Spot the story - a video look back at 2014

How many of these 2014 picture stories can you identify from
Local Focus for Sodbury, Yate and Dodington?

Turn Things Upside Down

A thought-provoking short video by nathankw

Climate Change - an Oxfam Film

A simple yet compelling short film from Oxfam about climate change and what we can all do about it.

Thanks to Robert Wright's blog for drawing it to our attention.

A rather different Nick Clegg interview

Nick Clegg was recently interviewed for BBC News School Report by young people from Banbury School. They asked him a range of penetrating questions covering politics, children, currency and his top team.

Click here to view the video report.

Steve Webb on TV talking about e-petitions

There was an interesting item on the BBC's Politics Show West today. They were talking about electronic petitions. Their first example was the 8000-signature petition to save the Bristol to Bath railway path, popular with cyclists and walkers, from being converted into a rapid transit bus route.

The programme interviewed Steve Webb MP about the effectiveness and the disadvantages of e-petitions.

Then they spoke to the campaign to save Lacock Post Office, which was based on a conventional petition. Finally there was a discussion with Dr Lisa Harrison, Senior Lecturer in Politics at the University of the West of England.

You can watch the broadcast item by going to this page and clicking on the "Latest Programme" button at the top right. It will be available for the next week - this item starts 6 minutes 20 seconds into the programme.

A YouTube video of Steve Webb's complete contribution can be seen here:


Steve Webb - Click the arrow to play the video.

Food for thought - a Fairtrade Christmas video

Click on the arrow to start.

Pedestrian crossings at Shire Way - and a little history

Glad to see that our pedestrian crossings on Shire Way are operating - here's Cllr Dan Clark checking out the crossing to Wapley. Hopefully they'll not only make crossing the road easier, they'll also keep traffic speeds down a bit.

We thought you might like to see how the Government introduced these new-fangled things in the late 1940s. Notice that they don't yet have zebra stripes in this early public information film.
Click on the arrow to start the short film.