A YOUNG mother who was killed in a car accident along with her two children has been described as "a free spirit" by her family. Family and friends gathered today at St Mary's Church in Berkeley to say goodbye to Rebecca Kingsland, 26, and Alanah,
DRIVERS are being warned to expect delays in the autumn when resurfacing work starts on the Avonmouth Bridge. The Highways Agency is expected to start the work on the southbound carriageway of the M5 bridge on September 1. It will continue until January
ANOTHER music festival will be held in Yate next year, the town council has confirmed. Plans are already underway for the fourth annual line-up of local bands and family entertainment at Kingsgate Park next June. This year's festival was hailed a
PUPILS in Thornbury have been celebrating the end of another school year with a prestigious awards ceremony. More than 140 awards were presented during the annual Achievement Evening held at The Castle School this week. The event is held at the end
POLICE in Dursley are appealing for information after a boundary fence at a farm in Uley Lane, Coaley, was vandalised. Sometime between 8.30am on Wednesday, July 2 and 8.30am on Wednesday, July 9, a 4ft tall boundary post was damaged after it was cut
PARAMEDIC Bryan Hopkins has seen some harrowing sights during his career, which spans more than three decades. Mr Hopkins, 62, who has been honoured by Great Western Ambulance Service for his long service, has been involved in several daredevil rescues
A TEENAGER from Yate is leaving the town on a mission to change the world. Lindsey Birtles, of Long Croft in Brimsham Park, is being sent on a six-week tour of China by the government. The 18-year-old student has been selected as one of only 100 young
WHEN a group of novice singers embarked on a choral music course they never imagined they could sound so professional. But last week's summer concert by the Tyndale Choral Society proved that the amateur singers had come on in leaps and bounds. The
