WOTTON Rovers under-7s coaching sessions begin on Friday, April 25 starting at 6pm and finishing at 7pm at KLB school fields. These sessions are open to all children in school Years 1 and 2 and cost £2. They are run by FA qualified coaches
YATE’S annual parish meeting is being held on Tuesday, April 29 (7.30pm) at Poole Court. All residents are invited to the meeting where they will have an opportunity to talk to local town councillors about the work of Yate Town Council, raise matters
FOLLOWING a very successful Chance to Shine coaching programme with the adjacent primary school, Hambrook Cricket Club are running a short series of free coaching sessions at the club.Starting at 10.30am on Saturday, April 26 for three weeks, anyone wanting
THE SITE of the former nuclear power plant in Berkeley reached a major milestone this month when the first package of nuclear waste was placed inside the newly-constructed interim storage facility (ISF). The ISF is the largest of its kind in the
SUSTAINABLE Thornbury meets on Wednesday, April 30 (7.30pm) in The Chantry. The group meets on the fourth Wednesday of most months to discuss general points in the Sustainability Forum and then what specific project groups are doing. More information
THE BOX Office for Dursley Operatic and Dramatic Society's next production opens from Friday, April 25 at the Chantry Centre on Long Street, Dursley between 9am to 12noon.The DODS are staging the musical comedy, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to
A THORNBURY gardener is seeing red after his green bin was not collected for a month. Peter Mainstone, secretary of the Buckingham Parade Gardening Club, paid the new £36 annual fee for South Gloucestershire Council’s subscription service in March
A SALE of children's toys, clothes and everything in between is being held at Dursley Tabernacle United Reform Church on Saturday, May 3 from 10am to 12noon.Donations are welcome. For more information call 07990 520807.
THORNBURY judoka Sally Conway insists she is in the form of her life ahead of the European Championships in Montpellier.As one of Britain’s most accomplished female judoka, who is ranked ninth in the world and trains full-time in Scotland at the
THERE will be a rare chance for cricket fans to see England captain Alastair Cook return to his county roots when Gloucestershire take on Essex in the County Championship next week. Cook was born at Gloucestershire Royal Hospital in Gloucester
THORNBURY and District Flower Club are having a demonstration called East Meets West on Thursday, May 8 in Thornbury Methodist Church Hall (7.30pm). Visitors are welcome and entrance costs £4 per session. For more information email jill@faulkners.demon.co.uk
POLICE are appealing for the public’s help after a driver failed to stop following a collision. It happened shortly after 8pm on Saturday (April 19) at the junction of Soundwell Road and Broad Road in Fishponds. A silver Vauxhall Astra was
A SUPERB bowling display by Will Gidman was not enough to give Gloucestershire their first win of the season as they were frustrated by the rain in Cardiff. With only 30 overs possible on the final day in the County Championship Division Two clash
A KINGSWOOD family was forced to flee their car after it caught fire – in the middle of a lion enclosure. Helen Clements was visiting Longleat Safari Park in Wiltshire on Good Friday with her two children, Charlie, 12, and George, nine, when her
A VISIT to an opticians proved to be life-saving for a Thornbury father-of-two after it helped diagnose a brain tumour. Jason Carroll, 44, noticed that the vision in his right eye was deteriorating and began finding it difficult to read print close
A ROAD in Chipping Sodbury which residents and traders fought to keep open to traffic will be closed next week for roadworks. But few, if any, of the businesses based on Hatters Lane have been officially notified of the closure which will take
CAM Bulldogs’ application to join the Gloucestershire County League for the first time in their history has been turned down. The Northern Senior League Division One leaders could be crowned champions this weekend but will not be promoted even
