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  • RUNNING: Westbury Harriers and Yate AC race reports round-up

    WESTBURY Harriers Running Club have been busy with runners competing in national and local races and many competing for partner club Yate AC, writes Mike Mewse. Surprisingly it’s been the veteran athletes who have been in the best form. Top performers

  • Renishaw win award for work in India

    Renishaw has won an award celebrating its work in India. The engineering firm based in Wotton-under-Edge has offices in five Indian cities. They won the Larger Business Award at The Indian Awards which recognise organisations responsible for

  • Firefighters wash cars for charity

    Firefighters took a little break from their usual days work to help wash the cars of Yate for charity. On Saturday, June 8, staff from Yate Fire Station filled their buckets with soapy water and welcomed motorists for a special car wash. The

  • Sodbury park targeted by vandals as plants and shrubs destroyed

    Dodington Parish Council have said they are 'extremely disappointed' after one of their newly planted flower beds in a park was trashed by vandals. It is believed that the area in Lilliput Park was trashed at some point over the weekend, with councillors

  • MP calls for 'progress in talks' to aid commuters on M4 and A46

    MP for Thornbury and Yate Luke Hall is calling for a space of disused land to be utilised as a space for a ‘park and share’ for two major commuter routes. It comes as part of his ‘Get South Gloucestershire Moving’ campaign to improve transport in

  • Music festival to return after successful first year

    A MUSIC festival held near Thornbury will return this summer after a successful first year. The inaugural Mellow in the Meadow was held at Pound House Farm, Old Gloucester Road last September. It will return on August 31. Festival organisers recently

  • Great British countryside celebrated in Dursley art show

    AN EXHIBITION of artworks celebrating the great British countryside is showing in Dursley this month. The collection is on display at Kingshill House and is part of a programme of events in support of emerging artists in Gloucestershire. The

  • Volunteers give Thornbury school’s student centre a makeover

    A GROUP of volunteers have refurbished part of a Thornbury school. Castle School Friends (CSF) have given the Castle School’s student centre a makeover. The student centre is dedicated to pastoral care. It is where students go for mental or practical