Archive
-
Date
Traders praised for refusing to sell alcohol to under-age children
POLICE have praised shopkeepers in Yate and Chipping Sodbury for refusing to sell alcohol to children during a targeted operation. Officers and South Gloucestershire Council’s Trading Standards department employed the help of two teenage volunteers
-
Date
Police to close 18 stations in Gloucestershire
RURAL police stations across the county are to close as part of the constabulary’s efficiency drive after its budget was cut by government. In total 18 police stations across Gloucestershire will be shut and sold off including Berkeley and Wotton-under-Edge
-
Date
Company director admits fraud charges
A COMPANY director from Almondsbury has pleaded guilty to six fraud charges. Jim Coffey, director of block paving company Interlock Drives Ltd, admitted a range of criminal offences when he appeared at Bristol Crown Court. The 34-year-old businessman
-
Date
Village celebrates new £50,000 play park
CHILDREN celebrated the opening of their new £50,000 play park, while Kinsgwood Parish Council pledged there would be more to come. The new play equipment replaced the 20 year old items in a bad state of repair on the playing field and was paid for
-
Date
Light's Out: A review of Forest Green's season
ANOTHER season of trauma and torture at Forest Green Rovers but at the same time one not without hope. That is how I would sum this one up. There is no point in going through the season match by match, goal by goal, that is all a matter of record. Instead
-
Date
Warning to bike owners after spate of thefts
POLICE have issued a warning to bicycle owners following a spate of thefts in Yate and Chipping Sodbury. So far in May, 11 bikes have been stolen from gardens, sheds and garages. Eight were taken from properties in Yate and three from Chipping Sodbury
-
Date
Rugby: Llewellyn relieved to gain promotion with Thornbury
HEAD COACH Gareth Llewellyn described Thornbury’s promotion to South West One West as a “relief.” The former Wales lock has led the club to two second place finishes in Western Counties North since he took charge two years ago, but felt joy instead of
-
Date
School Football: Rednock pupils get a taste of life at Spanish giants
Forty-five children from Rednock School enjoyed a sports tour of a lifetime to the illustrious Villarreal CF football club in Spain, where they lived the lives of professional footballers for five amazing days. The football development tour was organised
-
Date
New £100,000 gym is open at Thornbury Leisure Centre
A NEW £100,000 gym at Thornbury Leisure Centre has been officially unveiled. The upgrade, which started in February, includes a suite of state-of-the art new gym equipment, which cost more than £90,000, and a redesign of the layout.
