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  • Berkeley man found with six inch knife in public

    A BERKELEY man who was found to be in possession of a six inch blade has avoided jail. Mark Baker, 48, of Station Road, was found guilty of possessing a bladed article in a public place when he appeared before Cheltenham magistrates on July 8.

  • Search for dinosaurs in Sodbury this summer

    The Sodbury Summer Search for children has begun in Chipping Sodbury. As well as fluffy dinosaur toys that will be in place from Saturday, June 20, 40 mini dinosaurs have been found out and about in Chipping Sodbury. Children can find these and

  • Chipping Sodbury shop thanks customers after closure

    A shop in Chipping Sodbury has thanked customers after it officially closed earlier this month. Cadeaux & Co had been in Hatherell's Yard for a number of years, but owner Kristan Madigan-Miller announced that the shop would be closing so she could

  • Vitality Blast: Klinger is fresh mentally, insists Dawson

    Michael Klinger embarks on his seventh season with Gloucestershire today when Glamorgan visit Cheltenham in the Vitality Blast (2.30pm start), writes Richard Latham And, with the club’s other overseas player Andrew Tye also available, head coach

  • Wedding venue has licence extended despite noise fears

    Residents have expressed concern after a wedding venue in South Gloucestershire had its licence extended. Old Down Estate in Tockington can now hold functions over a much wider area, to the annoyance of villagers who claim the noise from events

  • Exhibit with bears, wolves and lynx to open next week

    An exhibit that has brought bears to South Gloucestershire for the first time in thousands of years will open to the public next week. Bear Wood, which is home to four European brown bears, five wolves, two Eurasian lynx and two wolverines, will