Thornbury Voice

06/12/2023

Ruth Davis, who has passed away, was described as an 'incredibly generous' person who made a 'huge contribution to our communities'

FORMER Yate councillor and South Gloucestershire Council leader Ruth Davis has died, following a short illness. Politicians from all parties on the council have paid tribute to the former Yate Central ward councillor, who stepped down at May’s local elections and was made an honorary Alderman in J...

01/12/2023

Owners Just Childcare say they are grateful for the hard work of staff and 'wonderful families' who have helped the nursery head in a 'positive direction'

A NEW management team at a nursery in Thornbury has been praised for achieving a ‘good’ Ofsted rating, just five months after inspectors said it was ‘inadequate’. Little Acorns in Gillingstool had been criticised for being unsafe for babies and for allowing toddlers to run around in a “cha...

01/12/2023

If you haven't seen a copy of this month's Thornbury Voice yet, you can read it from cover to cover (and download it) here...

Local newspaper packed with news, views and advertising for residents and businesses of Thornbury and the surrounding villages.

29/11/2023

Trust wants people to hear the options for the future and have their say

THE trust in charge of Thornbury’s Armstrong Hall complex has called a public meeting to update people on its plans for the future. The Armstrong Hall Trust is inviting all members of the public to a meeting to inform them about the “recent, current and future work being completed by teams of ...

19/11/2023

On the High Street this week...

THORNBURY’S annual Christmas lights switch-on event is coming back this year – for the first time in four years. Thornbury Christmas Lights Association, which organises the display and the switch-on, has announced that the celebration in the High Street will be take place on November 21. There w...

17/11/2023

Rob shared his experiences with thousands of people online, after being given months to live

A THORNBURY man who shared his fight against cancer with others has died, aged 33. Rob Hale passed away on Monday, days after going in to St Peter’s Hospice after being unable to live at home any longer, a week before what would have been his 34th birthday. His parents Nigel and Caron broke the [....

13/11/2023

06/11/2023

Chamber of Commerce says opposition to charges is 'overwhelming'

THORNBURY’S business organisation says shoppers will abandon Thornbury if South Gloucestershire Council brings in plans to start charging motorists to park in the town. The Thornbury Chamber of Commerce launched an online survey to gauge reaction to the idea after the council’s cabinet said it w...

01/11/2023

If you haven't seen a copy of November's Thornbury Voice yet, you can read it from cover to cover here...

Local newspaper packed with news, views and advertising for residents and businesses of Thornbury and the surrounding villages. This month, traders warn that car parking charges being considered by South Gloucestershire Council could drive shoppers away from the town, a man is jailed for life for mu...

10/10/2023

Police are appealing for anyone with dashcam footage to contact them

POLICE are appealing for witnesses and dashcam footage of a crash in Alveston which put three members of a football club in hospital. Two stolen cars were involved in the collision, which caused a minibus carrying members of the Roman Glass St George FC first team and coaching staff back from a matc...

10/10/2023

Councillor says most people in the town will be 'completely oblivious of the fact that the previous decision still stood' - six years after it was taken

A DECISION taken nearly six years ago to move Thornbury library has been scrapped. South Gloucestershire Council’s previous Conservative administration approved the service’s relocation from its current building in St Mary Street to Turnberrie’s Community Centre back in December 2017, but it h...

06/10/2023

It's only four weeks away - and tickets have already gone on sale...

THORNBURY Round Table has revealed details of this year’s community fireworks display at the Mundy Playing Fields. The volunteer-run event will take place on Saturday, November 4, from 5.30-9pm, with the children’s display at 6.30pm, bonfire lighting at 7pm and main display at 7.30pm. Round Tabl...

05/10/2023

Charity launches £10.8m appeal to help fit out former service station building at Aust

A CHARITY which helps children with disabilities access regular play, exercise, and friendship is set to turn a former motorway service station building into a state-of-the-art leisure centre for disabled children. Gympanzees has secured £3.3million to but the old Aust Services off the M48 next to ...

04/10/2023

The 66-bed home has been proposed for land at Morton Way

A PLANNED new care home for Thornbury has been criticised for being “institutional” in design and failing to take into account the natural environment. The 66-bed home has been proposed for land at Morton Way, as part of a wider development of up to 350 homes which was granted outline permission...

02/10/2023

Clive Summerill was in charge of Thornbury's neighbourhood policing team as South Gloucestershire Neighbourhood Inspector

A POLICE inspector r***d a woman in a hotel room while he was off-duty, a misconduct panel has found. Clive Summerill, who was in charge of South Gloucestershire’s neighbourhood policing teams for many years, has been sacked without notice for his “shocking and reprehensible” action. The panel...

02/10/2023

Family of victim Marcus Dunkerton say they can never forgive Grant Bradley for his 'senseless act of violence'

A MAN who stabbed his friend to death after a drunken row in a Charfield pub has been jailed for life. Grant Bradley, aged 46, had denied murdering Marcus Dunkerton on a Friday night in June last year. But a jury found him guilty on Friday and Judge Peter Blair jailed him for life, with […]

06/09/2023

Yate, Cromhall and Charfield are among the places the bike race will pass through

PEOPLE living in South Gloucestershire are being encouraged to come to the roadside and see a sporting spectacle when the Tour of Britain streaks through the area this weekend. Stage Seven of the elite cycle race, on Saturday September 9, will pass through Chipping Sodbury, Yate, Iron Acton and Rang...