All change for council

SOUTH Gloucestershire Council has new leadership, after the Conservatives lost power at the local elections.

The council's Liberal Democrat and Labour groups, both of which made gains at the Tories' expense on May 4, have agreed to work together to form a new administration.

Liberal Democrat group leader Claire Young is the new council leader, while Ian Boulton will be the council's co-leader, having taken over as the Labour group's leader following the elections. Announcing the partnership deal two weeks after the elections that ended eight years of Tory control of the authority, they set out a series of priorities for the new administration.

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A WOMAN was killed when the car she was a passenger in crashed on a busy Thornbury road.

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New schools coming

TWO new special schools are set to open near Thornbury.

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