiltshire: West Wiltshire Housing Society has changed its name toSelwood Housing. The newly-named organisation will continue to run what was onceWest Wiltshire Council's housing stock but also develop more homesand services beyond the district's boundaries. The society was ...
College head delighted by outstanding report
Apr 03, 2008 ... The City of Bath College has been recognised as one of thecountry's top colleges for art and design. The department at the Avon Street-based college was judged to beoutstanding in an Ofsted report following a visit by inspectors inApril 2007. Now, 12 months later, the ...
Charity boss's birthday idea bags cash for boys in need
Apr 03, 2008 ... A Bradford on Avon-based charity that supports disadvantagedchildren in India is celebrating its fifth anniversary with thelaunch of its own reusable bags. The Neem Tree Trust has been selling the bags at the George StoneMace Store in the town for a month. Kathy Miller, the ...
pounds5,000 fine for ignoring council order
Apr 03, 2008 ... Magistrates have fined a company pounds5,000 for failing tocomply with a planning enforcement notice. Temple Park Homes Ltd admitted failing to comply with the councilenforcement notice which ordered an unauthorised building to beremoved from the company's land in ...
Celebration of artists of all ages
Apr 03, 2008 ... An art exhibition threw the spotlight on the wealth of artistictalent in the community. St John's Church in Lower Weston opened its doors for the three-day event, which was launched by the Mayor of Bath, Cllr SharonBall, and included entertainment by jazz trio Adam's ...
Join the circus
Apr 03, 2008 ... Bradford on Avon: St Laurence School is hosting circus skillsworkshops which begin on Wednesday, April 23. The sessions, which will run for six weeks, begin at 7pm. Run by experienced circus performer Lynn Carroll, the sessionswill include juggling, unicycling and tightrope ...
Tasks of estate's executors could continue for many years
Apr 03, 2008 ... So, what do executors and trustees actually do? When you make a will, one of the first questions is: "Who do youwant to appoint as your executors?" But do you know what yourexecutors will actually have to do? Your will will set out the details of how you want things to ...
Win one of 200 wills worth pounds300 and safeguard your loved ones
Apr 03, 2008 ... The Bath Chronicle's campaign to encourage readers to protecttheir loved ones and the causes they support by making a will isentering its third week. In conjunction with Bath law firm Mogers, we are giving away 200wills worth pounds300 each. Readers need to collect four out ...
He bombed Bath in 1942 - now war pilot is coming to apologise
Apr 03, 2008 ... In April 1942, Luftwaffe pilot Willi Schludecker dropped bombs onBath during the Nazis' infamous Baedeker Raids. Now, 66 years on, he is going to co-pilot a plane back to thecity to apologise. More than 400 people were killed during the raids, and more than19,000 buildings ...
Charity ride backed by TV's hamster arrives in city
Apr 03, 2008 ... Tv presenter Richard Hammond has given his backing to a projectthat aims to raise thousands of pounds for air ambulance charitiesacross the country. The star, who almost lost his life in a high-speed crash, hasagreed to sign the petrol cap of a motorbike being put up as araffle ...
Brothers in firework attack on car receive suspended sentences
Apr 03, 2008 ... Two brothers who let off a firework in a car at Odd Down after adispute with the owner have been given suspended sentences and putunder curfew. Robert Ball, 40, and his 36-year-old brother, Richard, who bothadmitted arson, appeared before Bath Magistrates on Monday to ...
Fancy lesson about fame?
Apr 03, 2008 ... Two Bath teachers have set up a new musical theatre initiative. Singing teacher and choral director Anna Bernard has linked upwith drama teacher and director Kim Gilbert. They plan to run a course for 10 to 20-year-olds from Monday,July 28, to Saturday, August ...
Readers find themselves making the news as winners
Apr 03, 2008 ... The latest winner of a pounds50 prize for reading The BathChronicle has been unveiled. Paul Hughes, who was visiting the city from Rogerstone, in southWales, has scooped the money in our Golden Ticket promotion withradio station GWR. The station's Thunder crew has been ...
How teenagers have benefited from pounds160,000
Apr 03, 2008 ... A scheme which funds projects for young people has handed overpounds160,000 in the past year. Bath and North East Somerset's YouthBank has celebrated a secondsuccessful year of grant giving. At an event at the Guildhall, chairman of Bath and North EastSomerset Council Cllr ...
Lottery gives young chance to make films
Apr 03, 2008 ... A group of young people from Bath will benefit from thousands ofpounds of National Lottery money to produce three short digitalfilms under the guidance of professional film-makers. The work will be funded by First Light Movies, a nationalorganisation that provides funding and ...
