South Gloucestershire news

• Fire breaks out at county's 'oldest pub'

  11-11-2025 19:13 via bbc.com
  A road is closed while fire crews deal with the fire at the 700-year-old pub.
  
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• Woman says NHS 'wants to leave me to die'

  15-09-2026 14:56 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Naomi Smith, who can only open her jaw by 14mm, says she has been in "constant pain for 30 years".
  
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• Harry and Meghan to have security review and kids change Cotswold school

  15-09-2026 12:24 via bbc.co.uk
  
  It is understood that the couple's private security team had cited concerns about difficulties in making the school run route secure.
  
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• Historic cinema needs £70k for new projectors

  15-09-2026 10:59 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Owners of the 116-year-old cinema say they are worried for its future if the money cannot be raised.
  
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• Rare marble sculpture mistaken for garden ornament

  15-09-2026 07:29 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The 19th Century bust, which spent more than 70 years outside, could fetch up to £18,000 at auction.
  
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• Three sisters rising through the ranks of bowls

  15-09-2026 07:26 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The sisters only began playing as a way of getting outside at the end of the pandemic.
  
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• Vote against assisted dying 'cruel and inhumane'

  14-09-2026 21:52 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Terminally ill people in the West Country say they will continue to campaign for assisted dying.
  
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• Boats stuck as silt builds up in city docks

  14-09-2026 20:14 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Boats have been getting stuck in and around Gloucester Docks because of a build-up of silt.
  
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• Jury discharged in Boris Johnson wedding plot trial

  14-09-2026 17:51 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A jury fails to reach a verdict for Tim Speers who was accused of planning a protest at the event.
  
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• Forest Green sign West Ham's Fearon on short loan

  14-09-2026 14:19 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Forest Green Rovers sign midfielder Preston Fearon on a one-month loan deal from West Ham United.
  
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• New children's book festival 'open to everyone'

  14-09-2026 12:47 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Brimscombe Mill Kids Book Fest is offering free tickets to enable more children to come along.
  
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• Seamer Charlesworth to retire because of injury

  14-09-2026 12:33 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Gloucestershire seamer Luke Charlesworth is to retire from cricket aged 23 because of a back injury.
  
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• Airport 'could be sold' within months

  14-09-2026 07:11 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A sale of the loss-making Gloucestershire Airport previously fell through in March.
  
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• Capita pension backlog leaves widows 'in tears'

  14-09-2026 07:09 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Women say pension delays are causing further financial stress after losing their husbands.
  
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• Onion eating contest revived at medieval festival

  13-09-2026 20:16 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Thousands were at the Forest of Dean to spectate and compete in the eye-watering competition.
  
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• Savage reveals Forest Green deal for West Ham's Fearon

  13-09-2026 20:08 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Forest Green Rovers manager Robbie Savage reveals the club are signing West Ham United midfielder Preston Fearon on loan.
  
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• Nurse running 380 miles for critically ill babies

  13-09-2026 15:41 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Patrick Turton is running from Truro to Bristol, stopping at baby units across the South West.
  
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• Arrest after boy, 15, stabbed in park

  13-09-2026 10:16 via bbc.co.uk
  
  An 18-year-old is arrested in connection with the incident in Stroud.
  
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• Jeremy Clarkson farmers' choir to go on nationwide tour

  13-09-2026 08:25 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Hawkstone Farmers' Choir was named the winner of this year's Britain's Got Talent in May.
  
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• In pictures: Birthday nightglow and a Royal visitor

  13-09-2026 08:22 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Our weekly round-up of photographs from across the West.
  
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• Newcastle impress, Quins win again in Prem Cup

  12-09-2026 20:39 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Newcastle open cup account with win, Harlequins come back to beat Northampton and Exeter and Gloucester win in Prem Rugby Cup.
  
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• Gloucester's score seven to beat Sale in Prem Cup

  12-09-2026 20:39 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Newcastle open cup account with win, Harlequins come back to beat Northampton and Exeter and Gloucester win in Prem Rugby Cup.
  
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• Wrestler hopes career will inspire next generation

  12-09-2026 16:41 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Tristian Hayes, 45, is taking to the ring for the final time in his home town of Salisbury.
  
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• West Country accent 'would not have worked for Oasis'

  12-09-2026 08:20 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The comments were made in the band's new documentary 'Oasis: Don't Look Back in Anger'.
  
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• 'Burnt out car' and 'bridge blown up for TV show'

  12-09-2026 08:18 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A round-up of stories from local newspapers and the BBC from the past week in the West of England.
  
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• Man paralysed from neck down rows for charity

  11-09-2026 23:02 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Rob Camm is only able to move his head and shrug his shoulders after a car crash in 2013.
  
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• Burglars steal rings and throw paint over pet dog

  11-09-2026 19:32 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Steven Paddock and his family returned from an evening out to find their patio doors smashed.
  
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• Watch: Why Gloucestershire's 'super council' plans have been paused

  11-09-2026 17:58 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Seven councils were to be merged into one in Gloucestershire but the government has paused its national plans over legal queries.
  
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• Kittens with deformed tails found abandoned

  11-09-2026 15:55 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The kittens, Patricia, Patrick, Pamela, Pauline, and Petunia, are slowly learning to trust humans.
  
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• Road's safety under review after multiple cow deaths

  11-09-2026 14:41 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Three cows have died on Rodborough Common near Stroud this summer.
  
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