Archive
-
Date
It won't be that bad - honestly
SIR - As tenants we are concerned that a very small number of tenants, backed by a few local councillors, are distributing leaflets designed to worry council tenants about housing transfer. These are a few scare stories that need correcting: * Rents will
-
Date
Child's window shot at?
A DURSLEY man who claims the bedroom window of his eight-year-old son may have been shot at with an air rifle has spoken of his anger at the lack of police response to the incident. Alan Rose, of Blackboys, Kingshill, has suffered several attacks of criminal
-
Date
Couple's key role in balloon record
A KINGSWOOD couple are celebrating this week having played vital roles in an historic record-breaking balloon trip. As logistics and flight director, David Owen, of High Street, was in constant contact with intrepid explorer David Hempleman-Adams as he
-
Date
Berkeley, Cam, Dursley and Wotton-under-Edge and district diary
Friday, October 10 8.45-10.30am, Wotton, The Chipping Clubroom. Friday Market. 10-11.30am, Slimbridge, Village Hall. Slimbridge Toddler Club. 1.30-3.30pm, Cam, Memorial Hall. Tea dance. 7.30pm, Wotton, Under the Edge Arts. Great Northern Roadshow, folk
-
Date
Kitchen fire drama
FIRE engines were scrambled to Oak Drive, Dursley, around 5.40pm on Sunday following reports that a flat was on fire. Two appliances from Dursley and one from Wotton-under-Edge attended and firefighters discovered a small fire in the kitchen of a council
-
Date
Dursley win in a nail-biting finish
Gordano 20 Dursley 21 After another low turnout last weekend, Dursley cancelled their 2nd XV game and travelled away to Gordano for what was to be a brutal encounter. The match started in typical Dursley style with neither side seizing the initiative.
-
Date
Northern Senior League round-up
Sharpness, who are now well up there, were without a game last weekend. This Saturday they will be looking to keep their run going, after winning their last three games, when they play bottom side Tuffley Reserves. On Sunday Sharpness play a Charity Cup
-
Date
Brave Locky loses the fight
A BRAVE five-year-old boy from Wotton-under-Edge has lost his life-long struggle with Leigh's disease. Lachlan Weeks died on Friday, September 26 and some 170 mourners - including consultants and nurses from Bristol Children's Hospital - attended the
-
Date
Weekend Picture October 10, 2003
Autumn hues provide a stunning contrast at Dyers Brook, Wotton-under-Edge, in the morning sunshine Picture by David Cullimore GDC933V03
-
Date
Weekend Picture October 10, 2003
Autumn hues provide a stunning contrast at Dyers Brook, Wotton-under-Edge, in the morning sunshine Picture by David Cullimore GDC933V03
-
Date
What's the hole truth?
HISTORIC Berkeley Castle is under siege from a mysterious hole-maker that has turned the great lawn into something resembling an honeycomb. Small holes first began to appear on the lawn in August. But since then the problem has spread so that the lawn
-
Date
Entertainment plus
CAM fm goes on the air for four days net week. This is the daily broadcasting schedule: Friday, October 17 08.30 Pete and Geoff with the Breakfast Broadcasting Company 10.00 Holywell Orchard - The Wasted Land with Caroline Aistrop 10.30 Showtime with
-
Date
Bring this to a conclusion
SIR - How I agree with our hard working MP David Drew on the matter of the unelected, unrepresentative House of Lords regarding hunting with dogs (Gazette, October 3). It is high time this fiasco was brought to a head and parliament carried out the wishes
-
Date
Plan is virtually the same again
SIR - The third application to build a ten-bedroom country mansion at Bagpath, in Ozelworth valley, goes to the planning committee at Cotswold District Council on Wednesday. It is virtually the same as the second application. James Ellis, head of legal
-
Date
Called 999 for a chat
A WOMAN from Wotton-under-Edge woman who had been making persistent false 999 phone calls was given a stark warning about the dangers of such a practice when she appeared before South Gloucestershire magistrates in Stroud on Friday. Kimberley Coleman,
-
Date
More shops needed
PLANS for the Chapel Street development in Cam have yet to be finalised after Cam Parish Council decided that the latest plans were unsuitable. Cllr Margaret Nolder, chairman of the council's development committee, said that the latest changes had been
-
Date
Jake O'Neill makes a welcome return