Conference on addiction
Apr 03, 2008 ... Mental health experts at the University of Bath have joinedforces with the Alcohol and Health Research Unit, at the Universityof the West of England in Bristol, to stage a major internationalconference. The event will focus on ...
Scores tackle canal challenge for homeless
Apr 03, 2008 ... More than 100 people took part in a canal walk at the weekend toraise money for a Bath homelessness charity. Despite the wet weather, 140 people participated in the GenesisChallenge for the Genesis Trust by walking, cycling or canoeingalong the Kennet & Avon Canal. The annual ...
PM tells train firm to get back on track
Apr 03, 2008 ... Prime Minister Gordon Brown has pledged he is on the side of long-suffering rail passengers in Bath. And he has warned First Great Western it will be stripped ofrunning services if it fails to turn around its dismal performance. The Government would be monitoring the situation, ...
Friends staging rugby event in gethin tribute
Apr 03, 2008 ... Friends of a university student who was found hanged in the citycentre are staging a rugby tournament in his memory. The tournament is being held to raise awareness about depressionand to collect funds for a special needs charity that the student'sfamily ...
Pupils discover power of the dance
Apr 03, 2008 ... Hundreds of pupils who were in the mood for dancing have takencentre stage in the city. More than 1,500 youngsters from more than 40 primary, secondaryand specialist schools across Bath and North East Somerset weregiven their chance to shine at The Forum last week. The Dance ...
Hundreds sign up to protest and save the hillside from housing
Apr 03, 2008 ... More than 700 people have signed up to a campaign to stop homesbeing built on a greenfield site in Bath. Campaigners and local councillors have been mobilising oppositionto plans by the city's biggest landlord to build 30 affordable homeson a site at The Hollow, between Bath City ...
Pupils attack history of the Vikings from new angle
Apr 03, 2008 ... History has been brought to life for pupils at a Bath school. About 100 Year 7 and 8 pupils from St Mark's School enjoyed avariety of outdoor workshops as part of a Viking-themed day. The activities provided by Bath Forest School and SwainswickExplorers varied from cooking on ...
Group's last attempt to prevent rises
Apr 03, 2008 ... Opposition councillors will attempt to put the brakes on a seriesof parking rises at a meeting on Monday. Plans to increase the cost of residents' parking permitssubstantially and extend car park charges to 8pm will be challengedat the public meeting at the Guildhall. A range ...
Pumping station shown off after surviving tough winter
Apr 03, 2008 ... A voluntary group has shown off its work on a 19th-centurylandmark. Since the late 1960s, volunteers have been restoring thewaterwheel, beam engine and pump of Claverton Pumping Station on theKennet & Avon Canal. Alison Smith, recently-appointed British Waterways volunteers ...
Politician in shock after M4 tragedy
Apr 03, 2008 ... A prospective Parliamentary candidate has spoken of his shockafter being involved in a fatal accident on the M4. Wilfred Emmanuel Jones, pictured, was driving a Lexus car thatstruck a woman who was walking in the middle lane of the motorway onSaturday night. The woman was ...
Future of park deer herd lies in the balance
Apr 03, 2008 ... A popular country park is waiting for a decision by Governmentofficials which could lead to its herd of deer being slaughtered. The future of the 14 fallow deer at Avon Valley Adventure andWildlife Park at Keynsham is in the balance as park owner JohnDouglas battles with the ...
Wising up to bogus callers
Apr 03, 2008 ... Bogus callers are being given the brush-off by alerthouseholders. Distraction burglaries have become an increasingly commonproblem, with conmen posing as reputable tradesmen or people inauthority to get into houses to steal cash or valuable belongings. In an effort to crack ...
Laying down the law on crime prevention
Apr 03, 2008 ... Work is being done to ensure that elderly people know how to keepthemselves as safe as possible. Several years ago, the police joined forces with community safetyofficials at Bath and North East Somerset Council to produce anElder Aware presentation, an initiative designed to give ...
Juice celebrates 10 years of success and stability
Apr 03, 2008 ... A rapidly expanding recruitment firm is celebrating 10 years ofbusiness in Bath. Entrepreneur Emma Summers brought Juice Recruitment to life atthe age of 26 by selling her car and launching the business from herhome computer. Ms Summers set out with a 10-year plan to open ...
Clinic named as one of top 100 employers for nurses
Apr 03, 2008 ... Staff at a private healthcare clinic in Bath are celebratingafter being named as one of the top 100 nursing employers in thecountry. The Nursing Times Top 100 is an annual survey celebrating thebest nursing employers in Britain. Its listing is based on everything from ...
