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Success on windy bridge
A new Highways Agency traffic filtering system on the M48 Severn Crossing designed to reduce the number of occasions when the crossing is closed to all vehicles due to high winds, has proved a success. When wind speeds exceed 40 knots, the crossing
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Another store is targeted by robbers
ANOTHER Thornbury store has been held up by robbers. Hooded raiders grabbed around £250 from the till at the One Stop Shop in Primrose Drive after throwing a brick at a young woman assistant. The shop worker was unhurt but police have expressed alarm
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Community centre's plea for funding
Over the last few weeks the Gazette has been campaigning to save the Lister Hall, a popular and historic venue in Dursley which is in need of money for refurbishment. However, other places in the town are also in desperate need of funding for renovation
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Heroic handyman rescues lorry driver
HANDYMAN Dean Leonard more than lived up to his job description when he rescued a trapped lorry driver following a smash on the M5. Practically minded Dean, 49, who works at the police depot in Almondsbury, leapt into action after witnessing the crash
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MP hits out at rail service
AN URGENT call for First Great Western rail service to be nationalised has been made by Stroud MP David Drew, who has called the service "horrendous". Mr Drew said that last weekend, when the new winter timetable was implemented, was the worst service
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Midlands junior
Midlands Junior Premier League Results - 15th December A BAD weekend for all Yate teams as they tasted defeat. The U16s went down 3-0 at Bedworth United with the U15s suffering a 1-0 defeat away at Gloucester City and the U14s going down at home
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Youth football
FOOTBALL Ashton Boys U11b 1 Coalpit Heath U11b 5 COALPIT HEATH had a great away win in their last game of the year. Nathan Lloyd went close three times in the early stages before Brad Simons burst through from half way to fire into the bottom
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Girls' football
Bitton FC U15 Girls 4 Wotton Rovers U15 Girls 2 ROVERS came under immediate pressure and, despite solid goalkeeping by Emma Topping, sloppy outfield defending gifted Bitton two goals which ultimately proved to be the difference between the two sides
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Applause for ACT
In response to your "name and address supplied" correspondent, may I say how much I applaud the vision and adventurous ambition of ACT (Arts and Community in Thornbury). Contrary to your corespondent's assertion, Thornbury Arts Festival do fill the
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Meat worth £10,000 is stolen from family butchers
A FAMILY butchers has been devastated by a burglary in which £10,000 worth of meat was stolen. Cam Family Butchers, in Phillimore Road, was burgled in the early hours of Tuesday morning. Doors were ripped out of their frames, tills and scales were
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Power walkers appeal for more members
WHEN it comes to walking and talking, no one can beat Thornbury Power Walkers. The group - reckoned to be the biggest of its kind in the country - is celebrating two years of combining superlative physical exercise with the noble art of chatting.
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Hansel and Gretel Italian-style
LYNGO Theatre presents two magical new children's shows in the egg theatre, Bath, this Christmas. A UK premiere of Hansel and Gretel opened yesterday - the show continues until December 31. For Hansel and Gretel, Lyngo has teamed up with Italian children's
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Taxi tokens scheme stalls again
PLANS to introduce taxi tokens as an alternative to the national bus pass scheme in South Gloucestershire are still in limbo. For the second time, ruling Conservatives on South Gloucestershire Council have failed in their bid to commit £500,000 from
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History DVD of Yate is released
A NEW history DVD of Yate has been launched just in time for Christmas. The film features never-before seen footage of the town from eras gone and historical evidence of what Yate was like in medieval, Roman and Victorian times. It has been produced
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Underdogs triumph
Alec Buckland Cup Wotton Rovers U12s 2 Yate Utd U12s 0 WOTTON were massive underdogs going in to this third round cup match against a much more experienced Yate Utd team. From the start Wotton struggled to cope against Yate's physical game, but
