Rebecca Waters from Tormarton, and just 22-years old, is cycling from London to Katmandu in Nepal all within 100 days, not only to raise vital funds for Nepal-based Street Child - a charity which provides education for children in marginalised rural and urban communities across earth-quake devastated Nepal - but to also work for the charity to when she arrives there.
PLANS to open a community hospital on the old Frenchay Hospital site are still on hold.
A NEW initiative is helping raise crucial awareness of the benefits of trees and woodlands.
TWO Thornbury schools have won a top royal gardening award.
A RUNNING club has chosen a young girl with cerebral palsy as their club charity.
A CUB scout group from Thornbury has revived Bob-a-job week to help raise funds for a community in Uganda.
AN ARCHITECT firm has won a major award for designing a home in Dursley that appeared on Channel 4’s Grand Designs.