Husband and wife team claims business is booming in lettings
Apr 03, 2008 ... A husband-and-wife team of property agents in Bath has moved tonew premises in the city following a boom in business over the pastcouple of years. Chris and Kim Davies launched Premier Lettings in 2006 after fouryears of working for estate agents and major lettings companies ...
How a soldier's bravery 145 years ago will benefit today's war heroes
Apr 03, 2008 ... His repeated heroics won him the Victoria Cross and made him alegend among his men in 19th century British India. Now the coveted VC and other medals of Bath-born Lieutenant,later Captain, Henry W Pitcher are predicted to fetch up topounds100,000 when offered for sale for charity ...
Olympic sprint hero inspires games helpers
Apr 03, 2008 ... Olympic gold medallist Darren Campbell has been encouragingyoungsters to lend a hand at a sports extravaganza in Bath. Teenagers from across the South West met the 34-year-old sprinterat an event to prepare them for the UK School Games. Around 400 16 to 17-year-olds from all ...
Police hail pounds2.4m success in battle against organised crime
Apr 03, 2008 ... Seizures of Class A drugs by Avon and Somerset police have morethan tripled as officers tighten their grip on dealers. From April 2007 to the end of December, the force seized Class Adrugs with an estimated street value of pounds2.4 million. This figure compares with ...
Bath as nice as American pie - Webb
Apr 03, 2008 ... The BBC's North American editor has encouraged tourists to carryon visiting Bath. Justin Webb, above, who grew up in the city, was prompted todefend Bath in his blog on the BBC's website. A discussion about guncrime featured a comment which quoted a letter to The Bath ...
Pools trust makes a big splash on the internet
Apr 03, 2008 ... Campaigners wanting to revive an early 19th-century swimming poolhave taken their battle onto YouTube. The Cleveland Pools Trust has posted a series of stills of theCleveland Baths on the website as it waits for council chiefs to putthe landmark up for sale. The building in ...
Mark elected to new role
Apr 03, 2008 ... Mark Owen, a former display advertising manager of The BathChronicle, has been elected to lead Marketing Gloucester. This is a new organisation which has been set up to sellGloucester to the world. Mr Owen, who worked for the Chronicle from 1995 to 2000, first asan ...
Cars targeted
Apr 03, 2008 ... Larkhall/keynsham:fire crews were called to two cases ofsuspected arson on Thursday night. At 9.51pm a fire engine from Bath went to Spring Lane, atLarkhall, to a Renault Clio that had been set alight. Two firefighters wearing breathing equipment used high pressurejets ...
Curfew imposed on hammer attack man
Apr 03, 2008 ... A teenager who pleaded guilty to criminal damage and possessingan offensive weapon has been placed under curfew and electronicallytagged for four months. Bath magistrates heard that Gareth Jones, aged 18, formerly ofMeare Road, Foxhill, smashed the front door of Selworthy House ...
Looking to the future
Apr 03, 2008 ... Peasedown St John:Parish councillors have been told about thenational Transition Network movement. The network, which has 30 groups including in Bath and Frome,says society should prepare for the time when the planet's oil andother fossil fuels runs out. Local campaigners ...
Warm-hearted knitters help young and old
Apr 03, 2008 ... Older people and babies at the Royal United Hospital will be alittle warmer, thanks to the clacking needles of day centremembers. Age Concern's St Michael's Day Centre in the city has produced anumber of blankets which will be distributed by the ...
Museum is buoyed by Titanic show
Apr 03, 2008 ... An exhibition about the doomed steamship the Titanic helped aBath museum pull in a record number of visitors over the Easterweekend. Titanic: The Ship That Shook America features memorabilia such asmenus from the ship's restaurants and letters and postcards sent bythe ill-fated ...
Marine's grandfather goes into battle to save local post office
Apr 03, 2008 ... A grandfather who sends weekly parcels to his Marine grandson inAfghanistan has backed a campaign to save Bath's threatened postoffices. Among the things which make John Paul Lewis's stint in theinhospitable Afghan climes bearable are the weekly parcels hereceives from his ...
Brushing up on healthy habits for teeth
Apr 03, 2008 ... It was "open wide" all round when a children's centre staged anevent to promote dental care. St Martin's Garden Children's Centre in Odd Down staged an oralhealth open day to encourage children to take good care of theirteeth. Kathy Needs and Jan Postans, from the Avon ...
Cut-price fares on the buses
Apr 03, 2008 ... People in Keynsham and Saltford can get return bus tickets toBristol and Bath for the price of a single fare from this week. Bus company First has halved the cost of travel for adults andchildren in the neighbouring communities after a similar promotionin Saltford last year led to ...
