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• Anger as compost waste is imported

  RESIDENTS are furious that a compost farm near Thornbury is being allowed to import green waste from outside the area instead of using "homegrown" material. read more

• No to new homes

  ALMONDSBURY ward councillor Sheila Cook has launched her own petition against plans for hundreds of homes on the former Hortham Hospital site. read more

• Costly plans for bulky rubbish

  UNLIMITED free collections of bulky waste by binmen in South Gloucestershire could be coming to an end. read more

• Amalgamation aids road safety

  REDUCING the number of road accidents is the aim of a new partnership between police and South Gloucestershire Council. read more

• Celebrations as King Edmunds stays open

  THE HEADTEACHER of King Edmund Community School in Yate has spoken of the collective relief that staff and pupils enjoyed this week after learning that the school has been saved from closure. read more

• Lottery awards for volunteers

  COMMUNITY organisations in South Gloucestershire are set to receive a cash boost under of the latest round of National Lottery Awards for All grants. read more

• Fear over drivers speeding in village

  AN OLD Sodbury resident is campaigning against drivers who speed through the village putting residents' lives at risk. read more

• Fire ravages family caravan and garage

  A FAMILY in Winterbourne has been left shaken after becoming the victims of what they believe was a deliberate arson attack. read more

• Weekend festivities

  COALPIT Heath was in celebratory mood this week following a weekend of events to mark a mammoth anniversary of the village church. read more

• Claim of NHS negligence

  AVON Ambulance Service has this week responded to a grieving mother's claims that two of its paramedics acted negligently leading to the death of Yate man Shane Harding. read more

• Thorns take derby honours

  Western Counties North League Thornbury 28 North Bristol 22 read more

• Help ex-PC to write his book

  RETIRED Thornbury police officer Clive Washbourne is hoping to tap into other people's memories to help him write his own life story read more

• Housing a threat to green belt

  SOUTH Gloucestershire's precious green spaces could disappear under a tide of concrete if regional planners press ahead with plans for yet more homes, local Conservatives have warned. read more

• Sodbury move to top

  Gloucester Division One Chipping Sodbury 13 Tewkesbury 10 read more

• Station is ready to hit the airwaves

  IT'S all systems go at Thornbury FM - the town's community radio station - which is set to go on air for the first time next month. read more

• Hallen call the shots with six-goal result

  Toolstation League Premier Division Hallen 6 Torrington 0 read more

• Save our village from traffic, plead residents

  "DO something before someone is killed - or a house collapses," - that was the message to council highways chiefs from traffic-battered residents in Pilning this week. read more

• Don't buy cars from roadside traders

  RESIDENTS across South Gloucestershire are being warned against buying second-hand cars from roadside traders. read more

• Great achievements by Tang Soo Do clubs

  STUDENTS from two martial arts clubs in Yate and Chipping Sobury have won a total of 15 medals at the European Tang Soo Do Championships in Bristol. read more

• Bring justice to world trade

  FAIR traders from South Gloucestershire will be part of a mass Parliamentary lobby next month to demand trade justice - not free trade. read more

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