POLICE are appealing for the public's help to trace a wood chipper and trailer, which were stolen from Tormarton. The machine was stolen between 10.15-10.45am on Friday, November 13 from a property on Acton Turville Road. It is described a yellow
POLICE and special anti-social behaviour officers working to tackle trouble hotspots in Thornbury and Alveston believe they are winning the battle against unruly youths. For more than a year police have been inundated with complaints about nuisance
AFTER England’s dire performance against Argentina and Australia the week before, it might be pertinent to mention that amateurs built the ark and professionals were responsible for the Titanic. In the far-off days of amateur rugby, we were
TODDLERS in Thornbury have been learning all about road safety. The First Steps Pre School, based at Crossways Infants School, have been taking part in a national campaign, Beep Beep! Day!, to make sure children know how to cross the road. Beep Beep
AT LONG last Rovers ended their winless streak and Gasheads who left early on Saturday will no doubt be regretting their actions. Our horrendous run of six defeats in a row looked like being extended with the score 2-1 to Carlisle with less than 10
GLOUCESTERSHIRE will start the 2010 season with a home game against Northamptonshire on Thursday, April 15 in a LV County Championship. It is the first of three consecutive matches for the club at the County Ground in April with Sussex visiting in the
LAST WEEK I returned to England after a few months of foreign travel. In the time I have been away, since the last week of August, City have lost just one game in the league. Reports I was receiving from friends whilst away suggested City were employing
YATE TOWN boss Dave Mogg remains in talks with three potential signings and has made seven-day approaches for two more strikers as he looks to strengthen his squad. Mogg has lost patience with his under-performing side and the final straw came in Saturday's
ADAM GOULD starts the RACMSA Rally of Scotland tonight (Thursday) in the BF Goodrich Drivers Team Peugeot 207 Super 2000 confident that he can bring the Kronos Racing run-machine back to the Stirling finish with a strong result, writes Paul Willetts.
WINTERBOURNE UNITED have pulled off the most sensational coup in their history by agreeing to sign Liverpool legend Bruce Grobbelaar. The Zimbabwe international goalkeeper, 52, is in line to play in a one-off match against Patchway in the GFA Trophy
DURSLEY fell to a surprise defeat at bottom of the table side Aretians. Having battled through against the inclement weather on the previous weekend the normally fleet of foot Dursley squad struggled from start to finish with the high winds, driving
FOREST GREEN face two huge home Blue Square Premier tests against title-chasing Stevenage Borough at the New Lawn on Saturday (3pm) and league leaders Oxford United on Tuesday (7.45pm). Rovers will say farewell to on-loan Bristol Rovers striker Rigg,
THORNBURY Leisure Centre is set to benefit from desperately needed investment to improve facilities. Last month Thornbury town councillors told the Gazette about their frustration with what they believed was a lack of investment in the 1970s facility
THE proposed closure of Vale of Berkeley College had been in the planning stages for over six months without the knowledge of the school, it has been revealed. In the official report by the Government’s education expert Graham Badman, in which he recommends
GROUPS of young people who cause criminal damage, shout and swear into the early hours of the morning and urinate in people’s gardens are causing misery for residents living near a Winterbourne pub. Up to 100 teenagers are reported to meet in the
THE Vale of Berkeley College has been given a glimmer of hope by the county council as they look into the option of linking it with a nearby school. Gloucestershire County Council said it is considering the option of creating a ‘hard federation' between
