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Drug dealer is given another chance by judge

10:35am Friday 5th December 2008

DRUG dealer Dane Knight has been given a chance to prove himself and get an NVQ qualification.

Woman is cut from her car after accident

Woman is cut from her car after accident

3:57pm Thursday 4th December 2008

AN elderly woman had to be cut out of her car after crashing and driving into a ditch.

Action demanded over 'dangerous' fencing

Thornbury councillors call for action

8:50am Thursday 4th December 2008

COUNCILLORS are demanding action after fencing around an electrical substation in a children’s play area was declared dangerous by health and safety inspectors.

Closure of sorting office is proposed

8:30am Thursday 4th December 2008

A COMMUNITY faces losing a vital amenity after Royal Mail announced it was looking at closing its sorting office.

Son tells of battle to save dad from choppy seas

3:01pm Wednesday 3rd December 2008

THE teenage son of a former Dursley deputy mayor has described how he desperately tried to save his father from the choppy seas that he eventually drowned in.

Ex-soldier is jailed after attacks

12:33pm Wednesday 3rd December 2008

EX-SOLDIER Robert Biggs subjected his ex-partner to a series of terrifying ordeals including lunging at her with a vegetable knife and strangling her with a canvas belt, a court has been told.

Drink drive campaign is launched by police

9:30am Wednesday 3rd December 2008

POLICE are keeping a close eye on suspected drink drivers with the launch of new crackdown.

Over £7m in foreign coins lying around homes

8:50am Wednesday 3rd December 2008

MORE than £7million of unwanted holiday coins is thought to be lying around homes in Gloucestershire and South Gloucestershire.

Popular councillor steps down after 25 years serving the community

4:39pm Tuesday 2nd December 2008

A COUNCILLOR with a passion for serving the community is stepping down after more than 25 years working for Cam and Dursley.

Man fined for allowing cannabis to be smoked in home

4:14pm Tuesday 2nd December 2008

DAD Jeffrey Lord turned from forklift truck driver to old fashioned copper when he discovered his son was growing cannabis in the back garden, a court heard.



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