College bowls a maiden honour

Cricketer Mark Alleyne is to receive the first fellowship of Britain's newest University.

The honour is being awarded by the University of Gloucestershire.

It recognises the club captain's role in pushing Gloucestershire to the forefront of county cricket.

It follows the announcement on Tuesday that Cheltenham and Gloucester College was becoming Britain's first new university in nine years.

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Rogue's gallery leads to arrests

Three arrests have been made after police began screening pictures of crime suspects in a supermarket.

Closed-circuit TV shots of petty criminals have been on show at the ASDA supermarket in Whitchurch, Bristol, for a week.

So far shoppers have helped identify three of them, leading to arrests.

The project aims to increase community involvement in local policing.

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Fairground animals go under hammer

A large collection of Victorian wooden fairground animals is bound for new owners.

The animals were all hand-carved by the late Len Murrell, of Penzance.

Each one is expected to fetch between £400 and £4,000.

The auction, which has attracted interest worldwide, is being held at Powderham Castle in Devon.

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Experts debate Bristol road tolls

Traffic experts are meeting in Bristol to try to sort out the region's congested roads.

Possible solutions include charging drivers to enter Bristol in the rush hour, modern trams and more school buses.

The aim is to meet a new government target of reducing traffic by 20%.

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Hospital tops waiting times league

Waiting times in Plymouth's accident and emergency unit are the best in England, according to new Audit Commission figures.

Half of patients arriving at Derriford Hospital's unit in Plymouth see a doctor within an hour.

It also says that more than 50% of its heart disease patients have treatment within an hour.

The national target for 2002 is half an hour.

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Defra responds to disease inquiry

The government's rural affairs department (Defra) has submitted evidence to Devon's foot-and-mouth inquiry.

The inquiry chairman, Professor Ian Mercer, has received a four-page letter from the Rural Affairs Minister, Alun Michael.

Public hearings held as part of the inquiry finished almost two weeks ago.

Defra has agreed to answer supplementary questions about its evidence, as well as specific questions from the chairman.

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Cornish landfill extension approved

The government has given Cornwall County Council the go-ahead for an extension to a landfill site.

Councillors want to extend the site at United Downs, at St Day, to provide landfill capacity for a further seven years.

Approval could not be given without government consent.

Planning conditions will seek to limit the environmental impact.

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Knitters make jumpers for penguins

People in Gloucestershire have begun knitting jumpers for penguins.

They are to be sent to Tasmania, for birds that have been damaged in an oil slick.

The penguins are poisoning themselves trying to pluck off the oil with their beaks.

More than 140 people asked for penguin knitting patterns after BBC Radio Gloucestershire reported on the birds' plight.