NED the Post and Our Joycey finished first and second in last year’s Members Race and these two old stalwarts could renew their rivalry in the same event at the Berkeley Point-to-Point at Woodford on Saturday afternoon (first race 2pm), writes Peter
A CARE home manager stole £1,000 from three highly vulnerable residents because she was addicted to bingo, a court heard today.Rachel Stokes, 48, of St George's Road, Dursley was jailed for eight months by a judge who described her offences
A TALENTED Gloucestershire chef has been shortlisted for the 2014 Asian Women of Achievement Awards. Romy Gill, from Thornbury, is the owner of Romy’s Kitchen and is the first Indian woman in the UK to own, and be head chef of, her own restaurant
ROVERS’ hopes of avoiding the drop are still hanging by a thread after a disastrous Easter weekend. The Pirates lost both their games, going down 3-2 at Portsmouth on Saturday and suffering a 2-1 defeat to promotion-chasing Rochdale at the Memorial
A 22-year-old man, whose car collided with a telegraph pole on the A38 on April 23 sadly died yesterday evening at about 11pm. The man passed away in Frenchay Hospital after suffering head injuries when the car he was travelling in, a red Renault
A PUB just outside Berkeley has just received its third CAMRA award for its drinks and hospitality.Despite only being in business 11 months at the time, the Salutation Inn has reaped the rewards of its hard work, earning the Campaign for Real Ale&rsquo
A SCULPTURE and play trail in Dursley has been vandalised with many of the artistic creations ruined beyond repair. The popular public trail in Twinberrow Woods has been home to an ever-changing variety of handmade projects from the community for
IT WAS a very satisfying Easter weekend for City fans with two wins out of two that now sees us in with a realistic chance of finishing in the top half of the League One table. Firstly, on Good Friday we ran out 2-1 winners against Notts County
A MAIN road through Frampton Cotterell is to remain closed until Sunday, more than a week after it was due to reopen. Church Road will stay shut to all traffic until Sunday (April 27), South Gloucestershire Council announced today. THe authority
POLICE investigating a series of car fires in Southmead are urging the community to come forward with information before someone gets seriously hurt. In total, police and firefighters have been called to eight cars fires in the past three weeks
KICKING another man in the head after a fracas at a Dursley night club has landed Patrick Cook, 21, in jail for eight months - even though his victim asked for him not to be locked up. Victim Gary Johnson suffered a serious eye injury and a bite
YATE will honour the country’s patron saint this weekend in one of the biggest celebrations of its kind in the region. The town’s heritage centre is hosting a day of family fun and traditional English entertainment tomorrow (Saturday, April 26
EASTER weekend provided fewer racing opportunities and the main events for most Thornbury Running Club members were the various parkruns. Eight runners made it to Little Stoke, where Andrew Darton was first to finish for the club, in third place overall
Stinchcombe Hill STINCHCOMBE A played their opening match at home to Gloucester A in the North Glos Foursomes League and won 4-2. The winning pairs for Stinchcombe were Mark Pitcher and Alex Higgs, Tom Workman and Chris Walker, Stuart Carter-Smith and
