MORE drivers in Gloucestershire are putting lives at risk by talking on their mobiles. The legislation banning the use of handheld mobile phones while driving was brought in two years ago, but drivers are still being caught using phones. In the first
A POPULAR local attraction is to close before the end of the year, just one year after undergoing major refurbishment. It has been revealed this week that Leyhill Arts and Garden Visitor's Centre at HMP Leyhill open-prison near Falfield will be closing
GLOUCESTERSHIRE County Cricket Club have announced that New Zealanders Shane Bond and Hamish Marshall are now confirmed to play for the club next season. Officials at the club are very pleased to have guaranteed such fantastic signings. Bond, one of the
Review: Lord of the Dance, Bristol Hippodrome PERHAPS it is a mistake to go to a show tingling with excitement and enthusiasm. The end result is almost bound to be disappointment and so it was for me with Michael Flatley's Lord of the Dance this week.
Hellenic League Challenge Cup First Round Slimbridge 1 Hungerford Town 0 A SECOND half strike from Will Morford, his tenth goal of the season, settled this League Challenge Cup first round tie in favour of Slimbridge. At home for the first time in over
AFTER months of uncertainty Gloucestershire's social services department has now formally decided to axe funding from a support group that helps blind pensioners, forcing the group to close. The Gazette exclusively revealed back in October that Gloucestershire
POLICE have been blasted for sending drivers down a "death trap" road during Monday night's snowstorm. Coaley resident Dudley George was on his way home from work near Reading at around 6.45pm when he was stopped at the top of Whiteway Hill, on the A4135
CARS parked on the brow of a Cam hill are an accident waiting to happen, it was claimed this week. Cam resident Stewart Gardner told the Gazette that cars parked on the hill opposite Leaside Close in Woodview Road were causing an obstruction and were
A MAN from North Nibley has been found guilty of trying to extort money from an elderly man whom he falsely claimed had sexually abused him as a child. Leslie Westlake, 33, of The Street, is yet to be sentenced but has been found guilty of trying to blackmail
GLOUCESTERSHIRE Constabulary and the region's Police Authority have reaffirmed they are committed to consulting county residents over the Home Office proposals for force restructuring. Since the constabulary's option for continuing as an independent force
A GANG of heartless attackers have viciously kicked and punched a homeless Iranian woman to the floor before making off with her only companion. The woman - known only as Mahin and thought to be in her fifties - has been camped near Aust Service Station
PLANS to create a business park down a country lane in rural Littleton-on-Severn have been taken out of the hands of local development watchdogs. Bath-based Tull Properties, owners of the dormant Electrotech site, were applying to South Gloucestershire
Toolstation Western League Les Phillips Cup Almondsbury FC 2 Street 0 ALMONDSBURY FC bundled Street out of the Les Phillips Cup with a good workmanlike performance, writes Gordon Evans. Things had been pretty even for the first 20 minutes but Almondsbury
A HOUSE warming scheme has been launched and is circulating houses in South Gloucestershire with the help of the area's MP. Visiting constituents homes last week, Northavon MP Steve Webb promoted the Warm Homes Campaign to residents who are considered
THREE Winterbourne councillors have hit out at Bristol City Council for supporting a park and ride scheme planned for Green Belt land in South Gloucestershire. The councillors issued a joint statement criticising Bristol City Council's decision last week
TALENTED sixth formers from Thornbury's Castle School are influencing plans for a major waterside redevelopment in Bristol. They are among students from the across the South West taking part in a competition organised by the Royal Institute of Chartered
A YATE gym is asking the public to back a fundraising campaign to send one of its customers abroad for life-changing treatment. Members of the Bridges Health and Fitness Club, in Yate Leisure Centre, are hoping to raise money to send a paralysed member
A GANG of heartless attackers have viciously kicked and punched a homeless Iranian woman to the floor before making off with her only companion. The woman - known only as Mahin and thought to be in her fifties - has been camped near Aust Service Station
Thornbury Ladies 5 Clevedon Ladies 2 SARAH CLAY returned to captain the side after a two week absence and stole the show with a four-goal haul. This was a welcome home victory over fellow strugglers Clevedon. Showing determination to the ball, Clay opened
A MAN who lied on his application to get a job at a Thornbury newsagents is facing a jail sentence. Mark Pritchard, 21, was told by a judge at Gloucester Crown Court last Friday that he may face jail. Pritchard, of Wharf Road, Fishponds, Bristol marked
A YATE gym is asking the public to back a fundraising campaign to send one of its customers abroad for life-changing treatment. Members of the Bridges Health and Fitness Club, in Yate Leisure Centre, are hoping to raise money to send a paralysed member
AVON and Somerset Police have this week been accused of discriminating against white men in the force's latest recruitment drive. The Police Federation for Avon and Somerset said the force had rejected up to 186 of 242 white male applicants in favour
THORNBURY FM organisers are saying a big thank you to the whole community for making the station's debut a resounding success. As the station winds down today after its first two-week slot on air, chairman the Rev David Primrose said: "It's been fantastic
A CRUMBLING Dursley school can only be saved from further deterioration if it undergoes a radical transformation, Gloucestershire County Council announced this week. The future of Rednock School, which has long been under-funded and in desperate need
ADULTS in Wotton-under-Edge are being asked to act more responsibly to help reduce anti-social behaviour among young people in the town. Gloucestershire Police are making the plea after a public meeting in October revealed a number of concerns by residents
Friday, December 2 1.30-3pm, Cam Memorial Hall, tea dance with ballroom and sequence dancing. All welcome. Details from 01453 544912. 5-9pm, Late-night shopping in Tetbury to mark the start of the town's Christmas celebrations. 7.45pm, Wotton-under-Edge
SHANE Richie is appearing at the Bristol Hippodrome from Tuesday (December 6). Taking a break from his acclaimed Eastenders role as Alfie Moon, he returns to the stage in the title role of Leslie Bricusse's spectacular musical extravaganza Scrooge. Shane
A GREAT deal of local pride will be at stake in several derby battles this weekend, writes Keith Watson. Very near neighbours Sharpness and Berkeley Town meet for a GFA Senior Amateur Challenge Cup tie at Vale of Berkeley College (2pm). The Sharks will
Gloucestershire Northern Senior League Division One Kingswood 1 Longlevens 2 TWO last gasp goals cruelly turned victory into defeat for Kingswood at home to Longlevens. The game was a great advert for Northern Senior League football, with two committed
THE Bristol Old Vic Theatre School will be performing The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe at the Redgrave Theatre from December 8-22. The hugely acclaimed Royal Shakespeare Company version of C S Lewis' classical children's tale is shown for the first
Gloucestershire County Women's League Division One Dursley Town Ladies 3 Cam Bulldogs Ladies 3 JULIANNE FARRAGHER hit two goals in the final three minutes of Dursley Town's derby match with Cam to salvage a point for her side. But while Dursley deserve
THE DEVELOPERS of the centrepiece to Dursley's regeneration plans told the Gazette this week they are delighted with the progress being made on the project. Planning applications for the Littlecombe development on the former Lister Petter site have been
