Tag Archives: Bath

This week the UK reached an unimaginable milestone, with 100,000 deaths related to coronavirus being registered. Across Bath and North East Somerset, 127 people have died within 28 days of a positive test since the start of the pandemic, with 7,199 cases being confirmed. Every resident in the district has …

Plane tickets, an engagement ring and poker chips were among the bizarre items guests left behind at Travelodges in Bath last year. The chain has three hotels across the city and some pretty weird items have made their way into the lost-and-found box. A Jane Austen costume was among the …

One worker at Bath’s Royal Mail delivery office has tested positive for coronavirus. Royal Mail have confirmed today (October 5) that they have undertaken an extensive clean of the building. They have also confirmed that the office in central Bath is working as normal. A Royal Mail spokesperson said: “Royal …

Police have explained why a controlled explosion took place in Bath’s royal mail depot on Friday (September 11). Specialist officers, an army bomb disposal unit and police dogs evacuated both Gloucester Road’s Royal Mail sorting office and Bath’s depot on Manvers Street in the early hours of Friday. Police cordoned …

A bomb disposal unit has been called to the Royal Mail delivery office in Bath this morning (Friday, September 11) amid reports of a “suspicious package” being transported there. Police were first called to the depot in Filton at 2.17am after an alarm was raised about a possible package. Searches …

A stamp enthusiast has vowed to never use the post office at WHSmith in Bath again and said he was left ‘speechless’ by its alleged poor service. Dave French, of Quarry Rock Gardens, said ever since the Bath Post Office moved from its old spot in Northgate Street to WHSmith in …

Nine taxi drivers have been banned from driving in part of Somerset after failing to complete safeguarding training. Sedgemoor District Council issues licences to taxi and Hackney carriage drivers, while ensuring they are safe enough to provide such services to the public. More than a dozen drivers failed to attend …

A woman has been unable to vote by proxy in Bath due to a mix up by Bath and North East Somerset Council. Julia Aufenast, who lives in Hong Kong, arranged for her brother James Aufenast to vote for her in Bath and North East Somerset. Mr Aufenast was supposed …

Royal Mail postal workers are set to strike in the 48 hours before Christmas Day after claims mail bosses left one of their colleagues “jobless and struggling” during Christmas. On Monday, December 23 and December 24 workers at the Keynsham delivery office will stop working. Paul Hollow, 38, a postman …

Bath residents say the post office at WHSmith is ‘not fit for purpose’ with reports of staff looking ‘stressed’ and having a ‘nervous breakdown’. Since July, the Bath Post Office has been situated at WHSmith in Union Street after moving from its old spot in Northgate Street. This branch, which …