Gloucestershire County LeagueLonglevens 4 Berkeley Town 2LONGLEVENS have shown why they deserve to be the champions for a second time with a victory over Berkeley Town. Town took the lead on ten minutes from a Sam Strickland shot that took a deflection
Bristol & District League Division TwoLloydy Coalpit 1 Real Thornbury 6AFTER becoming champions and winning the GFA Junior Cup, Real Thornbury’s aim to finish the season with a 100 per cent winning record took a step closer on Saturday at Lloydy
A HIGH number of worshippers took to Cam Peak on Good Friday as part of the Procession of Witness.Starting on Castle Street in Dursley, a crowd which reached over 400 people by the end of the event set off in the morning towards St George’s Church
CROMHALL is holding its annual parish assembly on Wednesday, April 30 (7.30pm). It is being held in the village hall at Talbots End.
POLICE are appealing for information after a woman was sexually assaulted on a canal towpath. The incident happened on the path by Sainsbury’s on St Ann’s Way in Gloucester at around 8.25pm on Saturday April 19. The victim, a 28-year-old woman
A DAWN chorus walk will take place on Sunday morning leaving Thornbury Leisure Centre at 5am on Sunday, April 27. The free two-hour walk allows you to greet the day with the birds as they sing and learn how to recognise their voices. For more information
A SPONSORED skittles marathon is taking place at The Swan in Thornbury on Saturday, April 26 (8am-8pm), raising money to support people with learning difficulties. Staff are also looking for volunteers to help with replacing skittles for as long or short
READERS from South Gloucestershire are giving away books for World Book Night. On Wednesday April 23, book givers will hand out free books in their communities to people who, for whatever reason, don’t read for pleasure or own books. The Reading
A QUIZ is being held in St Helen’s Church, Alveston, on Friday, April 25 (7pm). Entry costs £10 for a team of four, with all proceeds to the church’s funds. Tickets are available from Tracey Black on 01454 417660.
AN UNATTENDED Land Rover was vandalised on Chase Lane in Kingswood on Monday, March 10 between 5pm and 6pm. The car’s owner left the vehicle for only an hour but returned to find it to find the passenger-side wing mirror had been struck, forcing
Calor League Division One South & WestClevedon Town 3 Yate Town 1YATE Town’s seven-game unbeaten run was ended by Clevedon on Easter Monday.The result ensured Rob Cousins’ side will finish the season with an away record of seven wins,
FIVE men including one from Yate have been given Football Banning Orders (FBO) totalling 20 years after disorder at a Bristol derby. The FBOs were issued at Bristol Crown Court on Thursday, April 17. They follow a police investigation into
Western League Premier DivisionLarkhall Athletic 4 Slimbridge 1IT WAS always going to be a tough ask for Slimbridge at league champions Larkhall on the day the trophy was being presented to the hosts, but they self destructed in the second period after
STAFF and customers at a Chipping Sodbury pub have raised thousands of pounds after stripping off for charity. Regulars and employees at The Squire Inn on Broad Street have collected £2,000 for two different cancer charities following the success
Bristol & District League round-upIN DIVISION One, Hambrook will surely be etched onto the league winner’s trophy this week after two huge wins in three days made it 16 three point hauls from just 20 matches. After hitting Winterbourne United
AN ESCAPED prisoner broke out of jail to escape loud rap music being played 'day and night' on his wing, a court heard. Robert Stevens, 58, a convicted robber, was sick of the music being played constantly by fellow inmates. He escaped from
The regular Dursley Craft Market will be held again this Saturday from 9.30am to 1.30pm under the town hall in Dursley. Crafts for sale include jewellery, knits, handbags, cards, soaps and lots more.If you are interested in having a stall at future markets
NOMINATIONS are being taken for an annual award ceremony celebrating those that have made a difference in Dursley.The categories are the Leslie D Gale award for services to the community, volunteer of the year, business of the year, sportsperson of the
DURLSEY Community Association is holding a fun quiz on Friday, April 25 at 7.30pm in the community centre in aid of the roof fund. Teams of four to six at £2 a person can enter. There will be a raffle and a bar.
THE ANNUAL Dursley Town Council meeting will be held on Tuesday, April 29 at the Dursley Community Centre on Rednock Drive, starting at 7pm.It is a chance for residents to express their views and ask questions about issues in the town. If anyone has
AN UNKNOWN number of offenders have broken into a garage at the end of Parsonage Street in Dursley.The burglars struck between 9pm on Thursday, April 10 and 12pm Friday, April 11 at the property but it is believed nothing was taken.Anyone with any information
CHIPPING Sodbury’s Big Lunch is this year stepping back in time for a 1940s themed day of family fun. The third annual event, which invites people to bring their own picnics, tables and chairs and enjoy an afternoon of free entertainment in Broad
FIREFIGHTERS were sent to a chimney fire in Kingswood after the alarm was raised at around 6.35 on Sunday, April 20. One fire engine from Wotton-under-Edge Community Fire Station attended the incident, with a crew of five fire fighters. The
A CHIPPING Sodbury woman has headed off to the Sahara to raise money and awareness for the charity RP Fighting Blindness (RPFB), which supports sufferers of Retinitis Pigmentosa. Lisa Taplin, who works in insurance and suffers from RP herself, left
Gloucestershire Northern Senior League Division OneDursley Town 0 Ruardean Hill Rangers 0TIME is running out for Dursley in their quest to avoid sliding through the relegation trapdoor after drawing an extremely winnable match for the third time in four
