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  • Indian Covid variant cases double in South Gloucestershire

    Cases of the Covid-19 Delta variant have doubled in South Gloucestershire, with the mutation now responsible for 90 per cent of all new cases in the UK. New research from Public Health England suggests that the Delta variant could have a 60 per

  • Man, 40, who abused his dog handed lifetime ban from pets

    A Gloucestershire man who beat his pet dog has received a lifetime ban from keeping animals. Members of the public in Matson, Gloucester, reported seeing a man beating an English Bull Terrier on September 15 and after police seized the dog, vets

  • First homes at new Yate development to go on sale next month

    Bellway’s Ladden Garden Village development in Yate is set to open to the public next month when the first new homes are released for sale. The housebuilder is delivering 247 new homes on land off Clayhill Drive, including 161 two, three and four-bedroom

  • SIOBHAN BAILLIE: Tax system is in need of reform

    The Stroud MP's weekly column. Reform of the global tax system to ensure tech giants pay more has been led by the UK ahead of the G7 summit taking place in Cornwall later this week. This is a move that has widespread support. For many years people

  • LEADER'S COLUMN: High streets need to reinvent themselves

    Column by the leader of South Gloucestershire Council, Toby Savage. Recently, the owner of Timpson, Sir John Timpson, spoke of his immense pride in his staff at a House of Commons inquiry about supporting high streets after Covid-19. “The thing