is 'good' again

School vision praised

AN inspector has praised the support from a school for children with special educational needs that enables them to learn "exceptionally well".

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Buses on demand

A NEW 'on-demand' transport service enabling people in the area to 'hail' a minibus will be launched - as dozens of subsidised services face the axe.

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Sex abuser jailed

A FORMER Yate man who sexually assaulted two children has been jailed for 16 years.

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A SECONDARY school is celebrating receiving its first 'good' rating from inspectors for almost 15 years.

The praise from education watchdog Ofsted marks a turnaround at Chipping Sodbury School, which head teacher Katherine Turner said was "testament to hard work by staff, students and governors".

The school was described as nurturing and inclusive, with "high expectations for every child".

Ms Turner said the report was a validation of the school's many strengths, and said she was "enormously proud".

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Regulars buy pub

CUSTOMERS of a much-loved Chipping Sodbury pub teamed up to buy it when the landlord and landlady retired.

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