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Memorial bench is stolen from cricket ground

12:23pm Friday 10th July 2009

A MEMORIAL bench placed in Rockhampton Cricket Ground has been stolen.

Hikers prepare to walk the Pennine Way for charity

10:58am Friday 10th July 2009

TWO hikers are getting their walking boots on to raise cash for charity by completing the whole of the Pennine Way.

Dancing your way to a healthy life

9:30am Friday 10th July 2009

DANCING is proving to be the medicine of choice for some patients in the district.

Police patrols to be stepped up

8:30am Friday 10th July 2009

POLICE are stepping up patrols in Chipping Sodbury High Street after an outbreak of late-night criminal damage.

Wildlife is thriving in grounds of a nuclear power station

3:30pm Thursday 9th July 2009

OLDBURY Power Station has been praised for its work with wildlife conservation.

Toxic air needs special attention

2:36pm Thursday 9th July 2009

AIR pollution at Cribbs Causeway is so toxic that the area is due to be given special attention.

Appeal to bring council into 21st century

Dodington Parish Council Chairman Mandy Sainsbury and Cllr June Kent

1:51pm Thursday 9th July 2009

AN APPEAL has been launched in Dodington to bring the council into the 21st century.

Closure notice put up outside primary school

11:15am Thursday 9th July 2009

CLOSURE notices were put up outside a Yate primary school this week, two months ahead of schedule, in a move that has shocked the local community.

Assurances given to residents over new nuclear power station plans

11:06am Thursday 9th July 2009

NATIONAL energy firm E.ON has reassured Oldbury residents that they will not start building the proposed new nuclear power station without permission from central government.

Council homes could be sold off

8:30am Thursday 9th July 2009

COUNCIL homes in the Stroud district could come under new ownership - despite the authority's chief executive assuring residents this wouldn’t happen just six weeks ago.



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