November 1986 AVON ambulance service was attacked after a boy with head injuries missed a number of vital appointments at Frenchay Hospital.

The boy, who cannot walk or speak, was due to be taken for regular nasal feeds at the hospital at 9.30 in the mornings. He should have been picked up at 9am.

But his single parent mother claimed that on one morning an ambulance man turned up at her Chipping Sodbury home and said he would not be able to transport her son on his own, which meant he missed his feed.

JOBCLUBS in the South West were praised by employment secretary Lord Young.

“The success that Jobclubs have achieved has been truly remarkable and it is not surprising we have been under pressure from areas without them to set one up in their locality,” he said.

A STAPLE Hill youth was attacked as he walked to Downend Road. The 17-year-old, of Pendennis Road, was pulled into Christchurch graveyard by two youths. He was pushed against a wall and his cheek was slashed with a knife. The youths ran off in the direction of Fishponds.

November 1996

CONTROVERSIAL plans to create a massive landfill site on green belt land in Almondsbury were said to be jeopardised by the long arm of the European Community, warned North Avon, Bristol and Bath MEP Ian White.

Mr White pointed out there was an EC directive in the pipeline to ban the co-disposal of domestic and commercial waste – exactly what was planned for the 103-acre site at Hortham Farm, Hortham.

PUPILS at St Anne’s School, Oldland Common, delighted teachers with their efforts in learning to swim.

A staggering 97 per cent were confident enough to splash around unaided before they left school.

THORNBURY Squash Club’s A team celebrated their first match under new sponsors VideoSound with a near perfect victory against Hospitals.

Tim Miller and Ian Frost led the way, losing just 12 points between them as the medics struggled to make any kind of impression.

November 2006

A VALUABLE voluntary group that serves up hot food and social activities to elderly people in Yate could fold if a retiring manager is not replaced.

Elderly people enjoyed what could be their last supper at the Tilbert Lunch Club in Shire Way Community Centre, which has run for 40 years.

A DODINGTON man hoped to raise the profile of the local gay community when he competed for a seat on his parish council.

The gay rights campaigner hoped that by becoming a councillor he would establish a link between the council and a growing gay community.

A HORSE owner praised firemen who came to her aid and helped to rescue her young stallion.

Loraine Patrick, who breeds and rears horses in Upthorpe near Cam, said she did not know what would have happened if firemen from Dursley had not turned up in the nick of time and pulled her thorough breed out of a ditch.