Cuppa cha-cha
Apr 03, 2008 ... Corsham: The NSPCC is holding a tea dance at the town hall onSaturday from 3-5pm. There will be live music from the Chris Lewis Band, and ...
Bus scheme in spotlight
Apr 03, 2008 ... A meeting about a new rapid transit bus route through Bath willtake place on Tuesday at 7.30pm. A presentation will be given by Peter Dawson, manager forplanning and transport policy at Bath and North East SomersetCouncil. The scheme, which will be funded by a Government ...
Christmas market gets go-ahead despite ex-mayor's reservations
Apr 03, 2008 ... Hundreds of thousands of shoppers will head to Bath for someyuletide retail therapy this year when the city's Christmas Marketreturns for its eighth successive season. The event, which attracted more than 200,000 people last year,was given the green light by councillors in Bath ...
Tots spring into action
Apr 03, 2008 ... Little ones at a nursery on the outskirts of Bath have enteredinto the spirit of spring by fashioning their own bonnets. It was just one of the activities run as part of an Easter funday at Tadpoles Nursery in Combe Down. Twenty youngsters, aged from two to four, brought in ...
Drug dealer's life of luxury belies bid to ensure crime doesn't pay
Apr 03, 2008 ... A drug dealer from Bath who had homes worth more thanpounds650,000 seized by the authorities says he is still living a"fantastic" life. David Tomkins, who has a house in Odd Down, says his heroin-trafficking past was simply an "error of judgment". Last week, Tomkins had ...
Cafe owner left fuming
Apr 03, 2008 ... A Bath cafe owner has attacked a council crackdown that will hither outside evening trade. Carol Gibbs has run the Riverside Cafe in Argyle Street whichoverlooks Pulteney Weir for five years. Last year Mrs Gibbs had to face licensing officers from Bath andNorth East Somerset ...
City's latest arrival features improved look
Apr 03, 2008 ... One of the UK's biggest electronic retailers says it is lookingforward to opening its first shop in Bath later this month. Maplin Electronics, which has 144 outlets across the UK, will belaunching its store in the city on Saturday, April 19. And the chain, which began as a ...
Drive to make a difference
Apr 03, 2008 ... A hospital patient and his friend are to embark on a 4,000-milecharity drive across Europe in a car not known for luxury motoring. Royal United Hospital outpatient Richard Lange, 24, and 25-year-old Simon Leach will be setting off from Frome for their 14-day tripon ...
Doubling up charity boost
Apr 03, 2008 ... Good causes are benefiting from big-hearted NatWest staff inBath. The bank's employees in and around the city gave more thanpounds11,000 to charity in 2007 under its Give As You Earn Scheme. Staff have been supporting local and national charities andcommunity organisations by ...
School's top brass given opportunity to showcase talent
Apr 03, 2008 ... An award-winning school band will be getting a charity concertoff to a rousing start next month. The Hayesfield School Big Band is to appear at the Showcaseconcert at The Forum on May 3. The band, led by music director Mark Bradbury, was awarded topplace in the recent ...
Sale for home
Apr 03, 2008 ... Claverton down: The Friends of Bath Cats and Dogs Homefundraising group is holding a clothes sale with designer, new,nearly-new and vintage ...
Big thank-you to quiz fans
Apr 03, 2008 ... Appeal organisers have thanked pubs and their customers fortaking part in a month of quizzes. The Forever Friends Appeal's Quiz 4 Life saw pubs from across theRoyal United Hospital catchment area raising funds for its Space toGrow campaign to build a new neo-natal intensive care ...
Goldies scheme is expanding
Apr 03, 2008 ... A scheme to bring music back into the lives of older people inBath is to expand into Bristol. The Golden-Oldies project runs singing sessions at communitycentres across Bath and north east Somerset. The brainchild of conductor Grenville Jones, the scheme hasbrightened up the ...
Learn with the master
Apr 03, 2008 ... Bath And TROWBRIDGE:Children from Bath are being invited to joindance star Wayne Sleep when he takes master classes at StAugustine's Catholic College, Trowbridge, on Sunday, May 4. The dance classes are open to all Bath jazz and ballet students,but there are only limited places ...
Hotel enters new green awards scheme to cut carbon footprint
Apr 03, 2008 ... A group of country house hotels is beefing up its greencredentials by rewarding the most eco-friendly arms of the business. The Carbon Footprint Awards scheme is the latest initiative fromLatona Leisure, which owns five hotels in the South West, includingthe Limpley Stoke Hotel and ...