Radio Bath Charity Awards 2026 nominations are now open. Help recognise outstanding charities, volunteers, organisations and community champions across Bath.

Bath-based actor Anthony Head, known for Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Ted Lasso, has died aged 72 following complications from pneumonia. Tributes are being paid across the world.

Joy Luxford and Ruby Sant have been appointed co-chairs of the Twerton and Whiteway Pride in Place programme, helping lead plans for £20 million of community investment over the next decade.

Planning permission has been approved for the new Fashion Museum Bath, paving the way for the transformation of the city’s former Old Post Office into a major new cultural destination in the Milsom Quarter.

Bath’s first School Street has launched outside St Stephen’s Primary School as new walking, wheeling and cycling improvements aim to make school journeys safer and healthier across the district.

Bath College floristry students are delivering fresh floral arrangements to Dorothy House every two weeks as part of a new partnership supporting patients, families and hospice staff across Bath.

Bath bus passengers face major disruption from 26 May until November 2026 due to the Manvers Street closure, with diversions, cancelled city centre stops and changes to routes across Bath.

Avon Fire & Rescue Service is marking Mental Health Awareness Week with a new episode of its Ignite the Conversation podcast and a campaign encouraging people to take small everyday steps to support their wellbeing.

Bath & North East Somerset Council has announced changes to its free school meal holiday voucher scheme, with support continuing through the summer before moving to a more targeted system focused on families facing financial hardship.

Paralympic champion Stephanie Millward MBE joined Radio Bath Business Breakfast last month to share her powerful story of resilience, reframing ambition and finding her way back to elite sport after losing her sight.

Children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) in Bath will soon benefit from new local school places, thanks to council investment.

Wera Hobhouse, MP for Bath, launched a brand new exhibition at the Museum of Bath at Work this week (May 1st), to mark the centenary of the 1926 General Strike.