Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles. One news app.

The Latest Breaking News from Bath

Thousands of Jane Austen superfans descend on city to celebrate beloved author’s birthday

Fans of Jane Austen are celebrating the 250th anniversary of the beloved author's birth with costumed balls and themed events

The Independent UK

From woodcuts to Colin Firth: how Jane Austen’s stories have been pictured

Bath museum shows how author’s illustrators and adapters have portrayed her characters through history

The Guardian - UK

Prized paintings, unburied treasures and murderous Millais – the week in art

The John Moores prize names its next stars, Renaissance booty is uncovered in Bath and a lover’s brothers plan a beheading

The Guardian - UK

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Bath’s Holburne museum to unveil ‘art chamber’ of Renaissance masterpieces

Museum’s basement becomes £2m ‘kunstkammer’ full of Schroder family’s exquisite silverware, paintings, bronzes and ceramics

The Guardian - UK

Sainsbury’s tests facial recognition technology in effort to tackle shoplifting

Retailer starts eight-week trial at stores in London and Bath before potentially expanding nationwide

The Guardian - UK

Man pleads guilty to murdering his 73-year-old father

Christopher Monro pleaded guilty to killing Peter Monro, who died following an incident in Bath, Somerset, in February

Evening Standard

Enjoyed together, Red Dwarf and Jane Austen offer a lesson in immersive world building

This year marks the 250th anniversary of Jane Austen’s birth. An Austen enthusiast might attend the birthday ball at the Alton Assembly Rooms in Hampshire or take an Austen-themed walking tour. They might dance at the Pump Rooms in Bath, a city with strong Austen connections, or in Utah, which…

The Conversation

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

I got into hot water and jazz at Bath’s 1960s Roman Rendezvous

Letter: Now that the Roman baths are hosting music concerts, Barbara Penrose recalls being allowed to swim with other partygoers

The Guardian - UK

Singing in the bath: summer gigs bring noise back to Bath’s Roman attraction

Summer Lates series to feature live performances and DJ sets of disco, funk, gospel and jazz

The Guardian - UK

Historic English cities demand right to impose tourist tax

Following the example set by Wales and Scotland, Bath and Cambridge have called for the government to let them introduce visitor levies

The Independent UK

Queen joins cupcake quest on visit to Somerset farm

Camilla helped children bake some treats at Lower Shockerwick Farm near Bath.

The Independent UK

‘Smoke and confusion’: exhibition points out Jane Austen’s true thoughts on Bath

Georgian city is not shy of milking its links with the author, but actually she was not happy during her time there

The Guardian - UK

Former teacher, 90, will face trial after denying historical sex offences

Derek Barker pleaded not guilty to three charges relating to when he worked at Monkton Combe School in Bath in the 1970s.

Evening Standard

‘Baths, wine, and sex make life worth living’: how ancient Romans used public baths to relax, work out and socialise

Standing in the vast ruins of the Baths of Caracalla in Rome, hundreds of gulls circle above. Their haunting cries echo voices from 1,800 years ago. Today, the bare shell of what was one of Rome’s largest bath complexes mostly sits empty, occasionally playing host to opera performances.

The Conversation

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

Evening Standard

Helicopters and cool hotels: forget Winnebagos, this is how the style set really do Glastonbury

I’ve only been to Glastonbury once, and I have to admit it was done in a most convivial way. The year was 2011, when the Pyramid Stage headliners were Beyoncé on the Sunday, festival perennials Coldplay on the Saturday, and, in something of a tour de force performance on the…

The Independent UK

Bath-bound Henry Arundell recalled to England squad

The youngster will be back available to Steve Borthwick this summer after returning to the Premiership

Digital Camera World

Fotospeed launches FotoFest 2025 with a formidable line-up of talks from pro photographers and exclusive deals

FotoFest 2025 takes place at Bath Spa University on September 7 and features talks from landscape photographer Joe Cornish, wildlife pro Rachel Bigsby, and more

The Guardian - UK

Ibitoye double fires Bristol past Harlequins to clinch playoff tie at Bath

Bristol clinched a 52-26 victory against Harlequins to secure fourth place and a Premiership playoff semi-final at Bath

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

Evening Standard

Ex-teacher appears in court accused of historical sex offences at public school

.Derek Barker, 90, is charged with three offences of buggery at Monkton Combe School in Bath in the 1970s, when he taught there

BANG Premier

Robbie Williams unveils new album Britpop, drops rocking lead single with Black Sabbath's Tony Iommi

Robbie Williams is back with a rock song featuring Black Sabbath's Tony Iommi from his forthcoming album, 'Britpop'.

The Guardian - UK

Turner’s rarely seen watercolours take centre stage in Bath

Exhibition at Holburne Museum features 32 experimental land and seascapes that chart artist’s evolution

The Independent UK

The best dog-friendly hotels in Bath – paw perfect pads for pooches and their owners

Your dog also deserves a pampering getaway at the UK’s spa capital, so here are some of Bath’s best hotels that will cater to furry friends and their humans

Homes & Gardens

Meet Sean Symington, the Cotswolds-based interior designer we're swiftly adding to our roster of tastemakers

We met with the acclaimed interior designer Sean Symington to ask him about his passion for design and get a glimpse into his life in England between bucolic Somerset and the rambling Cotswolds

The Guardian - UK

The art of making ‘a little mess’ brings Nicolas Party’s showstopper to Bath

Artist borrows from past masters to create centrepiece of latest show, his first major mural in England

Evening Standard

Teacher given 12-year jail term for ‘brutal and frenzied’ knife attack

Matthew Jones attacked Emma Kirk in Bath in February last year.

1 2 3 4 5

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.