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  • Location is important, but so is an open mind

    SEBASTIAN Hipwood, head of Savills Cirencester, explains why lateral thinking is key to a successful property search. The rhetoric of location, location, location being the most important factor when purchasing a property is still true, with most

  • House hunting, like Brexit, sometimes needs compromise

    I READ with interest this week a report from the BBC taken from data compiled from the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS), that 77 per cent of their members surveyed were of the opinion that both buyers and sellers were currently ‘sitting

  • Forest Green's win at Port Vale in fantastic pictures

    FOREST Green made it seven points from their last three games with victory over Port Vale on Saturday. Reece Brown scored a second half brace at Vale Park to take his tally to nine for the season. It was another stride in their promotion push

  • Brilliant video shows off historic Mop Fair

    The Mop Fair is an iconic part of Sodbury's history.  Many generations have attended the event that takes place twice a year, in March and in September, with a whole range of things on offer for people to enjoy. The fair has rides, stalls and

  • M4 Prince of Wales Bridge to remain closed until morning

    The M4 Prince of Wales Bridge Westbound will remain closed until Monday morning.  The carriageway was closed from around 8pm on Saturday, with roadworks being carried out through the night and remaining in place for most of Sunday. Traffic

  • Residents still waiting for opening of new play park

    A play park still remains closed, despite the new housing development it is based in being completed for well over a year. For residents in the Barnhill development next to Waitrose in Chipping Sodbury, there has been a brand new play park fenced

  • Major changes 'could be good for cyclists' in the town

    A major commuter road for Yate and Chipping Sodbury could be about to change. A consultation has been set up by South Gloucestershire Council to evaluate the safety of cyclists that use the Kennedy Way dual carriageway. The road runs from Yate

  • Thought for the Week, the gentle kindness of Buddhists

    Thought for the Week with Pammy Michell HELLO from hot Laos! I am here with my husband Paul after visiting my son in Vietnam. We are now travelling in SE Asia as lightly and ethically as we can. I have been Buddhist for over 40 years, and

  • COMMENT: The youth of today aren't all bad

    There is a really positive theme in this paper that you may have picked up on this week. There are an awful lot of stories regarding children from the area. In the paper we spend a lot of time having to criticise youth for vandalism and anti-social