• Christmas comes early for Avon and Somerset Police

  By Trucks79 at 18:25 on 20/12/11

  

  Avon and Somerset Police have confirmed that the forces Operation Tonic has once again achieved some great results, over the weekend traffic officers throughout the area arrested 37 people, taking the total to 136 since the force's Operation Tonic campaign began on Dec 1st. The total number of vehicles stopped by the force is a staggering 7813 and the number of breath tests given is 1138. The new service that allows members of the...

• Promotion to cut fares for two weeks is ‘commercial risk’

  By Thornbury People at 09:00 on 09/04/11

  

  FIRST is cutting its prices for a two-week promotion in an attempt to get more people on the buses. Five of the most popular season tickets sold by First Bristol, Somerset and Avon are to be reduced from tomorrow until Saturday, April 23. The reduced fares include the FirstDay South West ticket, which offers unlimited daily travel across the entire Bristol, Somerset and Avon network. The price has been cut from £8 peak and...

• What do Thornbury people think of our local bus services?

  By Rebecca2009 at 22:16 on 17/02/11

  

  What do Thornbury people think of local bus services? Is there room for improvement? We are being asked for our views in a customer satisfaction survey being carried out by South Gloucestershire Council. Passengers are asked to rate the frequency of buses, the routes, cleanliness, customer care from drivers, time spent waiting for buses to turn up, and the availability of seats and value for money. The survey also asks whether people...

• Local residents are helping Police to reduce speeding in the town

  By Trucks79 at 13:07 on 17/11/10

  

  Local People in Thornbury are helping to keep the roads safer for everyone by volunteering to carry out speed checks. PCSO Dawn Golding said: "Community Speed Watch started running in Thornbury on the 11th October. In just 10 days they caught more than 70 people speeding. We know that speed is a key factor in many collisions and Speed Watch helps us remind people of that risk." Six volunteers have been trained to use speed...

• Weight breach leads to prosecution

  By Trucks79 at 20:05 on 24/09/10

  

  A driver has been prosecuted for driving a 44 tonne articulated heavy commercial vehicle through the 7.5 tonne environmental weight restriction through Easter Compton and Pilning in South Gloucestershire. The driver, James Smith of Tipton, West Midlands failed to enter a plea to North Avon Magistrates' Court on Tuesday 21 September 2010 and was found guilty in his absence and fined £435 and ordered to pay costs of £537.96...

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