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Bath Rugby's plans for The Rec take major step forward after legal victory

The Premiership side's victory in court this week means it is now able to move forward with proposals for a new stadium

Birmingham Post · Oct 19, 2022

Woman steps in as surrogate for best pal who can't carry a child after cervical cancer

Cassie Bush, from Keynsham, in Bath and North East Somerset, had to undergo radiotherapy which triggered early menopause and made it impossible for her to carry her own baby

Daily Mirror · Oct 16, 2022

Best friend helps woman who couldn't carry child after cervical cancer to become a mum

Cassie was 'blown-away' when her friend offered to be a surrogate

Bristol Post · Oct 16, 2022

Man claims it ‘impossible’ to buy metal tablespoon in home city - and offers £50 to anyone who can find one

A Bath resident caused a stir by highlighting the apparent cutlery shortage in his local city

Wales Online · Sep 27, 2022

Marchioness who rowed with son over marriage to Strictly star Emma Weymouth dies at 78

The Dowager Marchioness of Bath, Anna Thynn, who famously fell out with her son over his decision to marry former Strictly Come Dancing contestant Emma Weymouth, has passed away

Daily Mirror · Sep 27, 2022

Cleveland Pools in Bath: UK's oldest lido to reopen after £9.3m restoration

The 207-year-old grade-II* listed Georgian site has been returned to its former glory after a 15-month-long project

Birmingham Post · Sep 23, 2022

Great British Bake Off’s Prue Leith admits she once ‘gave 30 people food poisoning’

The judge said ‘You can’t be in catering for 30 years without something going disastrously wrong,’ while speaking on stage in Bath on the first night of her Nothing In Moderation tour

Evening Standard · Sep 22, 2022

Mum with severe dairy allergy died after eating Pret a Manger vegan wrap contaminated with milk

An inquest has heard how Celia Marsh, a mum-of-five, died in December 2017 after eating a super-veg rainbow flatbread from the chain's store in Bath, Somerset

Chronicle Live · Sep 22, 2022

How did a ‘vegan’ flatbread in Pret a Manger come to contain milk protein?

Celia Marsh collapsed after eating a flatbread from a branch in Bath, the coroner ruled she died due to an anaphylactic reaction

The Guardian - UK · Sep 22, 2022

Family of woman who had fatal reaction to ‘vegan’ wrap call for better testing

Celia Marsh’s family say more people will die unless testing throughout food industry is improved

The Guardian - UK · Sep 22, 2022