South Gloucestershire news

• Pressure group calls to reopen rail link

  27-09-2026 19:34 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The rail pressure group claims the link, which closed in the 1960s, is "brimming with potential".
  
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• Timeline of RAF Fairford incident and the investigation so far

  01-10-2026 21:47 via bbc.co.uk
  
  From a late-night call about suspicious vehicles, to five men being arrested and then bailed - here is how the incident has unfolded.
  
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• UK-Iranian dual national arrested over RAF Fairford incident, police say

  01-10-2026 21:45 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The 25-year-old man was arrested in Westminster, London, marking the sixth arrest in connection with Sunday's incident near the airbase.
  
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• 'I took Fairford pic - then all hell broke loose'

  01-10-2026 19:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The man who took the famous arrest image says the military is not doing enough to reassure locals.
  
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• 'We must keep going' says charity hit by fuel prices

  01-10-2026 18:12 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Both petrol and diesel prices have risen by a third or more in just the past seven months.
  
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• Residents near RAF Fairford left 'like sitting ducks'

  01-10-2026 17:28 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Villagers living near the base say a lack of communication in the days before and after the incident has left them feeling unsafe.
  
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• Redpath comes in for Bath's game with Exeter

  01-10-2026 14:02 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Bath make seven changes for the visit of Exeter as they prepare for their first home game since June's Prem semi-final defeat.
  
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• Event stopped after 'abuse' over beauty spot plans

  01-10-2026 13:42 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Plans to restore the waterways are met with 'abusive and inflammatory language', organisers say.
  
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• 'Shameful' delays lead to people collecting own mail

  01-10-2026 07:24 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Royal Mail said the local delivery office is experiencing resourcing pressures.
  
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• Families welcome right to challenge A&E care

  01-10-2026 07:18 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The expansion of Martha's Rule to all emergency departments will save lives, say families in the West
  
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• UK believes Iran involved in RAF Fairford incident, Burnham says

  30-09-2026 23:26 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Iran's foreign minister has responded, saying the PM was "barking up the wrong tree".
  
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• Gloucester fly-half Atkinson agrees new deal to 2029

  30-09-2026 20:03 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Influential Gloucester fly-half Charlie Atkinson signs a new contract to stay at Kingsholm until the summer of 2029.
  
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• Six smugglers jailed for manslaughter over worst Channel small boats disaster

  30-09-2026 19:14 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Thirty-one migrants died when their boat went down in November 2021. The trial found that the guilty men were part of two smuggling networks.
  
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• Romance fraudster loses repayment appeal bid

  30-09-2026 18:48 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Mark Acklom has failed in a bid to overturn an order requiring him to repay his victim £125,000.
  
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• Grammar test change will allow 'fairer testing'

  30-09-2026 16:13 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The entrance exams for Gloucestershire grammar schools will now take place at the end of year five.
  
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• Who made your County Championship team of the season?

  30-09-2026 14:59 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The votes have been counted... who made your County Championship team of the season?
  
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• Some of UK's rarest trees are being saved by cliff-climbing pensioners

  30-09-2026 12:12 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Volunteers are supporting a new scheme to save critically endangered trees.
  
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• Abnormal loads to cause 'significant' delays on M5

  30-09-2026 07:23 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Drivers have been warned to expect delays of up to an hour-and-half on multiple days in October.
  
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• Student describes agony of MenB as jabs rolled out

  30-09-2026 07:12 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Freshers across the South West are being urged to get two doses of the Meningitis B vaccine.
  
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• One of the five men arrested near RAF Fairford called 999 himself

  30-09-2026 02:12 via bbc.co.uk
  
  He made the call almost an hour before a farmer also called police after seeing men in balaclavas.
  
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• How did the RAF Fairford incident go from 'suspected bomb plot' to police bail?

  29-09-2026 21:54 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Detectives are entering a vital stage of the investigation, with a number of options still open, the BBC's Daniel Sandford writes.
  
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• Forest Green confirm Savage offered Peterborough job

  29-09-2026 18:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Robbie Savage has been offered the manager's job at Peterborough United, say Forest Green, who are in negotiations regarding the terms of his exit.
  
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• 'Rare' item from Trump Tower's penthouse on sale

  29-09-2026 14:58 via bbc.co.uk
  
  It is one of three remaining pieces of a ceiling commissioned for the Trump Tower penthouse in 1987.
  
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• Middleton and Syed to leave Gloucestershire

  29-09-2026 14:35 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Spinner Ed Middleton and all-rounder Ahmed Syed will leave Gloucestershire when their contracts expire in October.
  
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• RAF Fairford incident involves 'foreign actor', says Rubio

  29-09-2026 13:35 via bbc.co.uk
  
  In a television interview the US secretary of state mentioned Iran, which has denied any involvement.
  
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• What makes RAF Fairford one of the UK's most important military sites?

  29-09-2026 12:49 via bbc.co.uk
  
  All eyes have been on RAF Fairford throughout 2026 - but what makes the base so important?
  
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• Council uses AI to tackle flood of AI complaints

  29-09-2026 07:06 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Councils say residents are increasingly using AI tools to quickly and easily lodgecomplaints.
  
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• Evacuated Fairford residents 'keen to return home'

  28-09-2026 19:17 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Residents were evacuated from their homes after police declared a major incident at RAF Fairford.
  
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• What we know about RAF Fairford counter-terror probe

  28-09-2026 17:40 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Five men have been arrested as counter-terror police lead an investigation into a major incident near the airbase.
  
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• Forest Green allow Savage to talk to another club

  28-09-2026 15:37 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Forest Green give manager Robbie Savage permission to speak to another club, amid speculation linking him to Peterborough United.
  
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