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On the crest of a wave in more ways than one
Standfirst: She writes national anthems, teaches children, gives stunning guitar performances, composes fantastic music and even fits in a surf or two - is there no stopping Hayley Savage? Reporter Will Saunders went to the guitarist's Slimbridge home
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Masts and your health
A NATIONALLY renowned independent radiation expert will be in Dursley next week for a talk on the effects of TETRA masts on people's health. Barrie Trower will explain the risks associated with the masts and will field questions from the public. The talk
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Lorry cause of jam
TRAFFIC chaos hit the M5 once again after a lorry overturned on the southbound carriageway near junction 13 at Stroudwater. The incident happened around 8am on Wednesday about half-a-mile south of the junction, blocking all three lanes of the motorway
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Pressure group shows allegiance
SIR - I am writing in response to the letter from the FLATs Group in the Gazette (October 10). This group is not as independent as they may have you believe. They are delivering their leaflets on the housing transfer of Stroud District Council wearing
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Lions' collection service slashed
DURSLEY Lions Club is withdrawing its service of collecting donations of furniture from several towns and villages around the district. The service will be withdrawn from Wickwar, Charfield, Stone and plus Stroud, Stonehouse, Quedgeley and Hardwicke.
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Course recognises its a tough job being a parent
PARENTING can be the toughest job in the world yet one you receive the least training for. However a nationwide charity is about the launch a new term of courses in Dursley and Cam to readdress the situation. Feature writer KIRSTY RAMSDEN met Debbie MacLeod
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Memories of life in the UK
SIR - How wonderful to find the Dursley news on the internet. I access it through a link on The Stroud Journal. I lived in Cam in the mid-1940s and attended school in Dursley. Now live in Salem, Oregon, USA. In 1945 my mother, brother, and I moved to
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Cash available for community groups
GLOUCESTERSHIRE Community Foundation has £164,000 available to help groups working in the county to provide opportunities for vulnerable young people. The Gloucester-based Foundation is encouraging charities and community groups to apply for grants from
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NHS deserves our praise and taxes
SIR - It came as a shock to find myself suffering a heart attack on Sunday, October 5 and, after all the bad publicity one hears about the NHS these days, I didn't really expect to survive. I have nothing but the highest praise and respect for everyone
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M & S keeps up with Mrs Jones
A LONG-SERVING Marks & Spencer employee from Dursley has been rewarded for her loyal service in a special ceremony at the company's London headquarters. Linda Jones received a clock from Marks & Spencer chairman Luc Vandevelde and other members
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Castle site was dowsed in 1970
SIR - Regarding the interest shown in the Gazette about Dursley Castle may I inform you that I dowsed the site of the castle back in 1970 and your paper reported that it was in the Recreation Ground behind the Tabernacle. Also near the site was a Saxon
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Dursley from the air
An aerial view of part of Dursley and Cam showing Kingshill House at the bottom left and in-the-news Kingshill Park plus Cam Everlands Primary School top centre. Copies may be purchased from the Gazette reception at Reliance House, Long Street, Dursley
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Trigger reached for broadband
THE NUMBER of registrations for broadband on the Cambridge telephone exchange has reached BT's trigger point of 150. One of the campaigners said: "This is great news for all individuals and businesses in the Slimbridge, Cambridge and (most of) Coaley
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M&S keeps up with Mrs Jones
A LONG-SERVING Marks & Spencer employee from Dursley has been rewarded for her loyal service in a special ceremony at the company's London headquarters. Linda Jones received a clock from Marks & Spencer chairman Luc Vandevelde and other members
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Beach battle slices the sand
IT WAS hardly all quiet on the Weston front last weekend, as over 1,000 quads, sidecars and motorbikes created a vacuum of noise to accompany the start of the world's biggest motorcycle event. Weston-super-Mare's annual beach race weekend, which included
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Smoke inhalation is cause of death
THE BODY of a man found in the burnt-out shell of a converted box-van down a green lane near Kingscote has been identified as John James Hill. Cotswold coroner Lester Maddrell heard on Wednesday that Mr Hill, also known as John James Chelsom, had been
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Home for £1 million
A COUNTRY house in the hamlet of West End, near Wickwar, is on the market with a £1 million price tag. Westend Grove, built in 1936, is of natural stone under a Cotswold stone roof with four stone chimney stacks. There are five bedrooms - the master bedroom
