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πŸ“° A free round-up of news about the World Heritage City of Bath delivered to your inbox every Friday by 7 a.m. β˜•οΈ Grab a cuppa, find a quiet spot and enjoy noise-free news curated by two experienced, non-partisan local journalists.

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🐝 Happy Friday - this week’s Bee has landed! Enjoy. 😊 Drop us a like so others can discover us. And please share! 🫢🏽

#glastonbury #rodstewart #rugby #news #bathuk #somerset #localnews #localnewsmatters #crime #bike #politics #socialcare

20.06.2025 06:18 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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😍😠This week’s Bee has a full round-up of Robbie-related news and loads more. We collate and curate local news about our city every Friday morning, so that you can sit back and enjoy being fully informed.

#local #news #bathuk #robbiewilliams #somerset #journalism

13.06.2025 06:29 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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πŸ₯The Royal Crescent in Bath is being transformed into a concert stage for this weekend’s Robbie Williams concert. WhatsApp groups are abuzz with fans hunting for last minute tickets. Are you going? What’s your fav RW tune? Or will you try to get as far away from it as possible? Tell us below. πŸ‘‡πŸ½

10.06.2025 21:24 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

We haven’t been posting as consistently here - apologies! About to fix that!

10.06.2025 21:23 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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πŸ’“ Thanks to the 175 people who now subscribe to our weekly news roundup.

β˜•οΈ It’s a great way to reclaim your attention, engagement and news literacy.

πŸ™πŸ½ Please share us if you’re finding us useful.

02.05.2025 09:39 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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πŸ’· Our region is a net contributor to the UK’s exchequer - yet we lack autonomy over our public finances.

πŸ—³οΈ Ahead of elections on May 1, the Green, Lib Dem and Independent WECA candidates spoke tonight on housing, transport, economic growth, sustainability and democracy.

More in Friday’s Bee!

23.04.2025 21:28 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Happy Easter! News about all the housing pressures in Bath in this week’s Bee. 🏘️

❀️ Please share! 🫢🏽

🀩 We’re at 110 subscribers in 6 weeks and are brainstorming ways to boost local journalism. Please help us by spreading the word.

β˜•οΈ If you can afford to subscribe, or drop us a tip, please do!

20.04.2025 21:35 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Graphic of a man, the current WECA Mayor, Dan Norris, smiling and shaking hands at the last national election when he beat Jacob Rees-Mogg with today's date and main headlines.

Graphic of a man, the current WECA Mayor, Dan Norris, smiling and shaking hands at the last national election when he beat Jacob Rees-Mogg with today's date and main headlines.

Major stories this week:

πŸ—³οΈ Fallout from the arrest of the WECA mayor
⏰ Deadline to register to vote for May 1 election today.
πŸ’¦ A new water lab is a national first
πŸ’€ the Bath Death Walk
πŸ“± and why the Roman Baths went viral!

🐝 Please share our weekly news round-up with anyone who’d be interested!

11.04.2025 06:32 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Happy Friday - your local news round-up - minus the ads, agendas, click-bait or AI - is here. If you live in Bath and want your news stress-free - sign up! We've been going a month and we'd love you to join us!

ID: Graphic shows comedian John Cleese with the date and 3 headlines.

28.03.2025 14:24 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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The News Meeting Podcast - Live in Bath β€” Bath Arts Collective In every newsroom around the world there’s a daily editorial conference to decide the news agenda and this is your chance to join in.

Want to understand how stories make the news? Come along this Wednesday to a recording of @tortoisemedia.bsky.social News Meeting podcast - recording right here in Bath! πŸ‘‡πŸ½
www.batharts.co.uk/events/the-n...

21.03.2025 12:00 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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This week's buzz includes news on housing, health, local elections, things to do, a photo gallery of the Bath Half... possibly the world's tiniest sinkhole (!) and community notes.

The Bath Bee is a free weekly round-up delivered to your email inbox every Friday by 7a.m. Share the link!

21.03.2025 07:20 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Edition 2 and we've got a paying subscriber (thanks Jen!) Here's all you need to know about the Bath Half and much more. πŸπŸƒβ€β™‚οΈπŸŽˆ

14.03.2025 16:59 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Edition 1 - and we're off! There's much more going on in this little city than you might suspect. Want to know more? Read on: πŸ‘‡ #bathuk #local #news

14.03.2025 16:58 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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🐝 We started a thing! Get all your local news from Bath delivered to your inbox, ad-free, every week. It's curated by two local journalists who value being informed. The world's issues are our issues - so let's support good local journalism and build a community! Join the hive - subscribe! 🍯

14.03.2025 16:56 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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