THE Bristol Academy Flyers suffered a heart-breaking loss on Sunday at Ponds Forge as Leeds Carnegie produced an incredible late comeback to claim the 2013 Sportcover National Cup, defeating the Bristol side 66-64 in the final. Carnegie scored
POLICE are reminding the owners of stables to be extra vigilant about security following burglaries in Frampton-on-Severn and Stonehouse. Officers in Stroud are investigating two burglaries and a suspicious incident from stables in the area between
YATE TOWN’S Southern League Division One South & West clash against North Leigh tonight has been postponed due to a waterlogged pitch. The Bluebells have had five of their last six games called off and still have over half their league fixtures
FOREST GREEN’S Blue Square Premier clash at Woking tonight has been postponed due to a waterlogged pitch. Woking carried out a pitch inspection just before midday today and found the pitch had taken on too much water over the past few days.
A COMMUNITY has been left reeling after a Wotton footballer died on the pitch during a match. Kingswood AFC footballer Mike Rodman was playing for the reserves against rivals Charfield in the Stroud League on Saturday afternoon. The 37-year-old
REPAIRS have been made to a ‘dangerous’ supermarket car park roof this week, following the Gazette’s exclusive article over safety fears at Tesco Extra in Yate Shopping Centre. Last week we reported how Yate Town Council had expressed grave concerns
STROUD District Council is freezing council tax for another year and pumping £2million worth of investment plans back into the district. At the hotly-debated budget meeting on Thursday, January 24, councillors voted in the year's budget proposals
TWO fire crews rescued a cat from a house in Chipping Sodbury last night after a washing machine sparked a blaze. Firefighters from Yate and Thornbury stations attended the blaze, at a house in Mallard Close, at 8.07pm. Avon Fire and Rescue
THE FAMILIES of two cyclists who were killed in an alleged hit-an-run in Hanham on Sunday have spoken of their devastation following the deaths of the "very special couple". Ross Simons, 34, and his wife Clare, 30, were out riding a tandem on Lower
OBTAINING approval from regulators for new nuclear reactor technology at the proposed plant near Oldbury could take up to four years, the Gazette can reveal. Hitachi, the firm behind plans for a new power station at Shepperdine, submitted its advanced
A MAN was trapped in his blue Ford Focus after it overturned and crashed into another vehicle, driven by a woman, in Coaley. At around 6.45pm on Friday, January 25, all three emergency services were called to the accident on Levers Hill. One