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An African Adventure
KARATE black belt Bert Harris was celebrating this week after being called up to the national squad for the forthcoming South African National Championships. Incredibly, both Harris and his partner and namesake, Lin Harris, have been selected for the
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Home for £1 million
A COUNTRY house in the hamlet of West End, near Wickwar, is on the market with a £1 million price tag. Westend Grove, built in 1936, is of natural stone under a Cotswold stone roof with four stone chimney stacks. There are five bedrooms - the master bedroom
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Conduct probe is sought
OBJECTORS to the "millionaire's mansion" in the Ozleworth Valley at Bagpath are celebrating after the plans were rejected by Cotswold District Council. Mike Challis, from Cotswolds Against Country House Expansion, said: "Of course we are delighted and
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Wonder horse chases true legendary status
ONE of Gloucestershire's most renowned equestrian achievers has just returned from the scene of arguably its finest hour. Fuego, the all-conquering horse with a record that speaks for itself and a reputation that is second to none, was crowned as overall
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Police appeal over ram raid
POLICE have appealed for witnesses to a ram raid in Kingswood in the early hours of Sunday. Just after 3.05am a dark coloured 4x4 vehicle was used to ram Kingswood post office and stores in The Chipping. The vehicle reversed into the door of the premises
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Train crash memories
SIR - The 75th anniversary of the Charfield train crash reminds me of the horror that it was. I was a little girl of seven at the time, living very near where it happened. Strange we did not hear the impact. The first we knew about it was my father being
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Prison inmates lend hand
THE CINEMA building in Market Street, Wotton-under-Edge, has this week been given a make-over for the first time since closure. A community placement team of inmates from Leyhill Open Prison stepped in to paint the outside of the cinema. More than half
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Leave fox control to nature
SIR - I took great interest in the letter in last week's Gazette by R Westland of London and his/her view that, if fox-hunting were to be banned, it would result in the decline or extinction of the fox. R Westland claims that we have a healthy population
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Berkeley, Cam, Dursley and Wotton-under-Edge and district diary
Friday, October 24 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. 8pm, Dursley, Listers Hall. A Tribute to Stephane Grappelli by James
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Make friends with the church
SURPRISINGLY, perhaps, an appeal by the Friends of Wickwar Parish Church for members has been extended beyond regular worshippers. But, as committee member Bryan Hockey explained, the parish church was part of the community and not purely a venue for
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Success of safety drive
AN OPERATION to highlight road safety was successfully carried out by the Special Constabulary in the Dursley inspector neighbourhood area. Special Constables conducted checks in Cam, Dursley, Newport and Wotton-under-Edge between 7pm on Friday and 1am
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Beach race is fantastic to watch
SIR - I thought readers may be interested in my experience of last weekend. As regulars at local motocross events, myself and my son, Joseph, decided to attend Weston Beach Race. Naively I assumed this would be similar to local events. My views changed
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Gazette Comment
MORE than a century of sporting tradition at Station Road, Berkeley, has come under threat because of a proposed rent increase by Berkeley Town Council. A proposal to change the way Berkeley Town Football Club and Berkeley Cricket Club pay for use of
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Clubs in pitch battle
BERKELEY'S two main sporting clubs could a face huge increase in their annual costs under a new letting agreement drawn up by the town council. Berkeley Town Football Club and Berkeley Cricket Club play home fixtures and hold practice sessions at the
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Rovers slip against league leaders
Almondsbury FC 2 Wotton Rovers 0 WOTTON ROVERS's topsy-turvy season continued on Saturday as they were put to the sword by in-form league leaders Almondsbury FC. A two-goal brace from the dangerous Paul Evans sealed the points for this season's early
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Weekend Picture October24, 2003
Low tide on the River Severn, looking over towards Sharpness Docks from the former Berkeley Power Station Picture by John Anyon GJA980H03
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Woman 23, is sent to jail
A 23-YEAR-OLD woman who terrified a middle-aged man with a knife when she and two other intruders burst into his house to steal was jailed for three years, three months on Friday. At Gloucester Crown Court Kelly Winn, of Oakfield House, Frampton-on-Severn
