Bath and North East Somerset

File photo dated 12/04/12 of a bus at a stop. English councils are being hit by a "completely unsustainable" annual bill of more than £450 million to prop up the free bus pass scheme, according to new analysis. The Local Government Association (LGA), which calculated the figure, warned that the cost is putting services at risk. Picture date: Saturday July 1, 2023.

Bus coverage in Bath and North East Somerset more than halved over last decade

File photo dated 14/03/13 of a couple walking through a park as almost one in four people expect to work to the age of 70 or over and more than half admit they need to save more for retirement, according to a new report.

Around two miles of green footpaths within walking distance in Bath

A student looks at matter under a microscope

Fewer people in Bath and North East Somerset completing cervical screenings

A Food Standards Agency rating sticker on a window of a restaurant in central London. A huge variation in food hygiene standards remains across the UK, with one in five high or medium-risk food outlets failing to meet standards, according to a study.

Bath and North East Somerset takeaway given new food hygiene rating

PICTURE POSED BY A MODEL File photo dated 02/02/20 of a teenage girl with her head in her hands showing signs of mental health issues. More than 20% of referrals to children and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS) were rejected in 2022, figures obtained by the Scottish Liberal Democrats show. Issue date: Sunday August 13, 2023.

Thousands of Bath and north east Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire children in con...

Road Closed signs. Tuesday May 12th 2020

Road closures: five for Bath and North East Somerset drivers over the next fortn...

A Food Standards Agency rating sticker on a window of a restaurant in central London. A huge variation in food hygiene standards remains across the UK, with one in five high or medium-risk food outlets failing to meet standards, according to a study.

Food hygiene ratings handed to nine Bath and North East Somerset establishments

A general view of staff on a NHS hospital ward at Ealing Hospital in London. Picture date: Wednesday January 18, 2023.

A fifth of staff absences in Royal United Hospitals Bath are stress-related

Aerial view of houses in Newcastle.

More empty homes in Bath and North East Somerset, as numbers rise in England

Orderlies push a bed at the Royal Orthopaedic Hospital, Oswestry.

Royal United Hospitals Bath Trust cares for five patients with Covid-19 in hospi...

File photo 26/02/13 of a police officer demonstrating the use of a Taser as a majority of the public think it is acceptable for police to carry Tasers when on patrol, a survey suggests.

Black people in Avon and Somerset more than three times as likely to experience ...

PICTURE POSED BY MODEL A man stands with a clenched fist as a woman cowers in the corner.

Fewer domestic abuse offences recorded in Avon and Somerset last year

Pupils at Heath Park Business and Enterprise College, Wolverhampton, which has been named England's most improved school, according to league tables.

More suspensions at Bath and North East Somerset schools as national numbers hit...

Road Closed signs. Tuesday May 12th 2020

Road closures: six for Bath and North East Somerset drivers over the next fortni...

A Food Standards Agency rating sticker on a window of a restaurant in central London. A huge variation in food hygiene standards remains across the UK, with one in five high or medium-risk food outlets failing to meet standards, according to a study.

Food hygiene ratings given to six Bath and North East Somerset establishments

Orderlies push a bed at the Royal Orthopaedic Hospital, Oswestry.

Royal United Hospitals Bath Trust cares for eight patients with Covid-19 in hosp...

File photo dated 25/05/10 of students sitting an exam, as the Higher pass rate is down from last year but remains above 2019 levels, as more than 140,000 pupils across Scotland receive their exam results.

Bath and North East Somerset pupils achieved higher A-level results than the Sou...

A Volvo car being charged using a Ubitricity lampost EV charging point, London. Picture date: Friday March 5, 2021.

Number of electric car charging points increases in Bath and North East Somerset

PICTURE POSED BY MODEL File photo dated 31/07/14 of a woman showing signs of depression. Free legal advice aimed at helping tens of thousands of people each year who are at risk of losing their homes has been welcomed by an organisation representing housing associations. Issue date: Tuesday August 1, 2023.

Life satisfaction in Bath and North East Somerset falls during cost-of-living cr...

Customers walk past Wilko in Brownhills near Walsall, one of the first Wilko stores to close down as the dramatic collapse of the high street chain takes shape. The historic retailer will shut 24 stores across the UK in the first phase of closures, with hundreds of workers at the shops set for redundancy. Picture date: Tuesday September 12, 2023.

