A MUCH-loved free music event is due to return to Dursley this week. Dursley After Hours is set to return to the marketplace on Friday, April 26. Local band Welcome Parrots will be playing a mix of folk, Americana and pop from 7pm to 9pm.
A HEDGEHOG that had swollen to the size of a football has been deflated and helped by a wildlife rescue charity in Frampton. The female hedgehog, which has been named Bounce, had up to twice its normal size when it was first spotted near Quedgeley
DEER have returned to a country estate in South Gloucestershire once more following a three year gap. Staff recently welcomed 26 fallow deer back into the historic parkland at Dyrham Park. Deer have lived at the site - which is managed by
TRAINS are currently unable to run to two stations in the area due to a points failure this afternoon, officials say. According to National Rail, trains are unable to reach Yate as well as Cam and Dursley railway station. It is understood
A SOUTH Gloucestershire Council by-election will be held on Thursday, May 2, following the resignation of a councillor. Labour announced last month that Cllr Sandie Davis had stepped down from her role representing the New Cheltenham ward because
The annual St. George Celebration took place again last Saturday at Yate Heritage Centre. Organised by David Hardill (Community Heritage Officer) and Yate Town Council it was again a great success with the added joy of fine weather. Introduced
COUNCILLORS have given a muted welcome to long-awaited plans to revive Thornbury Health Centre but say they are “perturbed” they have been scaled down so much. South Gloucestershire Council cabinet endorsed local NHS bosses finalising and submitting
Thornbury 71 Farnham 24 - by Dave Fox Ruthless Thornbury ran in eleven tries as they put Farnham to the sword and earned a place in the quarter finals of the Papa John’s Regional 2 Southern Plate. Alfie Richardson scored a hat-trick and both
THE SUN was out in Yate as a rearranged hockey tournament concluded this season's fixtures, writes Diana Pugh-Hudson Having been cancelled for a frozen pitch, the rearranged Under 10s Avon League Tournament took place at YOSC on Sunday. Yate
