https://bathdaily.co.uk/Local news, what's on and the information you need for Bath, Keynsham and Midsomer Norton.en-GBMon, 05 Oct 2026 01:14:40 +0000https://bathdaily.co.uk/bath-world-heritage-status-leader-statement-2026/https://bathdaily.co.uk/bath-world-heritage-status-leader-statement-2026/Mon, 05 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsCouncil leader Kevin Guy says there is "no intent at all" to give up Bath's World Heritage status. The council's own housing case leans on that status.https://bathdaily.co.uk/bath-western-riverside-council-homes-2026/https://bathdaily.co.uk/bath-western-riverside-council-homes-2026/Mon, 05 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsThe council has approved the land swap that gives it 92 homes at Bath Western Riverside, due by December 2029. Up to 219 more depend on funding.https://bathdaily.co.uk/bath-roadworks-travel/https://bathdaily.co.uk/bath-roadworks-travel/Fri, 02 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000Local InfoThe M4 junction 18 exit for Bath shuts overnight on 3 and 5 October. The Royal Victoria Park drive is closed and Manvers Street stays shut to 20 November.https://bathdaily.co.uk/bath-rents-overtake-bristol-2026/https://bathdaily.co.uk/bath-rents-overtake-bristol-2026/Fri, 02 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsAverage rent in Bath and North East Somerset hit £1,885 a month in August, £2 above Bristol and up 7.4% in a year. It is not a first: B&NES led until 2019.https://bathdaily.co.uk/bath-forum-john-simpson-interview-2026/https://bathdaily.co.uk/bath-forum-john-simpson-interview-2026/Wed, 30 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000What's OnJohn Simpson, at the Forum in Bath on 1 October, tells us Assad was meek in person, Mandela the real deal, and Bath the most beautiful city in the UK.https://bathdaily.co.uk/bath-mozartfest/https://bathdaily.co.uk/bath-mozartfest/Tue, 29 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000What's OnBath Mozartfest runs 13 to 21 November: 17 events, seats from £12, under-16s free with an adult. Every date, time, venue and programme, and what is selling.https://bathdaily.co.uk/bath-flute-restaurant-company-liquidation-2026/https://bathdaily.co.uk/bath-flute-restaurant-company-liquidation-2026/Mon, 28 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsThe company behind Flute, the George Street seafood restaurant that shut in June 2025, has called creditors to a 29 September meeting to wind it up.https://bathdaily.co.uk/whats-on-bath-this-month/https://bathdaily.co.uk/whats-on-bath-this-month/Mon, 28 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000What's OnBath Film Festival runs 16 to 25 October, Jennifer Saunders opens in The Sea on 22 October and the Rotary fireworks are on the Rec on 7 November. Full dates.https://bathdaily.co.uk/bath-forum-autumn-2026-shows/https://bathdaily.co.uk/bath-forum-autumn-2026-shows/Sun, 27 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000What's OnJohn Simpson opens the Forum's autumn on 1 October. Cabaret Voltaire, Anton Du Beke, Jools Holland, Del Amitri and Phil Wang follow, up to 28 November.https://bathdaily.co.uk/bath-planning-committee-gas-works-refused-2026/https://bathdaily.co.uk/bath-planning-committee-gas-works-refused-2026/Fri, 25 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsCouncillors refused 272 co-living studios at Bath's Old Gas Works against officer advice, 5-4. Keynsham's 200 homes passed 5-4 and Bath Press won 9-0.https://bathdaily.co.uk/bath-community-awards-nominations-2026/https://bathdaily.co.uk/bath-community-awards-nominations-2026/Fri, 25 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsNominations are open until midnight on 29 November, with a new support animal award and a lifetime achievement prize. Here is how each winner is chosen.https://bathdaily.co.uk/bath-christmas-bin-collections/https://bathdaily.co.uk/bath-christmas-bin-collections/Fri, 25 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000Local InfoBath's 2026 Christmas bin dates are due in late November. Last year every weekday round moved, three onto Saturdays, and garden waste paused 7 Dec to 19 Jan.https://bathdaily.co.uk/bath-school-term-dates/https://bathdaily.co.uk/bath-school-term-dates/Fri, 25 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000Local InfoB&NES schools break up for Christmas on Friday 18 December 2026 and return 4 January. Every half term for 2026-27, plus the Bath schools that break up earlier.https://bathdaily.co.uk/bath-christmas-lights/https://bathdaily.co.uk/bath-christmas-lights/Fri, 25 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000What's OnBath has no Christmas lights switch-on ceremony in 2026. New lights go up instead, with a 12-Snowman sculpture trail from 19 November to 28 January.https://bathdaily.co.uk/bath-on-ice/https://bathdaily.co.uk/bath-on-ice/Fri, 25 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000What's OnBath on Ice opens in Royal Victoria Park on 20 November 2026 and runs to 3 January 2027. Adults £16.50, children £14, family £53.50, plus a £2 booking fee.https://bathdaily.co.uk/roman-baths-christmas-winter/https://bathdaily.co.uk/roman-baths-christmas-winter/Fri, 25 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000What's OnRoman Baths winter tickets from £23.50 for an adult on a weekday, £26.50 in the week before Christmas. Closed 25 and 26 December; torches lit about 4pm.https://bathdaily.co.uk/bath-new-years-eve/https://bathdaily.co.uk/bath-new-years-eve/Fri, 25 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000What's OnBath's big New Year's Eve 2026 ticket is the Pump Room ball, 7pm to 1am, from £105. No public fireworks are announced; trains may finish early on 31 December.https://bathdaily.co.uk/bath-lansdown-road-red-route-2026/https://bathdaily.co.uk/bath-lansdown-road-red-route-2026/Thu, 24 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsA red route clearway is proposed on about two miles of Lansdown Road, plus 19 more parking changes in north west Bath. Objections close on 15 October.https://bathdaily.co.uk/bath-forest-of-imagination-entry-hill-2026/https://bathdaily.co.uk/bath-forest-of-imagination-entry-hill-2026/Thu, 24 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsFree, no booking: drop-in workshops at Entry Hill on Saturday 26 September, after a pay-what-you-can feast on Friday. What is on and how to get there.https://bathdaily.co.uk/bath-house-prices-annual-fall-july-2026/https://bathdaily.co.uk/bath-house-prices-annual-fall-july-2026/Mon, 21 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsThe average B&NES home lost £2,941 in the year to July while all five neighbouring councils gained. Flats are back to their January 2022 prices.https://bathdaily.co.uk/keynsham-great-barn-court-council-homes/https://bathdaily.co.uk/keynsham-great-barn-court-council-homes/Mon, 21 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsTen new council flats at Great Barn Court, Keynsham are ready to let. The district's housing register stands at 6,423 households, an eleven-year high.https://bathdaily.co.uk/bath-ex-mayor-still-a-councillor/https://bathdaily.co.uk/bath-ex-mayor-still-a-councillor/Sun, 20 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsCllr Bharat Pankhania told full council on 16 July he would resign. No vacancy notice has been published, and he was the only member absent on 17 September.https://bathdaily.co.uk/bath-local-plan-consultation-opens-2026/https://bathdaily.co.uk/bath-local-plan-consultation-opens-2026/Fri, 18 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsThe council says its 22,000-home Local Plan consultation opens on Friday 18 September. Five briefings are left, and its own pages give two closing dates.https://bathdaily.co.uk/bath-claimant-count-august-2026/https://bathdaily.co.uk/bath-claimant-count-august-2026/Fri, 18 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsBath and North East Somerset had 2,440 people on out-of-work benefits in August, 1.9%, the lowest rate of six neighbours. The rise came from the over-50s.https://bathdaily.co.uk/bath-upper-borough-walls-min-closures-2026/https://bathdaily.co.uk/bath-upper-borough-walls-min-closures-2026/Mon, 14 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsUpper Borough Walls and Parsonage Lane close 10am to 6pm from 29 September, for up to 18 months, while contractors work on the old Min. Saw Close bollards go.https://bathdaily.co.uk/bath-newton-house-respite-contract-2026/https://bathdaily.co.uk/bath-newton-house-respite-contract-2026/Mon, 14 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsBath's residential respite home has a five-year deal with Dimensions, weeks before the current arrangement was due to end. The council's own papers show how.https://bathdaily.co.uk/bath-dave-rowntree-bloc-burdalls-yard-2026/https://bathdaily.co.uk/bath-dave-rowntree-bloc-burdalls-yard-2026/Mon, 14 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsBlur drummer Dave Rowntree's No One You Know show is now at BLOC @ Burdall's Yard on Friday 25 September, not the Roper Theatre. Tickets £20, 8pm start.https://bathdaily.co.uk/bath-local-plan-consultation-approved-2026/https://bathdaily.co.uk/bath-local-plan-consultation-approved-2026/Fri, 11 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsCabinet approved the 22,000-home draft Local Plan on 10 September. Comments run 14 September to 26 October, and must argue soundness, not preference.https://bathdaily.co.uk/bath-clean-air-strategy-targets-2026/https://bathdaily.co.uk/bath-clean-air-strategy-targets-2026/Fri, 11 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsB&NES has set air pollution targets: nitrogen dioxide at 20µg/m3 by 2030 and WHO levels by 2035. Its forecast still has 11 sites over the 2030 figure.https://bathdaily.co.uk/bath-christmas-market-planning-approved-2026/https://bathdaily.co.uk/bath-christmas-market-planning-approved-2026/Mon, 07 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsThe market now has permanent permission for up to 25 days a year across a bigger footprint. The council says it will not use it yet: this December still runs 18 days.