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Town is web wise
SIR - Your correspondent, Pat Zwick, is please to find news of the Dursley area on the internet. Other readers may be interested to know that the town of Dursley has a website of its own, www.dursleytown.co.uk, containing information about the town, links
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Dolphins dive
DURSLEY Dolphins competed in the second event of this season's MESS series on September 18. These galas are set up to involve clubs were swimmers have a limited amount of swimming time available. Some excellent swims were produced by Dursley swimmers,
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MP helps oust Tory leader
CONSERVATIVE leader Iain Duncan Smith was this week ousted as head of the opposition after losing a confidence vote. Tory MPs voted against their leader by 90 votes to 75 on Wednesday afternoon after months of speculation about his position. Cotswold
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Work starts ready for new colttages
REDEVELOPMENT has started on land in Gloucester Street, Wotton-under-Edge, where an excavator has been levelling the ground in preparation for new buildings. Owners of the derelict land in front of 7 Gloucester Street gained planning permission from Stroud
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Classrooms are official
TWO brand-new classrooms have been officially opened at Coaley Primary School. At a cost of around £300,000, the classrooms were built during the summer to replace old terrapin buildings in the playground. The three terrapin buildings were temporary classrooms
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Berkeley, Cam, Dursley and Wotton-under-Edge and district diary
Friday, October 31 8.45-10.30am, Wotton, The Chipping Clubroom. Friday Market. 10am, Wotton, Dryleaze Court. Coffee morning and Grand Draw, in aid of the Residents' Fund. 10-11.30am, Slimbridge, Village Hall. Slimbridge Toddler Club. 1.30-3.30pm, Cam,
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A purr-fect end to our feline appeal
MORE than a dozen homeless cats have found new homes thanks to an appeal in the Gazette. Earlier this month the newspaper published a plea from Stroud Cats Protection for a new home for inseparable siblings Jasper and Saskia. Not only did the brother
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College faces up to big battle over sixth form
THE VALE of Berkeley College is facing a further battle to ensure it can continue to provide a full programme for pupils of all ages. The school is preparing to fight for the future of its sixth form following the announcement by Gloucestershire County
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Masts 'must come down'
AN OVERWHELMING majority of Dursley residents attending a public meeting about the dangers of TETRA masts have backed a campaign asking the police to switch off their masts. Meeting organiser Lynne Edmunds, a TETRA co-ordinator for Mast Action and consultant
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Will this be the hunt's last year?
NESTLING in bronzed leafy surroundings, The Hare and Hounds in Westonbirt was the aptly named venue for the hunting fraternity to bring out the big guns to discuss the surrounding animal welfare issues. And, with the start of the hunting season just days
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Inspired by a trip to Burma
THE WORK of a Uley woman inspired by a trip to the place where her father was killed in action will go on display next week. Maureen Wakefield, of Fiery Lane, created her latest series of work entitled Return to Burma following a visit to Htinshabyin
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Statistics point to happy tenants
SIR - In reply to Ronni Sloan and Mary Wood's letter (Gazette, October 17) may I repeat that Stroud District Council is required to ensure that all tenants know the facts about housing transfer. It is a project that the council has worked on with tenant
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Key changes shape strong Slimbridge squad
SLIMBRIDGE have seen several changes to their playing personnel as the season reaches the end of its first quarter, with an excellent squad now assembled for the Hellenic Premier League challenge. 'Bridge remain four points clear at the top of the league
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Joy for house battle group
RESIDENTS of a Cotswold hamlet are hopeful that a battle to protect their surroundings may be over after three years of fighting to block the development of a large country house. People living in and around Bagpath welcomed the news than an appeal against
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Timber Pond climbs the trainers table
TIMBER Pond Racing continues to enjoy the extended summer with the firm ground horses having more successes over the last couple weeks. Blazing Batman who runs for the syndicate Jumping Jokers provided them with their first winner when he won the handicap
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Sprint challenge stuns Steve
ANOTHER dramatic weekend of motor racing has just zoomed by, with yet more unbelievable incidents hitting the region's top drivers. When Dursley's Steve Holford came to the aid of a fellow competitor in the Bridgestone Pegasus Sprint at Castle Combe,
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A tasteful tea shop
SIR - The other Tuesday I was invited to the Wickwar Tea Rooms. Pleasantly surprised on entering, I could have been in a tea room in Cornwall - tastefully decorated and a friendly atmosphere. I ordered a vegetarian Cannelloni with salad and garlic bread
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Thieves steal cash from inn
THIEVES broke into The Fleece Inn, Hillesley, overnight on Tuesday, October 21, and stole a quantity of cash. They entered the bar area, removed money from a gaming machine and a pool table and also stole an entire cigarette vending machine. A witness
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Getting heavier?
