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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.

Radical shake-up planned for sixth form studies

8:20am Thursday 9th July 2009

FURTHER education in Yate and Chipping Sodbury is set to undergo a radical shake-up after two schools pulled out of a sixth form programme.

People to be asked views on proposed care home closures

10:30am Wednesday 8th July 2009

ELDERLY people and their families are due to be asked their views on closing all eight of South Gloucestershire’s council-run care homes.

Presentation for tireless community worker

Olwen Taylor with Sgt Adrian Fallows and Superintendent Steve Jeffries

8:30am Wednesday 8th July 2009

A 49-YEAR-OLD from Yate has made a full recovery after battling leukaemia and undergoing a bone marrow transplant.

Police issue new appeal following fatal crash

2:20pm Tuesday 7th July 2009

POLICE have reissued their appeal for information about a fatal crash at Tog Hill in Wick after a post mortem revealed two cars may have been involved.

Stolen car is driven into wall of house

2:00pm Tuesday 7th July 2009

POLICE are appealing for information after a stolen car was driven into a wall in Chipping Sodbury.

Parts of Yate and Dodington are classed as 'priority areas'

11:48am Tuesday 7th July 2009

PARTS of Yate and Dodington have officially been classed as priority neighbourhoods in a bid to reverse downward trends of deprivation.

Cancer survivors take to the tracks

9:30am Tuesday 7th July 2009

TEAMS of cancer survivors and their relatives took to the tracks for 24 hours of fun and frolics in Yate on Saturday.

Motorists warned about reckless driving on Sodbury Common

10:50am Monday 6th July 2009

YOUNG drivers are being warned against endangering their lives by driving recklessly on Sodbury Common.


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