South Gloucestershire | Archive | 2005 | October
RESIDENTS are furious that a compost farm near Thornbury is being allowed to import green waste from outside the area instead of using "homegrown" material. more...
IT'S all systems go at Thornbury FM - the town's community radio station - which is set to go on air for the first time next month. more...
"DO something before someone is killed - or a house collapses," - that was the message to council highways chiefs from traffic-battered residents in Pilning this week. more...
RESIDENTS across South Gloucestershire are being warned against buying second-hand cars from roadside traders. more...
FAIR traders from South Gloucestershire will be part of a mass Parliamentary lobby next month to demand trade justice - not free trade. more...
CROWDS of people turned up last weekend to sneak a peak at the brewing process of a local pint. more...
SOUTH Gloucestershire's precious green spaces could disappear under a tide of concrete if regional planners press ahead with plans for yet more homes, local Conservatives have warned. more...
RETIRED Thornbury police officer Clive Washbourne is hoping to tap into other people's memories to help him write his own life story more...
ALMONDSBURY ward councillor Sheila Cook has launched her own petition against plans for hundreds of homes on the former Hortham Hospital site. more...
UNLIMITED free collections of bulky waste by binmen in South Gloucestershire could be coming to an end. more...
REDUCING the number of road accidents is the aim of a new partnership between police and South Gloucestershire Council. more...
THE HEADTEACHER of King Edmund Community School in Yate has spoken of the collective relief that staff and pupils enjoyed this week after learning that the school has been saved from closure. more...
COMMUNITY organisations in South Gloucestershire are set to receive a cash boost under of the latest round of National Lottery Awards for All grants. more...
AN OLD Sodbury resident is campaigning against drivers who speed through the village putting residents' lives at risk. more...
A FAMILY in Winterbourne has been left shaken after becoming the victims of what they believe was a deliberate arson attack. more...
COALPIT Heath was in celebratory mood this week following a weekend of events to mark a mammoth anniversary of the village church. more...
AVON Ambulance Service has this week responded to a grieving mother's claims that two of its paramedics acted negligently leading to the death of Yate man Shane Harding. more...
Gloucester Division One Chipping Sodbury 13 Tewkesbury 10 more...
Toolstation League Premier Division Hallen 6 Torrington 0 more...
STUDENTS from two martial arts clubs in Yate and Chipping Sobury have won a total of 15 medals at the European Tang Soo Do Championships in Bristol. more...
FA Cup Third Qualifying Round Replay Mangotsfield United 0 Bromley 1 more...
Western Counties North League Thornbury 28 North Bristol 22 more...
SYNWELL Amateur Boxing Club's Greg Lee took another step towards his ambition of winning the National ABA Heavyweight Championship with a victory by knockout over Cleeve ABC's Steven Campbell at a packed Lister Hall, Dursley, on Saturday. more...
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