WOTTON Rovers' merry-go-round season now looks to be getting back on track with the re-appointment of Jake O'Neill as manager. O'Neill became something of a Wotton legend after guiding Rovers into third position in the County League last season, and indeed
-
Date
Volunteers are needed
THE CAMPAIGN to re-open Woodfield post office in Cam will attempt to gain further support at a public meeting on Monday (7pm). The meeting at Woodfield Youth Club has been organised by Cam Parish Council to see if there are enough volunteers to run a
-
Date
Appeal for ram-raid witnesses
POLICE have appealed for information after an attempted ram raid in Kingswood. The incident took place at the Spar shop, The Chipping, around 2am on Saturday. The raid was unsuccessful because of security shutters and part of the vehicle came off in the
-
Date
Decision to be made on factory site plans
DEMOLITION work at the old Bymacks factory site in Dursley could finally be given the go-ahead next week. The factory has been derelict for almost a year and has become a target for vandals and arsonists. Site owner Crest Nicholson has put forward three
-
Date
Golfers support Rukba charity
Dursley Golf Club v Chippenham SEPTEMBER 27 saw Dursley entertain Chippenham Golf Club hoping to reverse the four hole deficit from the away fixture but it was not to be with Dursley losing by 11 holes on the day and 15 holes overall. Result: D Hewish
-
Date
Stop this nastiness
SIR - I am very angry about the lads that hung around Dursley church on September 29. It was my late husband's birthday so my stepsons and I put flowers on his grave. To my stepson's horror, when they went two days later, they had been removed by the
-
Date
Young can have their say
THE YOUTH of Berkeley, Sharpness and the surrounding area can point the way forward at a public meeting on Monday (7.30pm). Stroud District Council youth worker Debbie Laing, in conjunction with Berkeley Town Council, has organised the meeting to see
-
Date
Views on display
AS part of the Gazette's 125th anniversary, which will be marked by the publication of ' 40-page supplement next week, the newspaper is also mounting an exhibition of its popular Weekend pictures of views across the area. Some two dozen of the colourful
-
Date
'Bridge maintain their league lead
Hellenic League Premier Division Wootton Bassett Town 0 Slimbridge 2 THE present league leaders returned with a 2-0 success, both goals coming in the first half from Steve Badham and Rich Moore. By a combination of a very hard pitch and a brisk swirling
-
Date
Perhaps the hunt has got it right
SIR - I have lived all of my 48 years in London but I am a regular visitor to your neck of the woods and a regular reader of your excellent newspaper. I've never been on a hunt (not even to watch) and I have no desire to start now. I have great deal of
-
Date
Ruling is not that simple
SIR - Recently supporters of the village green application on the Boulton Lane field have received a letter from the county council stating that the application had been refused for the reasons set out in the inspector's report. This over simplifies the
-
Date
Vehicles will hit the road
THERE will be a great opportunity to see a variety of classic vehicles in action on Sunday. The Great West Road Run, organised by Horton Historic Vehicle Club, starts from the Severn View Services at Aust at 10am. The route passes through Alveston, Latteridge
-
Date
'Monstrous' mansion proposal
SIR - It was good to see your news report and comment (Gazette, September 26) on the continuing struggle to prevent the building of a monstrous mansion called Brimpscombe Park in the wonderfully beautiful valley at Bagpath, near Kingscote. May we urge
-
Date
Hedge removal brings criticism
A BERKELEY woman has spoken of her dismay at the removal of an established wildlife habitat. Geraldine Bramley, of The Brambles, said she was alarmed to discover the whole of a mixed hedge adjacent to a Berrycroft Farm had been removed. Planning permission
-
Date
Appeal for help after burglars wreak havoc
AFTER a burglary in Sharpness that also saw the house extensively damaged police have appealed for help. Overnight on Saturday premises in Hinton Court was broken into and items including an Aiwa stereo system and a PlayStation2 with games were stolen
-
Date
Jake O'Neill makes a welcome return
WOTTON Rovers' merry-go-round season now looks to be getting back on track with the re-appointment of Jake O'Neill as manager. O'Neill became something of a Wotton legend after guiding Rovers into third position in the County League last season, and indeed
