A SURF centre in Easter Compton is launching a £150,000 crowdfunding campaign that will help fund some of the site’s sustainability plans.The Wave Bristol’s campaign got underway on Monday, November 24 and will allow people to buy a number of rewards,
A CHARITIES fair in Wotton-under-Edge raised £3,800 for multiple organisations.The fair was held on Saturday, November 22, bringing 21 stalls together to raise money for a charity of their choice.The event also celebrated its 19th year of hosting the
THORNBURY based charity Holding Out Hope will pay a special Christmas visit to Bulgaria next month.It is an annual Christmas trip undertaken by the charity where they support 110 adults with learning disabilities who live in extremely poor and dismal
A COUPLE who came from the same village in Italy but didn’t meet each other until coming together in Dursley celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary this month. Guiseppe and Maria Troiano celebrated 50 years of marriage on Friday, November 21.After
THE NON-emergency 101 service was down for about six hours on Saturday (November 22) following a fault with some services run by Vodafone, who operate the 101 service.It was back up at about 3.30pm on Saturday. The 999 service was unaffected.
THE JOINT owners of The Mall at Cribbs Causeway have begun collating initial feedback from visitors to their recent public exhibition.The feedback received by M&G Real Estate, intu and JT Baylis, indicates that the public, generally, support the proposals
A CARD shop in Dursley is celebrating 10 years of being part of the local community. Just to Say, in Parsonage Street, Dursley, first opened its doors in 2004. The shop sells a range of items, from cards for all occasions to giftwear, teddy bears and
A BUILDING distance health walk of approximately one and a half hours duration will meet in Uley Village, by the bench opposite the church, for a 10.30am start on Wednesday, December 10. No petsallowed. Walk leaders are Jeff and Chris. For more information
A HEALTH walk of approximately 45 minutes duration on pavements and footpaths in and around Dursley will take place on Thursday, December 4. Meet by Dursley swimming pool steps for 2.00 p.m. start. Registered Guide/Assistance dogs allowed. Led by Andy
LABOUR party members gave a vote of confidence to Ed Miliband at their all party meeting in Dursley. Members of the Stroud Constituency Labour Party, who met on Friday, November 21, also voiced their disappointment with negative media portrayals of their
THE NATIONAL Lottery is hunting for a EuroMillions Millionaire Maker winner who is a secret millionaire. Every week EuroMillions Millionaire Maker creates two millionaires in the UK but the winner from the draw on Friday, November 7 has still to
WORK has started to stabilise the embankments between M5 junction 14 to 15 near Itchington and Tytherington. The essential work, costing £960,000 will ensure there will be no slippage of soil on the embankment in the future. The work got underway
TWO brilliant concerts were performed by the South Cotswold Youth Orchestra (SCYO) at a performance in Thornbury.The audience packed out the Armstrong Hall for the shows on Friday, November 14.First of all, the crowd was wowed by a children’s concert
THIS week mobile speed camera enforcement will be carried out at: A38 Gloucester Road, Patchway (40mph) Site: 0175 A403 Severn Road (50mph) Sites: 0193 & 0194 A4174 Avon Ring Road Nr M32 Jct 1 (50mph) Site: 0125 A420 Marshfield
AN ELDERLY woman in Chipping Sodbury was one of the victims of two crimes last week when the suspects pretended to be police officers. The first incident took place at a house in Chipping Sodbury on Wednesday, November when two men knocked at the
