The BBC reports that a gang of some 20 youths attacked four youngsters on Friday, 15 December.

The gang took the quartets’ shopping before giving them a split lip, a swollen and cut eye and a chipped tooth.

The incident comes as the Examiner hears of more and more petty criminal incidents across the town.

Only a few weeks before a set of gates were stolen from a primary school and several fences nearby were damaged.

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The Evening Post reports South Gloucestershire Council’s budget will be cut by £3.5m in the next financial year.

Services facing reductions include meals-on-wheels services, care packages, reduced highway maintenance and reducing support for rural and bus services.

Childrens and young persons services face a cut of £500,000, although no teachers jobs will be at threat from the move.

The council could go as far as to close public toilets as they seek to spend less pennies.

The shortfall is no surprise, says the Post, when you realise South Gloucestershire receives only £207 per person in government support grants while Bristol gets £382.

You can see the full details here and see details of a budget meeting in Bradley Stoke in January here.

Fancy telling the council how to spend your hard-earned dosh? Then January brings all that you need to tell them what’s wrong with their budget.

South Gloucestershire Council’s three-year cash plan is up for discussion at a meeting in Bradley Stoke.

They say the meeting, and others like it, will “shape how much is spent on everything from street lighting and waste disposal”.

With tax and grants the council is set to spend some £150m excluding schools so tell ‘em what you’d like (and, no, a new Xbox is not a good answer) at the Community School on January 9 at 7pm.

Have fun!

Bradley Stoke won’t get a new healthcare centre, says South Gloucestershire’s NHS trust.

The centre, which would have been built on land off Savages Wood Road, has been canned in favour of improving current facilities.

The NHS says it came to the conclusion after talking to healthcare professionals and residents.

Penny Harris, from the NHS, said: “When we consulted with people living in Bradley Stoke we found most felt that they received a good quality of care and support from their GPs and wanted extra services and support to be delivered locally.”

They did, however, reveal plans for an NHS dental practice in the new town centre.

Ms Harris continued: “Proposals for the new Bradley Stoke town centre offer a unique opportunity to create and open a new central dental practice.

“This is too good an opportunity to miss and we will be working closely with South Gloucestershire Council to take plans forward.”

The Highways Agency is planning on installing a second lane between the M5 J16 roundabout and the Aztec West roundabout.

The plan, for the city-bound side of the road, will see the current layby converted to a third lane.

The HA is planning on managing the project to alleviate congestion on the busy junction.

The government department would still have to apply for planning permission from South Gloucestershire Council if the project goes ahead.

A HA spokesman told the BBC website: “Consultation with the council is currently on-going.”

We hear the kebab van, which parks in the layby during the evenings, has started a petition opposing the plans.

The Examiner, out on its morning rounds, noted with some amusement that the Gipsy Patch Lane is leaking.

The whole road was closed during October while it was resurfaced and a new roundabout was built.

Network Rail also spent the month repairing a long-standing problem with leaking rainwater.

But just three weeks after the work was completed, Friday’s torrential downpour has caused the bridge to leak once again.

Consdierable amounts of water were pouring from the middle of the bridge at around 7.15am.

The plans for a new Tesco store, and extra shops, in Bradley Stoke’s town centre have been approved.

South Gloucestershire Council rubber stamped the plans on Thursday.

But the Government Office for the South West are now to probe the plans to ensure they do not need a public inquiry.

If they are taken to a full inquiry either the Planning Inspectorate or Ruth Kelly, the Secretary of State for the Regions, could have the final say.

BBC Report