SIR - With reference to the report in the Gazette regarding the increased heavy goods traffic now using the A4135: is Dursley now being used as a short cut? This is a day and night problem and surely not all lorries are delivering to Dursley? With speeding
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A year of success for popular event
A FUNDRAISER for Save the Children has rounded off a successful year for Wotton-under-Edge's Town Hall Teas. The charity raised £271 on Sunday, bringing the total raised through the teas since May to £3,916. Event organiser Cllr Janet Walshe said it has
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Host of riders flock to event
KINGS LEAZE Riding Club hosted the British Riding Clubs Area 18 Hunter Trials Qualifying competition recently and more than 180 riders took part. Competitors came from Bewdley Bridle Club, Evenlode, West Oxfordshire and Cropthorne as well as Kings Leaze
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Robbery shocks village
A COMMUNITY is in shock after the village shop it had worked tirelessly to establish came under attack this week. Police arrested three men after an armed robbery at Cromhall post office and store on Tuesday. It is understood a small amount of cash from
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derelict to ''des res'
DESIGNS have been unveiled of a scheme aimed at transforming the former Bymacks site in Dursley. Developer Crest Nicholson has released architects' drawings of proposed plans for the area around Long Street. The drawings show how the derelict site would
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Bridgestone Pegasus Sprint
ANOTHER dramatic weekend of motor racing has just zoomed by, with yet more unbelievable incidents hitting the region's top drivers. When Dursley's Steve Holford came to the aid of a fellow competitor in the Bridgestone Pegasus Sprint at Castle Combe,
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Inspired by a trip to Burma
THE WORK of a Uley woman inspired by a trip to the place where her father was killed in action will go on display next week. Maureen Wakefield, of Fiery Lane, created her latest series of work entitled Return to Burma following a visit to Htinshabyin
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Tax hikes rejected
COUNTY residents are not prepared to pay another significant hike in council tax. That is the message Gloucestershire County Council is hearing as councillors plan budgets and service improvements for next year. Over the last few weeks the council has
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Thanks for your honesty
SIR - Please can I use the Gazette to thank the very kind, honest person who handed in to Lloyds TSB in Wotton the money I had absentmindedly left in the cashpoint. I had taken out quite a large sum as half-term holiday spending money, and my children
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Library plan is rejected
THE PROPOSED design for a new space-age library in the centre of Dursley has met with strong opposition from the town council. Discussing the application for planning permission for the new building at a planning meeting last week, councillors decided
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Foxes die in agony
SIR - Call me sanctimonious if it makes you feel better about yourself, Maggie Hughes, but I at least accept the harsh realities of life that face all inhabitants of this planet. There's a natural order on this earth and, like it or not, mankind is at
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Splash the cash and sponsor an ugly mug
FIVE new elaborately carved pinnacles have been completed at Gloucester Cathedral. The pinnacles are on the roof of the lavatorium (the place in the cloisters where the monks would have washed). Repairs to the windows to the cloisters, which were vandalised
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Absorbing material
SIR - I am writing to congratulate you and all those concerned with the production of the recent supplement - Gazette 125 - 1878-2003. It has been a totally absorbing and pleasurable read and I am delighted that the anniversary has been so well marked
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3,000 tenants visited
TWO-THIRDS thirds of tenants who expressed a preference are in favour of housing transfer, according to a Stroud District Council report released this week. Council staff have so far visited more than 3,000 of the district's 4,500 tenants, excluding those
