Article Archive > 29th - 31st December 2008

  

Bristol revellers welcome the new year in style

Bristol's Old Vic to host shows as revamp continues

Review of Bristol's transport stories in 2008

Bristol mother of four 'over the moon' after £1m scratchcard win

Yatton parking crackdown

Review of Bristol's health stories in 2008

Building society fails to deliver

Review of Bristol crime in 2008

New Year cold snap is here

Talks over a deal with Rodgers are set to begin

Bristol City's Johnson eyeing Pompey FA Cup scalp

No 8 Delve is getting close to a comeback for Gloucester

Langley gets a month to prove his fitness at Rovers

We are lucky to be top, says Bath's Butch James

No Price for Paulton in Town clash

Whites out for an Oxford double

Tucker to evaluate his squad with busy schedule

A last stop for Andy and Josh

Rigoglioso is set for Derby role

Ashley Vincent hoping for more after goal scoring run

Train fare rises will make West passengers shudder

Call for more police on West railways

Thieves raid hair salon

North Bristol rail loop would ease congestion

Parents tell of daughter's last wish to donate her organs

2008...Mixed fortunes for Bristol Rovers

Bristol school wins IT award

Bristol rubbish piling up for weeks

2008... What a year that was for Bristol City

The statistics don't lie for Bristol Rugby

Locals' relief as Nearby Stores are saved from closure

The frost could not stop us – Regan column

Patchway post office and Co-op to close

Adams has tough job, says Bristol City boss Johnson

Bristol business review of 2008

2009 will mean more change in Bristol

School mourns beloved teacher who died of meningitis

Plans to transform Salisbury market square

Speculation linking Gas duo with Charlton ends with Parkinson appointment

Scott Partridge signs for Weston-super-Mare

Langley's staying on at Bristol Rovers

Patchway woman's kidney transplant hopes

Plan to tackle drink problems in South Gloucestershire

Dance teacher's bid to aid bored youngsters

Bristol theatre group among first to stage Rent rock musical

The axing of Ashton was a low point of 2008

Plans to build homes for locals on Yatton field

Great white shark rolled our boat says Somerset man

Bristol couple urge others to become foster parents

Website reveals people are struggling to repay debts

Where to go for cheap sun this summer

Bristol City Council's performance weak, says PwC report

From underachiever to first black president of Bristol Law Society

Students help elderly residents to bury time capsule

Police hunt sex attacker

Bristol pensioner complains over 'health hazard' lane

Arrest over Burnham attack

So that was Christmas

Freezing weather to stay in Bristol

New petrol price war at Bristol supermarkets

Car hits lamp post and bursts into flames

Top 10 highlights of a sporting year in Bristol

Snarl-up proves need for new railway links

Rovers move to Bristol training complex is put on hold

Middle East in flames – but where is peace envoy Blair?

Breakfast? You must be joking

Rovers' training ground move delayed due to drainage issues

New flood alert plan soaks up millions

End of era as Bush bows out

Invest in what we already have to ease traffic

Feedback: The resignation of schools' chief

Soapbox: How we respond to terrorism

Harrison signs new Bath deal

How credit crunch Britain finally got a taste for offal

Green boost for economy

Snow White is next year's panto

Who caused Bristol city centre bomb scare?

Bristol schools face head teacher shortage

Bristol mum wins £1 million on lottery scratchcard

Yobs attacked Bristol driving instructor and pupil

Gongs for Robert Plant, Lewis Hamilton and Olympic heroes

West's newest MBEs 'chuffed to bits'

