The Women Who Make a Difference Awards held this week in Bristol has chosen a local LGBT volunteer amongst those women they deem to have made great contributions to the communities in which they live.

The Avon and Somerset Probation Area has continued to set the standard within the Probation Service nationally for diversity practice and has received formal recognition of this through the Stonewall Top 100 Employers for gay, lesbian and bisexual people in Britain by being ranked 18th overall.

The Bristol branch of Clone Zone has closed following reports that the company has entered administration.

For the first time the crime-fighting charity Crimestoppers is appealing to the public to give information they may have about domestic violence abuse of a loved one, colleague or neighbour. Domestic Violence accounts for a 35% of all murders.

The National AIDS Trust has announced the theme for World AIDS Day 2008, being held on 1st December, as RESPECT and PROTECT.