POLICE are appealing for witnesses after a teenager was threatened with a knife in Chipping Sodbury. The 18-year-old victim was walking along an alleyway off Horse Street at 2pm on Friday, June 27 when he was approached by two men. The victim was
CONCORDE is to get a permanent home thanks to planning chiefs at South Gloucestershire. The future of the Concorde 216 took a huge step forward last week when South Gloucestershire Council granted outline planning permission for an aviation museum at
MORE than 30 cars have been stopped and five arrests made in a multi-agency operation to crack down on criminality on the roads. On Saturday officers from Avon and Somerset were assisted by colleagues in the neighbouring Wiltshire and Gloucestershire
WORLD War Two veterans joined forces in Chipping Sodbury to celebrate the launch of a new book about their memories. Echoes from the Front Line has been produced to provide a lasting legacy of local servicemen and women's experiences including everything
Bristol & North Somerset 1st XI; Almondsbury (10-1) v Bedminster (242-8) Match abandoned A TON by former Gloucestershire batsman Rob Cunliffe put Almondsbury on the back foot before rain saved them on Saturday. Almondsbury skipper Greg Stephens won
JOHN Bracewell will return to Gloucestershire County Cricket Club as their new director of cricket next year it has been confirmed today. Bracewell, 50, coached the county from 1998 to 2003 and during that period they won seven trophies including a double
A WOMAN from Yate was killed when her car crashed at Tortworth last night. The accident happened at 7.43pm on the B4509 at Tortworth Common. The woman, believed to be in her 40s, was travelling towards Yate when it is thought she lost control of her
CAMBRIDGE United have secured the services of left-back Anthony Tonkin from Blue Square Premier rivals Forest Green Rovers. Tonkin, 28, rated as the best left-back in the league by Jim Harvey, expressed his wish to leave the New Lawn at the end of
FOREST GREEN kick-off the new Blue Square Premier season at promoted Kettering Town on August 9. Town are managed by former Rovers midfielder Mark Cooper. The Poppies will also include defender Luke Graham, who spent a season on loan at Rovers from
FOREST GREEN have swooped for former Swindon Town striker Kaid Mohamed. Mohamed, 23, signed an initial 12-month deal with Jim Harvey on Tuesday afternoon. The Welshman will be seen as the perfect foil for former Bury striker Andy Mangan, who joined
A CAM teenager has been issued with an Anti-Social Behaviour Order (ASBO) to protect local residents. Jamie Poulter, 16, from the Meadowvale Estate, in Woodfields, Cam, was issued the ASBO at Gloucester Youth Court last week. It followed reports of
RICHARD Burge is living, walking proof that it's no good being a man about going to the doctors. He admits he was acting "typically male" when he was faced with a series of unusual symptoms, as he tried to ignore them and refused to see a doctor.
FRIENDS of Charfield Primary School have given their fundraising efforts some pedal power' by completing a Bikes for Friends' event to raise money for an outdoor classroom. Helen England, Elanor Sanville and Kirsty Rummels cycled 50 miles in a day
