South Gloucestershire | Archive | 2006 | March
MUSIC is top of the agenda for a large group of young people in Wotton-under-Edge and surrounding areas - and The Groove Project, the town's own young people's music collective, is in the midst of a very busy few weeks. more...
HOW refreshing to listen to a well presented selection of popular excerpts from Gilbert and Sullivan operettas. more...
A Thousand Natural Shocks The T E A M in Bath Shakespeare Festival more...
Friday, March 17 8.30pm, Easter Compton, Village Hall. Jim Reynolds and Dave Griffiths evening of music. more...
Friday, March 17 11am, Yate, Yate Shopping Centre. Fairtrade market and signing of Fairtrade agreement. All welcome to come and sample some Fairtrade produce. more...
I READ with interest the article on the front page of the Gazette last Friday.' What a palaver! I am an avid reader of the Gazette and in recent times I've taken note that many local residents have been up in arms over the possibility of a new nuclear power station at Oldbury and how un-green that is and that we are a more environmentally conscious generation and society! more...
HOW proud I am that South Gloucestershire Council has agreed to invest £3.5 million in a new community building in Thornbury Town Centre providing space for young people, people with learning difficulties and the wider community. more...
DELIGHTED cattle farmers in South Gloucestershire have described the lifting of a ban on beef exports as "the best thing to happen in years". more...
RAIL campaigners lobbied two members of Parliament at Severn Beach railway station on Saturday to demand a half hourly, seven-day service to and from Bristol. more...
THE inquest into the death of three-year-old twin who died just after Christmas when a television set fell has found the tot died accidentally. more...
A WICKWAR woman has hit out at a petrol garage for putting its customers at risk of ID fraud. more...
TROUBLESOME Yate and Chipping Sodbury pub goers are facing tough penalties under an innovative scheme launched this week. more...
WITH 400th anniversary celebrations now well underway at Marlwood School (formerly Thornbury Grammar School) former teacher Nick Large once again looks back on TGS staff of yesteryear and digs out another evocative old picture. more...
MOVES to bring cinema back to Thornbury have been so successful that the town's Picture House is now back in action. more...
SOUTH Gloucestershire Conservative councillor Matthew Riddle joined Regional Assembly rebels last week when he refused to support proposals for 92,500 new homes in the former Avon area. more...
THE ELDERLY in South Gloucestershire are set to receive extra care and accommodation thanks to a move by council chiefs. more...
CHIPPING SODBURY was home to a double celebration this week which saw a shining example of royalty visiting the town. more...
AN inmate who absconded from Leyhill Open Prison on Boxing Day after "17 months of frustration" in the jail has been remanded in custody to await sentencing at Gloucester Crown Court. more...
POLICE and council chiefs are under pressure to clean up an Almondsbury lane which has become a haunt for drugs takers and sordid sexual "exhibitionists". more...
THORNBURY'S high performing Castle School has once again impressed education watchdogs. more...
SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE'S angry elderly population will not give up the fight to keep "valuable" travel tokens. more...
PLANS to make Yate home to South Gloucestershire Council's third major headquarters will save tax payers £1 million a year, despite costing nearly £30 million to build. more...
A CHILDREN'S play area in Yate has been demolished after nearby residents claimed that youngsters using it were making their lives a misery. more...
WITH regard to the non-issue of travel tokens for 2006-2007, many senior citizens do not use or cannot use the bus service, as many areas do not have one. more...
A PAIR of Chipping Sodbury love birds who were told they "would not last" have celebrated their 60th anniversary together. more...
CHIPPING SODBURY Golf Club captain Trevor Stewart tees off at the captain's drive-in on Saturday. more...
Gloucestershire Senior Cup Mangotsfield United 0 Yate Town 3 more...
Western Counties North League Whitehall 13 Thornbury 7 more...
Western Counties North League Gordon League 15 North Bristol 16 more...
CHIPPING SODBURY Netball Club has been awarded the bronze Club Action Planning Scheme accreditation for its coaching and competition; club management and administration; sports equity and child protection. more...
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