South Gloucestershire | Archive | 2005 | June
I AM writing to clarify who will be deciding on the outcome of the review of Yate and Sodbury secondary schools, following Joanna Wallis's letter (Gazette, June 10) as this may leave people with the impression that local councillors on South Gloucestershire Council will have a "vote" on the proceedings. more...
IN Jeff Weaver's article Ombudsman Strikes Back (Gazette, June 10), the Local Government Ombudsman fails to give an accurate picture with regard to public and political dissatisfaction with his organisation's activities. more...
THORNBURY is still a pleasant town to live, surrounded as it is by farming communities. One of the most popular recreational walks is the 'mile loop' up Crossways Lane off Morton Way. more...
A GOVERNMENT report has identifed a Green Belt backwater near Almondsbury as a possible site for up to 13,000 new homes. more...
LONELY school caretaker Douglas Saunders used his computer to download thousands of pornographic images of children while he was a trusted employee at Marlwood School in Alveston, a court heard this week. more...
IT IS A chance not to be sneezed at - Thornbury Amateur Dramatic Society's summer play, Hay Fever, by Noel Coward. more...
DESCENDANTS of people involved in the Great Berkeley Poaching Affray of 1816 and will converge on Berkeley Castle on Monday for the first ever commemoration of one of the most earth shattering real life dramas ever to hit the area. more...
CHIPPING SODBURY School was slammed this week for a "serious breakdown in discipline" which has led to some pupils' behaviour spiralling out of control. more...
THE Royal British Legion is to run a thank you campaign to mark the 60th anniversary of the end of the Second World War. more...
PILNING Carnival is alive and very well. The rescue package that saved the event for the village worked a treat. Hundreds turned out in the glorious sunshine on Saturday to watch the procession wend its way to the playing field. more...
THORNBURY Methodist Church is about to have a major face-lift. more...
NORTHAVON MP Steve Webb's campaign to secure a review into the decision to downgrade Frenchay Hospital has received the backing of his party. more...
NO jokes about the name, please - Thornbury's new curate Craig Bishop has heard them all before. more...
POLICE were called to Eastwood Park prison at Falfield this week during a demonstration by penal reform campaigners. more...
PLANS for a clay pigeon shoot which residents feared could threaten the rural calm of Littleton-on-Severn have been turned down by South Gloucestershire planners. more...
A SCHOOLGIRL from Winterbourne has smashed the national 800 metre record by seven seconds. more...
Thornbury 1st XI v Stroud CC more...
ONE of the region's top boxing clubs is all set to reinforce its logo as the 'Best in the West' after recruiting an exciting new promoter. more...
BOUNCERS from Cosmos Trampoline Club brought home both individual and team medals from a major competition in Poole recently. more...
THORNBURY Falcons hosted their 14th annual six-a-side football tournament at the weekend. more...
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