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• Transport group's lottery cash boost

  LOCAL dial-a-ride scheme Four Towns and Vale Link Community Transport has hit the jackpot with a grant for £185,000 from the Big Lottery Fund. read more

• Toll rates to stay longer

  TOLL charges on the two Severn crossings will stay in place for longer than expected following a tax ruling by judges at the European Court of Justice. read more

• Target reached on cheaper homes

  THE number of affordable homes being built in South Gloucestershire has exceeded expectations. read more

• Severnside Seagulls success

  Severnside Seagulls U11s continued their success in their summer tournaments by winning at Castle Combe. read more

• Garden centre under fire for selling pets

  COMPANY bosses at Wyevale - the national garden centre chain with a branch at Milbury Heath near Thornbury - have come under to fire for selling pets alongside the petunias. read more

• Students eargerly await opening of new campus

  ART and Design students from across South Gloucesterhire are counting the days to the opening of a multi-million pound arts campus which is set to become the new home of the Bristol School of Art. read more

• Man dies after quad-bike fall on royal estate

  A MAN has died following a fatal quad-bike collision at Gatcombe Park at the weekend. read more

• Stalwarts celebrated at show

  THORNBURY Horticultural Society's annual flower show on Saturday was a golden opportunity to salute two stalwarts - society president Doreen Palmer and her husband Arthur. read more

• Anti-social teenagers face automatic fines

  A POLICE project which aims to curb anti-social behaviour amongst teenagers is being piloted in South Gloucestershire. read more

• Throwing down the Gauntlett

  FORMER Chipping Sodbury School pupil Nick Gauntlett beat off stiff competition from many of the world's top event riders at the weekend to finish fourth in the Advanced Section B at the Festival of British Eventing at Gatcombe Park. read more

• Teenager charged with murder after fight at pub

  AN 18-year-old man has been charged with the murder of Pucklechurch pub landlord Bob Todd. read more

• Our leaders let us down say residents

  RESIDENTS fighting plans for large scale housing on the site of Almondsbury's derelict Hortham Hospital claim they have been let down by parish leaders. read more

• Dumping targeted

  AN INCREASE in the number of South Gloucestershire landowners allowing waste to be dumped illegally on their land has led to a new crackdown by the Environment Agency and South Gloucestershire Council. read more

• Fox-Pitt steals show at Gatcombe

  WILLIAM FOX-PITT, with two first places and one third, was undoubtedly the star of the Festival of British Eventing at Gatcombe Park at the weekend but the Shetland Pony Grand National ran him a close second. read more

• Yes, we're an inflation nation

  HOT AIR balloons took off from Queen's Square in the centre of Bristol on Monday morning to launch the Discovery Channel International Balloon Fiesta. read more

• Village reeling over killing of 'star' Bob

  TRIBUTES have poured in to the "star of Pucklechurch", landlord Bob Todd, who was tragically killed when trying to intervene in a fight between youths early on Saturday morning. read more

• No power as second reactor shuts down

  OLDBURY nuclear power station is completely out of action and could remain shut down for weeks or even months. read more

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