South Gloucestershire | Archive | 2005 | February
THE man who, for the last 18 months, has been charged with keeping the people of Yate and Sodbury safe and secure is stepping down. more...
RAIL commuters in Yate could face paying more than £400 a year in extra travelling costs thanks to a new car-parking fee. more...
HEALTH chiefs who have been under fire for taking beds out of use at Thornbury Hospital have pledged to re-exmaine the situation. more...
WHILE most people dread the big-four-zero, staff at Yate Shopping Centre are relishing the prospect of a big celebration and are asking you to help. more...
CRIME in Thornbury and district fell by 26 percent between April and December last year compared with the corresponding period in 2003. more...
Today a law comes into force banning hunting with dogs. One of the final legal hunts - held at Berkeley Castle on Saturday - attracted 150 mounted followers and hundreds on foot. Story and more pictures on page 20 GJA132H05 more...
"YOU didn't use us so now we are closing." Those are the sad words of a Chipping Sodbury shop-owner who says more and more out-of-town shoppers have forced him to close the final chapter on his family business. more...
SUPERMARKET giants Morrisons announced this week that it had created 95 new jobs in Yate. more...
NEW traffic signals designed to "smoothe traffic flows" at junction 14 of the M5 had the opposite effect when they were switched on this week. more...
A CLUB for children with severe burns has scored a big donation from young soccer stars in Yate. more...
OLDBURY nuclear power station is to have a new skipper to help it steam safely into retirement. more...
A THORNBURY man told this week how he tried to rescue a pensioner from a house fire nextdoor only to be arrested later on suspicion of starting the fatal blaze. more...
ARE you running in aid of a registered charity in this year's London Marathon? more...
AFTER five months' hard slog, youths from Ashfield Young Offenders Institution were finally rewarded for their part in a new cadet scheme. more...
A COALPIT Heath land owner who has been refused planning permission on Green Belt land plans to sell his plot so Irish travellers can set up camp. more...
THE 2005 rally ing season has started in promising fashion for up-and-coming young Thornbury driver Adam Gould. more...
PUPILS from a school in Winterbourne have had their vital bus service returned thanks to a cash injection by South Gloucestershire Council. more...
THORNBURY Town grabbed the glory in the first half of their match with Longwell Green Sports with a penalty from Andy Brookbanks and went in at half-time one up. more...
Life at Ashton Gate is never dull. This season has been no exception with a rollercoaster ride that has taken City's fans on a journey that looks set to end in ultimate disappointment. more...
CHANCES of Rovers reaching the play-offs are receding by the match -- and, if they fail to collect maximum points from their next two games, they can probably forget all about them. more...
Mangotsfield United 3 Rothwell Town 2 more...
Yate Town 2 Bristol City 1 more...
JUNIOR football coaches from across the region may get the chance to have their work acknowledged on a national stage after the unveiling of a new FA award last week. more...
Wantage 0 Almondsbury Town 3 more...
MARLWOOD School has won the U13s Gloucestershire and Bristol Schools 12-a-Side Tournament after a breathtaking run of victories that took the competition by storm. more...
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