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POLICE are appealing for witnesses after a man was hit by a bus in Filton.

A MAN was treated for smoke inhalation after a fire broke out at a Chipping Sodbury pub last night.

POLICE are appealing for help to find thieves who stole distinctive china ornaments and pieces of jewellery from a Coalpit Heath property.

THORNBURY and Yate MP Steve Webb has welcomed a Westminster decision to leave constituency boundaries unchanged in then next General Election.

TRIBUTES have been paid to a prolific Yate author.

POWER most definitely belongs with the people this week in Yate.

A ROAD in Old Sodbury had to be closed this morning after a tree fell into the middle of the carriageway.

MEMBERS of an indoor bowls club in Yate are furious that the hall they were evicted from last year has remained empty all winter while they have been left out in the cold.

YOUNG artists from a Yate secondary school have had a brush with the public after launching their own exhibition.

PEOPLE living near farmland in Coalpit Heath are up in arms over a planning application for 380 homes which they say would rob them of a treasured green spare forever.

POLICE recovered a caravan in Winterbourne on the same day that it was stolen.

REPAIRS have been made to a ‘dangerous’ supermarket car park roof this week, following the Gazette’s exclusive article over safety fears at Tesco Extra in Yate Shopping Centre.

TWO fire crews rescued a cat from a house in Chipping Sodbury last night after a washing machine sparked a blaze.

THE organisers of a wedding fair in Chipping Sodbury next month are not only hoping to sell plenty of marriage memorabilia – they are also appealing for donations to help terminally ill brides-to-be.

CUSTOMERS are being urged to use or lose a community café in Yate.

A CARETAKER from Yate is preparing to put down his bunch of keys and pick up a rucksack as he travels to Africa as his school’s ambassador.

ORGANISERS of this year’s Chipping Sodbury Jazz Festival are hoping the whole town will get into the swing of things with more events and concerts than ever.

GIRLS who have always dreamed of one day becoming a princess are being given the chance to be crowned a member of Chipping Sodbury’s Royal family this spring.

DID you feel jubilant last summer? Do you want to recapture a little of the celebratory spirit of 2012? People who do are being invited to a meeting in Chipping Sodbury next week.

FIRE crews were called to a house in Chipping Sodbury where a chimney was ablaze yesterday.