PUPILS and teachers from a small village school near Wotton are celebrating another good Ofsted result. Hillesley Primary School was rated good in all five categories after an inspection on January 23 and 24. Children were described by inspectors
INCREDIBLE photos have been released showing a traffic officer attempting to catch a runaway goat on the M5 near Stroud. Traffic was stopped after three goats managed to get loose onto the northbound carriageway between junction 13 and junction
THE people of Wotton have been contributing pictures for the latest Grid of Greatness which features wonderful photographs taken in the area. All of these images were collated by Claire Phillips and feature on the Facebook page I Love Wotton.
A MAN faces a whopping fine after breaking a low speed limit. James Read, aged 34, was caught breaking the 30mph limit on the A38 Quedgeley Bypass while driving a Volkswagen Golf on July 20, 2023. The case was heard at Cheltenham Magistrates
A GOVERNMENT minister recently visited Yate to observe work being done as part of an offender community project. Ed Argar, prisons and probation minister, visited a team collecting litter and tidying up Abbotswood Play Area on Thursday as part
ANOTHER arrest has been made over the murder of a woman 31 years ago. Police have arrested a second man in connection with the death of Carol Clark, 32, whose body was found dumped close to the water at Sharpness Docks in 1993. A 64-year-old
AN under-strength Thornbury endured a difficult afternoon on Saturday as they were on the wrong end of a 48-5 thrashing by Chippenham, writes Dave Fox. The hosts were after revenge following their defeat at Rockhampton earlier in the season and
A DRIVEWAY company has been ordered to pay more than £4,500 after illegally erecting advertising boards on a number of streets in South Gloucestershire. John Joseph McDonagh of Meadowview in Shortwood, Pucklechurch, was convicted in his absence
