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Largest ever Sustainable Fashion Week to highlight 'The Power of Repair'

Bath Preservation Trust has successfully acquired four Thomas Gainsborough paintings of the Tugwell family, which will go on public display for the first time in September at No.1 Royal Crescent.

A family nature walk, music workshop and an evening bat walk all feature in this year’s expanded Somer Valley Walking Festival, which runs from Friday 6 - Sunday 8 September. 

Residents in Bath & North East Somerset are being encouraged to take part in a nationally-run satisfaction survey on the quality of roads and the transport network in the area.

Following the expiry of the development agreement between Bath & North East Somerset Council and L&G for Bath Quays North, the council and the University of Bath have announced a new partnership to develop a vision for the future of this key site.

Popular ITV detective series McDonald & Dodds returns this weekend after filming at The Bottle Yard Studios and on location in Bath & Bristol with assistance from both cities' Film Offices last year.

Bath Assembly Rooms will shortly be kicking off a six-week partnership with Brick Galleria to bring LEGO® Brick Paintings to visitors and families in Bath this summer.  

Signs advising swimmers of hidden dangers and how to follow safety advice when using local rivers and canals have gone up at popular open water swimming hotspots in Saltford and Bath.

Visit West member advertising goes live ahead of busy summer season.

Trumpeters heralded a feast fit for a Queen when Elizabeth I visited Longleat House in Wiltshire 450 years ago, the accounts show.

A ‘Shop, Dine and Visit Local’ campaign has been launched in Midsomer Norton with backing from businesses and Bath & North East Somerset Council.

Bath is in the running for a prestigious national award for being the best small city in the UK, Europe and beyond thanks to its ambitious regeneration and place improvement projects.