South Gloucestershire | Archive | 2005 | February
NESTLED along a Yate industrial estate is a manufacturing company whose products are exported all over the globe. more...
SIR - I could not believe my eyes when I read that it would cost a minimum of £150,000 to install traffic lights at the junction of the A38 and B4509 at Falfield. more...
SIR - I have read with interest your articles and letters about foxhunting. I decided to form my own opinion by going to watch the Beaufort Hunt meeting in Chipping Sodbury and then follow on in my car. more...
SIR - Malcolm Lynden may have faith in the nuclear industry and its safety regulator (Gazette, January 28) but neither of these bodies will explain openly to an interested public what the implications are of significant deterioration inside an ageing nuclear reactor. more...
SIR- I have read and reread Mr Malcolm Lynder's letter in which he lists the success of the Oldbury Power Station and its record of safety. He makes no mention of the high cost of decommissioning such a plant at the end of its working life. more...
PARISH leaders in Almondsbury are seeking residents' views on the community facilites that will be need if and when the former Hortham Hospital site is developed for housing. more...
STUDENTS from The Ridings High School, in Winterbourne, are among over a 1,000 pupils in Bristol and South Gloucestershire who have been receiving Citizenship lessons from the Army this week. more...
CHARITY workers in Thornbury are real little treasures - and millions of daytime TV viewers are finding out why. more...
SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE'S schools are facing a massive backlog of repairs, totalling more than £40million. more...
THORNBURY's popular young people's music and drama eisteddfod - an integral part of the town's Arts Festival - got underway this week. more...
THERE was a call for some young blood when Thornbury Horticultural Society held its annual meeting at the Armstrong Hall last Friday. more...
A MASSIVE thumbs up has been given to plans for a faith-based secondary school - the first in South Gloucestershire. more...
TURNING a large house into a nursing home is nothing new - it happens in most towns. Indeed grade II listed mansion Ashwicke Hall, near Marshfield, is subject of a planning application to create a "close care community" for older people. Yet this scheme promises something different. The applicant has expressed the desire to restore the estate to its former glory and plans submitted for the community include a restaurant, shop and leisure and recreational facilities. Gazette feature writer Kirsty Ramsden found out more. more...
TWO mobile phone companies want to erect transmitter masts metres away from one another in Chipping Sodbury. more...
February colour . . . gorse flowers on the banks of the River Severn at Shepperdine in the shadow of Oldbury Power Station Picture by Steve Richards more...
LABOUR'S prospective parliamentary candidate for Northavon Patricia Gardener has called on MP Steve Webb to condemn a colleague for "irresponsibly pushing a Lib Dem plan that would escalate teenage binge drinking," after it emerged that the Lib Dems wanted to lower the legal drinking age to 16. more...
EDUCATION chiefs have refused to confirm or deny rumours that a school in Yate could face closure. more...
A GROUP of much-loved trees along a railway embankment in Coalpit Heath are facing the chop in the name of safety. more...
A PUB in Chipping Sodbury will be able to stay open later despite massive public opposition. more...
THREE mums are putting their talents to the test with the launch of their first exhibition of their home-made arts and crafts. more...
DESPERATE parish leaders in Pilning are threatening to sue South Gloucestershire Council for failing to take action over an illicit traveller site on Green Belt land in the village. more...
A BOWL of rice and a bottle of water was all some Yate students were allowed for a day in their effort to help victims of the Asian tsunami. more...
LONG-SUFFERING residents who have put up with huge groups of youngsters drinking late and causing trouble will not have a public meeting, despite pushing for one. more...
SCOUTS who spent five years fundraising to buy their own tents have been left devastated after the equipment was stolen. more...
PLANNING applications received by South Gloucestershire Council include: more...
HUNDREDS of model railway exhibits steamed into Yate on Saturday and excited the crowds - both young and old. more...
Almondsbury FC 1 Chard Town 3 more...
THE Oldbury 30-mile and 5K road races brought much success for the Thornbury Running Club and Hogweed Trotters last week, with some high attendances matched by a string of excellent times. more...
GLOUCESTERSHIRE CCC have announced that Mark Alleyne has signed a new four-year contract to continue as player-coach. more...
GFA Trophy Hallen 1 Almondsbury FC 0 more...
With just 16 games left of the season, Bristol City look to be heading for a final position outside the play-offs after a horrendous 3-2 defeat to Chesterfield at Ashton Gate last Friday. more...
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