Thousands of bus lane fines and an illegal rave

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Following a week of speculation and several names put forward, Iñigo Calderón was named the new manager of Bristol Rovers. The 42-year-old had been the under 18s coach at Brighton and Hove Albion.

The Weston Mercury reported on the police response to a large illegal rave near Shipham and Rowberrow. Road closures were put in place in an attempt to stop more people joining in.

Gloucestershire Live brought us the story of the £1,000 train ride to the Cheltenham Gold Cup.

We found out more than half of the fines issued in Swindon for poor parking and incorrect use of a bus lane happened on one road - Penzance Drive - where more than 17,000 people were caught in a 12 month period.

Local action group Muslims4Bristol held their ninth annual festive food share on Christmas Day. The idea is to provide companionship and a social occasion for homeless people in the city.

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The Cotswold Airport near Kemble in Gloucestershire is home to Air Salvage International, who disassemble between 40-50 aircraft on the site every year.

Its runway doubles as an aeroplane salvage yard, where retired airliners go to be dismantled for parts and recycled.

Meet a Fred fanatic who has been collecting the baking mascot memorabilia for 55 years and has thousands of items.

Val, 78, from Burnham-on-Sea, Somerset, first started her collection when her daughter Nicola was born in 1969.

A disused phone box in Oldcroft, Gloucestershire, would once have been a vital lifeline for the village, but has since fallen into disrepair and become overgrown.

The founder of a walking group set up to boost the confidence of women of colour said it now has more than 500 members.

Sophia Brown, from Whitchurch, Bristol, launched Steppin Sistas because she "didn't see any black women or women of colour walking in certain places".

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