Almost 1,000 businesses folded in Bath and North East Somerset in 2022 – as reco...

File photo dated 17/02/16 of a Job Centre Plus. The Government's employment support system is failing both jobseekers and businesses and needs to be substantially reformed, the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) has said. The IPPR described the Government's 'any job first' approach as 'narrow and focused on the short term'.

Nearly a quarter of people in Bath and North East Somerset in insecure work

File photo dated 22/10/14 of a police officer making notes. Shop owners have asked the Home Secretary to specifically outlaw attacks on retail workers. The Government should create a new offence of assaulting, threatening or abusing a retail worker, dozens of business leaders said.

Number of theft arrests in Avon and Somerset fallen by more than a third in last...

A Food Standards Agency rating sticker on a window of a restaurant in central London. A huge variation in food hygiene standards remains across the UK, with one in five high or medium-risk food outlets failing to meet standards, according to a study.

Food hygiene ratings given to three Bath and North East Somerset establishments

Road Closed signs. Tuesday May 12th 2020

Bath and North East Somerset road closures: six for motorists to avoid over the ...

File photo dated 02/10/2021 of a general view of an MRI scanner at Leeds General Infirmary in West Yorkshire. Using MRI scans to screen men for prostate cancer could reduce deaths from the disease "significantly", researchers have suggested. Issue date: Tuesday August 22, 2023.

One in six prostate cancer patients at Royal United Hospitals Bath diagnosed lat...

Orderlies push a bed at the Royal Orthopaedic Hospital, Oswestry.

Royal United Hospitals Bath Trust cares for five patients with Covid-19 in hospi...

A view of people thought to be migrants at the Manston immigration short-term holding facility located at the former Defence Fire Training and Development Centre in Thanet, Kent. 700 people were moved to the Manston facility for safety reasons after incendiary devices were thrown at a Border Force migrant centre in Dover on Sunday. Picture date: Monday October 31, 2022.

Bath and North East Somerset looking after more lone asylum-seeking children

PA file photo dated 18.11 2006 showing a posed image simulating a child being bullied.

A quarter of parents say Bath and North East Somerset schools not dealing with b...

File photo dated 24/01/16 of a preschool age child playing with plastic toy animals. Blocks on childminders looking after children in their rental properties should be lifted to help boost numbers in the sector, Children's minister Claire Coutinho has told landlords. Issue date: Monday August 21, 2023.

Several Bath and North East Somerset households start fostering children as fost...

General view of estate agents signs outside a block of flats in Basingstoke, Hampshire.

Bath and North East Somerset house prices increased in September

A Food Standards Agency rating sticker on a window of a restaurant in central London. A huge variation in food hygiene standards remains across the UK, with one in five high or medium-risk food outlets failing to meet standards, according to a study.

Food hygiene ratings given to five Bath and North East Somerset establishments

A radiator at a home in north London.

More than half of homes in Bath and North East Somerset suffer poor energy effic...

A Food Standards Agency rating sticker on a window of a restaurant in central London. A huge variation in food hygiene standards remains across the UK, with one in five high or medium-risk food outlets failing to meet standards, according to a study.

Food hygiene ratings given to 12 Bath and North East Somerset establishments

Road Closed signs. Tuesday May 12th 2020

Bath and North East Somerset road closures: five for motorists to avoid over the...

Orderlies push a bed at the Royal Orthopaedic Hospital, Oswestry.

Royal United Hospitals Bath Trust cares for 11 patients with Covid-19 in hospita...

A young child is weighed on scales.

One in six children in Bath and North East Somerset classed as obese last year

General view of an Accident and Emergency Sign at Hinchingbrooke Hospital in Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire.

More than half of A&E arrivals in Royal United Hospitals Bath seen within four h...

A general view of staff on a NHS hospital ward at Ealing Hospital in London. Picture date: Wednesday January 18, 2023.

Royal United Hospitals Bath: all the key numbers for the NHS Trust in September

File photo dated 26/04/16 of stocks of food, as one in three young people say their family have relied on food banks or other community outlets for supplies in recent months, new research suggests.

More food parcels handed out in Bath and North East Somerset this summer

Road Closed signs. Tuesday May 12th 2020

Bath and North East Somerset road closures: three for motorists to avoid over th...

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