Archive
-
Date
Cricket: Offer on one-day international tickets at Bristol
FOR a limited period only, every ticket purchased for this Sunday’s NatWest Series One-Day International between England and West Indies at Bristol will include a free ticket to Gloucestershire’s Twenty20 match on June 1. This special offer begins at
-
Date
Trees to be planted in memory of town 'grandmother'
TREES will be planted in various locations in Yate in memory of the ‘grandmother’ of the town. The woodland tribute is in honour of Gladys Nelson, a former teacher, town councillor and community stalwart, who died last year aged 98. Trees will be
-
Date
Ramblers create leaflets to encourage people to enjoy the countryside
AN ENTHUSIASTIC group of ramblers have produced a series of 15 leaflets of walks and cycle rides to encourage everyone to enjoy the countryside. A group of Stinchcombe residents spent over a year creating the maps in their spare time and have recently
-
Date
Cricket: Gloucestershire's quarter-final tie is moved back
GLOUCESTERSHIRE’S Friends Provident quarter-final tie against Nottinghamshire will go ahead on Tuesday, June 16. The ECB has agreed to move the game from its scheduled slot this Saturday as the County Ground in Bristol is being used by England and West
-
Date
Air ambulance in need of help
THE region's air ambulance is celebrating approaching its first year in service by asking for more support from local people. The Great Western Air Ambulance was launched last June and since then has attended on average 60 incidents a month. Not long
-
Date
New bike gets ME sufferer out and about
A YOUNG ME sufferer from Thornbury has been given the chance to embrace the outdoors with greater ease. Helen Wood, 19, has this week got to try out a special hand bike thanks to the Gazette and South Gloucestershire Council. The hand bike, which has
-
Date
Cricket: Gloucestershire suffer Durham defeat
HAVING already qualified for the Friends Provident Trophy quarter-finals as group leaders, Gloucestershire lost their final group match at Durham yesterday. Gloucestershire had underlined their one-day prowess by recovering from a poor start
-
Date
Cricket: Gidman surprised by Gloucestershire's start
CAPTAIN Alex Gidman admits that even he is surprised by the progress Gloucestershire have made in such a short space of time. The all-rounder has made a dream start since taking over from Jon Lewis this season as his side currently sit on top
-
Date
Football: New Lawn gets Wembley touch
FOREST GREEN expect to have one of the best playing surfaces in in the Blue Square Premier next season - after drafting in the same company that re-laid Wembley’s pitch last month. Premier Pitches headed straight from the national stadium to the New
-
Date
Football: Essex poach Hardinges for Twenty20 cup
FROCESTER captain Nick Trainor insists Mark Hardinges will remain with Frocester despite Essex signing the former Gloucestershire all-rounder to plug the hole in their squad for the Twenty20 Cup. “Mark will play for Essex on Mondays, Wednesdays and
-
Date
Athletics: Zoe impresses at Loughborough
CHARFIELD-BORN hammer thrower Zoe Derham threw a season’s best of 67.73m at the McCain Loughborough international meeting. The effort was less than one metre outside the Olympic athlete’s personal best as she confirmed her status as the UK’s number one
-
Date
Youth Cafe plans move forward
A YOUTH café will be built in Yate despite the project facing delays because of the European elections. Yate Town Council says it will ‘go it alone’ instead of working in partnership with South Gloucestershire Council if the project is postponed any
-
Date
Volunteers devastated after village hall arson
ARSON to a village hall has left a team of volunteers devastated in Pilning. A fire at Pilning Village Hall caused £5,000 worth of damage at the weekend, less than a year after £20,000 worth of improvements were made to it. Pilning Village Hall, in
-
Date
Appeal for hit-and-run driver to come forward
A MOTHER and daughter are calling for the driver of a car that smashed into them then drove off without finding out if they were injured to search their conscience and come forward. Cathy Chinner and her daughter Molly, of North Nibley, say they were
