Archive

  • Golf: Thornbury team take Open title

    THE major team event of the year at Cirencester Golf Club is the invitational Men’s Open and this year it was won by a quartet from Thornbury.The Open is a four-man stableford competition played off ¾ handicap with three scores to count on

  • Craft fair cancelled

    A CRAFT and gift fair that should have taken place in Chipping Sodbury Town Hall on Saturday, August 9, in aid of Parkinson's UK has been cancelled.

  • University honour for former Alexandra Workwear boss

    BUSINESSMAN John Prior, who set up Thornbury-based Alexandra Workwear, has had his work with youth enterprise recognised through the award of an honorary degree. Mr Prior has been involved with the Prince's Trust business programme for many years

  • How well do you know your area? Take the quiz and find out

    CLUED up on Chipping Sodbury? Up to date on Yate? Wise about Wotton? Or are you dim-witted about Dursley? Test your knowledge on where you live and compare your score with your neighbours. The Office of National Statistics has launched a quiz based

  • Pair abscond from Leyhill Prison

    TWO men who were both serving sentences at Leyhill Open Prison have absconded. Avon and Somerset constabulary are appealing for information on the whereabouts of Ashley Tessyman and Mark Cresswell. The men were last seen on Monday, July 21

  • Inside the Pavilion: Dent proves he is still a class act

    CHRIS DENT has proved the old adage – class is permanent, form temporary – to be totally true in the NatWest T20 match against league leaders Essex at the Cheltenham Festival. In a fine display of clean hitting he ensured a thrilling last-over

  • Singin' in the Rain in the Hippodrome

    1920s Hollywood. The age of the silent silver screen starlet is about to be shattered by the development of the ‘talking picture’  – surely a fad that will never catch on?    Straight from the West End comes the critically acclaimed production

  • Students protest over clip-on ties

    A SCHOOL’s decision that students must wear clip-on ties rather than ordinary ones in the coming year has been met with opposition from some students. The governors and headteacher of Katharine Lady Berkeley’s School (KLB) in Wotton-under-Edge

  • Couple found hanged after child abuse rap

    A COUPLE have been found hanged together in an apparent suicide pact after the husband failed to attend court on child abuse charges. Robert and Ellen Griffiths, both aged 36, were found dead at their modern red brick terraced house in Shawbury

  • Cricket: Norwell and Miles smash record books

    A REMARKABLE last-wicket partnership between Liam Norwell and Craig Miles restored some pride for Gloucestershire against northern neighbours Worcestershire on a record-breaking day at the Cheltenham Festival. Norwell hit 78, the highest ever score

  • Angling: Brown makes great start to new season

    Stoutshill Angling Club THE first match of the new season was the working party match.Results: 1st Steve Brown, 138lb; 2nd Jason Powell 122lb; 3rd Phill Auger 90lb.Next up was the D.Carter Memorial, fished between Stoutshill, Frampton and Slimbridge.

  • Judo: Thornbury star is top seed at Glasgow 2014

    A JUDOKA star who grew up in Thornbury is ranked as the favourite to win a gold medal at the Commonwealth Games tomorrow. Sally Conway is the number one seed in the women’s -70kg category and will have to deal with an expectant home crowd at Glasgow