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  • Royal Mail reveal major changes to how you can send parcels

    Royal Mail have announced a brand new service where postmen and women will pick up parcels from the doorsteps of people’s homes across the UK. We've put together everything you need to know. How will the new service work? Households that

  • Teckels to hold Halloween dog show and Christmas market

    Teckels Animal Sanctuary are to hold a Halloween dog show and Christmas market. The events will take place on consecutive days inside a huge marquee at the front of the Fromebridge Mill pub in Whitminster. The dog show will take place on Saturday

  • Thornbury in Bloom create floral tribute to NHS

    The Thornbury in Bloom have remained busy despite the absence of an official competition this year, A floral tribute to the NHS has been displayed at the top of Grovesend Road. Sue Aitken, of Thornbury in Bloom, said: "Our members have been doing

  • Grieving father rushed to help at scene of Thornbury crash

    A grieving father said his 'instincts took over' when he rushed to help at the scene of a crash in Thornbury despite being on his way to the wake of his toddler daughter. Steven Webb was on his way from Thornbury Cemetery to The Swan pub on Tuesday

  • WHAT'S ON: Five things to do near you this weekend

    If you're wondering what to do this weekend, the GAZ has five ideas. Have a Hoot at Birdland - running from October 24 - November 1. The Parliament of Owls is the latest attraction at the Bourton-on-the-Water wildlife park which is home to

  • 70 more coronavirus cases diagnosed in Gloucestershire

    The number of recorded coronavirus cases in Gloucestershire increased by 70 over the last 24 hours, official figures show. Public Health England figures show that 3,335 people had been confirmed as testing positive for Covid-19 by 9am on Tuesday

  • Dursley art student Barbara still going strong at 90 years

    A 90-YEAR-old art student from Dursley was presented with a special glass plaque in celebration of her birthday. Barbara Mitchard, a student at Kingshill House, has been a Dursley resident since the early 1960s. A retired teacher, during her