Tetbury CONNECT

There's something special and strange about art - as it touches people in a way that's difficult to understand or explain. Here the city council is pointing us to art and its positive contribution to our lives.

We're seeing an explosion in house building locally and everywhere. Are these homes being built so the unstoppable influx of young men arriving in boats can be accommodated in towns and cities?

That's - stuck in to the issues people living in the countryside feel strongly about - and gov't seems to know little about. These are early days in the life of our new SMP - but things are showing promise.

The community in Brockweir took action and purchased what had been their local pub. They wanted somewhere they could meet and socialise - just like another and very local community in Nympsfield.

You know life is changing when shops that have been in our towns forever close their doors. Change can always be a good thing - but change for the right reasons is best. This one might remind us of Beeching?

This sounds like an intelligent move in the education world - cell phones banned from the classrooms. Courageous and effective it seems. A ban at the home dinner table might be a good next step?