Bristolians on Queen's Honours list

Arise Sir Terry Pratchett

Don't let the flu beat you

The facts about Asperger's syndrome

Finding peace at last

Treat of the Week - the fast route to perfect peepers

Skin Deep - Susie Weldon's beauty blog

Hobson and Clarke missing for Bristol

Mike Stanley delighted to see EBPA keep going

Ducati 848

Forest Green chief Jim Harvey: Derby won't fancy trip to New Lawn

Russell Slade's safety-first approach is paying off at Yeovil

Josh Low hopes to cement his place in the Cheltenham side

City hotshot Maynard: It's great that Stern is staying

Boss happy with Lee's Peltier's approach

Clevedon appoint Nick Tucker as new manager

Front-row pair ruled out of Bristol's trip to Northampton

Gloucester's Simpson-Daniel back in the running after surgery

Bristol police appeal for sex attack witness to come forward

Two injured as shelf falls in Bristol DIY store

Boy, 9, gives his birthday cash to Bristol hospital

Councillor claims he should be allowed to park illegally on important business

Pioneering heart surgery allows baby to grow into a sporting girl

Taxpayers may have to foot £115k bill for new library

Everything must go at Woolies – even the staff ironing board

Tucker's named as new Clevedon boss

Derby County won't relish trip to Forest Green – Harvey

Benison is going places, says Team Bath boss

Campaigner protests against road plan threat to trees

Wiltshire war hero's daughter-in-law's disgust at NHS for his death

Losing candidate says Minehead byelection broke the rules

Holiday visit to Bristol's ss Great Britain

West farmer traces Land Girl graffiti gang

Bristol student competes for modelling prize

Steve Smith Column

20 Woolworths stores close across West

Residents angry at Bristol City Council selling their garages

Photo portrait firm hit by credit crunch

Kawasaki ZZR1400

Desmond Douglas drops in at Filton College

Knowle Golf Club joins the elite with Mark

Meet the new Bristolians in Who's Who

The Bristol firm who can make you your own boss

Near miss as bucket of cement is thrown off balcony

Mutton dressed as value

Ofsted praised Filton school

North Somerset council urges people to recycle old electrical goods

Food businesses warned about letter scam

Brown against assisted suicide law change

Roadworks on busy A371 through Banwell

Panto pulls in the crowds despite absence of orchestra

Bristol soldier's story of serving in Afghanistan

Confidence is high for new-look Gloucester despite downturn

West fundraisers strip off for charity calendars

Bristol's Domino's Pizza stops discount to troops

Court action over 'smelly' recycling centre in Publow

Bristol biologist's expedition to study giant otters in the Amazon

Bristol firm Unite builds Aids clinic in Cameroon

Catherine gets in on the act to build arts centre

Pressure from councillors can't persuade Bristol City Council to buy run-down flats

Taunton leaders celebrate new housing grant

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Quiz 2008 - the answers

New Year's Day Cheltenham racing to beat cold snap

Rail commuters face one hour delays after vehicle hits bridge

Time to tidy up the House

Counting the cost of Bristol's bomb scare

Feedback: Totterdown sorting office

Another cry for freedom

Lambert: Bristol Rovers can climb up the table in January

Help to keep Casualty produced in the city

A change has done us good, says Bristol City boss

Us Wessexers are losing out

Cause for optimism

A challenging year

New Swindon Town boss Wilson plans to move fast on his team building

Pass back cheaper oil benefits – Vaughan

Reynaldo's lifelong fight for a nation

Soapbox: Severn Beach line

Don't blame the Israelis

Scheme 'good for Cotswolds'

There are higher churches than that named in quiz

Adopt Thai methods to help drug addicts

From football pitch to battlefield

Wurzel fame heads north

Assault victim left critically ill

Neighbours come to aid of Bristol blaze victims

Police seek witnesses to sex attack

Car crash claims lives of Bristol pair

Flash bid fizzles out at Ally Pally

Heywood sees off Thie to seal big Boxing Day win

Sidecar stars Sparks and Tuck win at Backwell

Help hospice mark its 20th anniversary

Bristol fire crews tackle three deliberate vehicle blazes

Red Cross to stop free service

Swindon Town skipper Timlin welcomes arrival of Wilson

A change has done us good – Bristol City manager Johnson

Rickie Lambert: We can push on in the new year

Slade happy to see Welsh improvement

Flu-hit Kenton battles on

Hereford skipper Broadhurst issues rallying call

Farmer killed in 'freak' hunt accident

Jobs uncertain as trouble hits Bristol stores

Comment: Keep knife crime figures in perspective

Tougher penalties for carrying a knife

Bomb scare closes Bristol shops

Government spends £750k a month on empty fire control centres, claims union

Traffic officers called to motorway incidents every two minutes

Beaufort Hunt stalwart is killed in freak accident

Bad Christmas and New Year sales could close pubs

Severn Barrage 'could end fuel poverty'

Raymond Blanc puts proposal for Bath brasserie to planners again

Will Swindon be first carbon-negative town?

Call for harsher penalties for knife crime

Bristol youth centre appeals for help to fix bus

Bristol soldiers test their extreme sports skills