SINCE lockdown began, the Great British Takeaway in Dursley has adapted to ensure it can continue to get fish and chips to their customers. The family-run business in Kingshill Road initially launched a delivery service to continue serving the community
A site manager working on the new homes development site in Chipping Sodbury has won a top industry award for the quality of the building work achieved. Sean Gibbs, 29, beat around 11,000 entrants to win the Pride in the Job Award, presented annually
POLICE are appealing for witnesses following a report of dangerous driving on the M5. At about 9pm on Sunday 5 July a witness reported seeing three cars speeding and braking on the northbound carriageway between junctions 21 (Weston-super-Mare)
A WANTED man with links to Dursley has been arrested. Avon and Somerset Police issued an appeal for the public’s help in to finding wanted man Gage Gallacher last month. Yesterday they issued a statement saying that Gallacher had been arrested
Yate and Thornbury Foodbanks have both received £1000 donations from major housebuilders. Barratt Homes and David Wilson Homes, who are developing Ladden Garden Village in Yate and Park Farm in Thornbury, have made donations to support the foodbanks
CAM’S play areas opened again on Saturday after many weeks of closure due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Woodfields Play Park, Cam Green and Jubilee Playing Field all reopened for local people to enjoy. But Cam Parish Council warned people to take
A Thornbury cafe has hit out at customers who refused to give their contact details to be used as part of the NHS Test and Trace scheme. Two customers at Shelly's Cafe, on St Mary Street, did not provide a phone number when asked. A post on
Councillor June Bamford has been named as the new Chair of South Gloucestershire Council after being elected at the Council’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) on July 1. Councillor Bamford moves into the role after serving as Vice Chair last year, with
From today, South Gloucestershire libraries will be introducing bookable services so customers can access them in a safe and controlled way following the easing of COVID-19 lockdown restrictions. Customers will be asked to pre-book an appointment
No arrests were made in what police have described as a 'relatively quiet' reopening of pubs in Gloucestershire. A pub in Abbeydale shut its doors following reports of disorder and there were a number of minor incidents across the county. Licensing
Thornbury firefighters have issued a warning following two crashes in Thornbury. A Facebook post on Sunday evening stated: "Please take care and drive safely- there are reports of two road traffic collisions (RTC’s) in the past two days around
Another Thornbury pub has re-opened today. The Wheatsheaf, on Chapel Street, has been closed since March 18 but opened at 11am today (Monday, July 6) with a number of new safety measures in place. Announcing the news on Facebook landlord Russell
Has the Prime Minister, and his devotees, no shame? Radio 4’s highly esteemed programme ‘More or Less’ asked an important question this week - Why Did the UK Have Such a Bad Covid-19 Epidemic? It’s sobering to recognise that excess deaths in the UK
Police prevented 1,000 people from attending a rave in South Gloucestershire at the weekend. An event was about to take place in an industrial unit in Warmley when police arrived. Approximately 1,000 people were stopped from entering the building
Two inexperienced police officers have kept their jobs despite failing to investigate a drug addict’s claims she was sexually assaulted while semi-conscious after taking crack. PC Emma Benson-Shaw and PC Joshua Stevens were told before they arrived
