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  • Long delays on M4 after multi-vehicle crash

    There are long delays on the M4 due to a multi-vehicle crash. Three vehicles are involved in the crash on the M4 Westbound near junction 19. Emergency services attended the incident and cleared the vehicles to the hard shoulder. One lane

  • Yate firefighters rescue cat stuck in loft

    Firefighters rescued a cat stuck in a loft in Yate yesterday. They were called shortly after 6pm to an house in Shackleton Avenue. Firefighters had to remove brickwork to reach the cat, called Milly, who was trapped in the roof void of the loft

  • Surfing pool scraps plans to sell alcohol from 10am

    Plans to serve alcohol from 10am at a surfing pool being built in Easter Compton have been withdrawn after complaints from residents. The Wave, an inland surfing lake set to open later in the year, applied for a license to serve alcohol from 10am-midnight

  • Thornbury nursery praised after first Ofsted inspection

    A THORNBURY nursery is celebrating being rated 'Good' by Ofsted. Happy Days, which opened on Cooper Road in 2017, was inspected for the first time in April. It has been given a good rating in all areas including the effectiveness of management

  • Seventy-three arrests as police target county lines drug gangs

    Seventy three people have been arrested by Avon and Somerset Police in relation to county lines drug dealing. During the week-long action £7000 worth of suspected class A drugs were seized, along with £85,000 in cash, and £25,000 worth of designer

  • Police officer Ben thanks crews who saved his life in Sodbury

    A POLICE officer who suffered a heart attack while on duty in Chipping Sodbury has thanked colleagues and paramedic crews for helping to save his life. Avon and Somerset Police Constable of 13 years Ben Perrin was at the police station in the High

  • IAN MEAN: Council must grasp the business nettle

    IT’S good see Stroud District Council putting itself under the microscope as they have just done through a detailed Local Government Association Corporate Peer Challenge. The report just out is very good news for the council and says: “In the view