PENSIONERS from Thornbury who took it upon themselves to spruce up their front lawn have been rewarded tenfold after picking two gardening awards. Merlin tenants at Buckingham Parade in Thornbury formed a gardening society to take over grass-cutting
BRITAIN’S first green energy company, based in Stroud, is currently attracting new customers at a record rate after announcing a price freeze.Ecotricity has pledged to hold its prices until at least the New Year as the six biggest energy company
THE first tournament of the year saw Thornbury under-12s travel to the Frampton Cotterell Festival and secure another piece of silverware. The first group game saw the Broncos take on Broad Plain and they ran in four impressive tries to win.
STRATFORD Park Leisure Centre walked away with a bronze award at this year’s Health Club Awards.The awards, which attracted over 500 entries from leisure centres across the UK, are judged by the clubs’ own members and Everyone Active, which
WHETHER your cake is a calamity or your souffle's supreme, Britain's love affair with baking just keeps on growing. National Baking Week's bake sale challenge is the perfect excuse to get stuck in, says Andy Welch. There's a whole lot of baking
BERKELEY-BASED cyclist Etienne Georgi has been selected for Great Britain’s Olympic Talent Team. The 15-year-old, a Year 10 student at The Castle School in Thornbury and team member of Giant CC Halo Films, is one of just 30 riders in the UK to
A BERKELEY baker has scooped a top prize in a national cupcake competition. Denise Robbins, 45, won the best cupcake in the Great British Cupcake awards for her dazzling entry with a sugar woman appearing out of the top of a delicate cupcake.
A COUPLE from Gloucester are hoping for great things with their new venture after launching a brand new church in the middle of Cam.Sue and Andy Jorden have brought their popular brand of Christianity, One Church, to the village in a bid to offer a more
MOST people take the ability to get pregnant for granted, yet around one in six UK couples struggle to conceive. As a result, nearly 50,000 UK women a year try to have a baby through IVF, a fertility treatment which can of course bring great joy
