News from the Yate and Chipping Sodbury area from the Gazette Series

Park out of town while Waitrose is built, urge business leaders in Chipping Sodbury

9:00am Thursday 23rd May 2013

SHOP staff and business employees in Chipping Sodbury are being urged to use a temporary car park while construction of the town’s first supermarket is underway.

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Tandem bike deaths driver Nicholas Lovell jailed for 10 and a half years

6:32pm Wednesday 22nd May 2013

A BANNED driver high on drugs was today given a maximum ten-and-a-half year jail sentence after he killed a married couple taking a Sunday afternoon tandem bike ride.

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'Our nature is in trouble', warns Sir David Attenborough in new report

4:30pm Wednesday 22nd May 2013

OUR nature is in trouble – that is the conclusion of a groundbreaking report launched today by Sir David Attenborough and conservation charities.

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Sodbury Town Council votes in mayor for a second year

4:00pm Wednesday 22nd May 2013

SODBURY town councillor Wendy Whittle has been re-elected as mayor.

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Chipping Sodbury is almost ready to celebrate its Big Lunch street party

12:00pm Wednesday 22nd May 2013

THE bunting is being hung, miniature gardens are being planted and fancy dress costumes are under construction as the final preparations are made for Chipping Sodbury’s Big Lunch street party.

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High visibility jackets help to improve road safety for Rangeworthy school pupils

2:20pm Tuesday 21st May 2013

PRIMARY school pupils in Rangeworthy will be seen much more easily thanks to the donation of 100 high visibility jackets.

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BBC Coast presenter launches new heritage trail in Chipping Sodbury

1:44pm Tuesday 21st May 2013

THE history of Chipping Sodbury has been brought back to life with a heritage trail launched by Coast presenter Mark Horton.

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