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Christmas meals are saved
Dozens of families will be sure of having their turkey on Christmas Day thanks a fair cop. At about 2.30am, traffic officers stopped a suspicious vehicle and recovered a large quantity of meat from the Nick Browns Butchers in Longlevens. A male made
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Prince at hospice today
PRINCE Charles today made a private visit to Cotswold Care Hospice in Minchinhampton to meet patients, volunteers and staff of the hospice, and to see progress on the new building. Corinne Godding Head of Resources showed the prince the outside of the
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Sports camp
THE newly named activity camp "Stroud Sport Skillz" organised by Active Gloucestershire and Stroud District Council is to take place in the fantastic new sports facilities at Thomas Keble Sports Centre on Thursday to Friday January 3 - 4. Alison Croad
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Council hikes up its precept
A TOWN council has had to raise its precept by £30,000 to help cover the cost of maintenance to community buildings. Wotton Town Council will put up its precept for the 2008/09 financial year to £203,000 - an increase of £29,000 on last year's figure
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Drivers warned about break-ins
DRIVERS in Thornbury are being urged to tighten up on security following a spate of vehicle break-ins. Several cars have been attacked during darkness hours in various areas of the town recently, either by forcing open doors or tampering with locks
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No more lights
I am writing in relation to the proposed junction improvement on the A38. I live in Berkeley, commute to Bristol each day and utilise the M5 at J14 on a regular basis at the weekend. In my opinion a(nother) set of traffic lights in the area would be
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Tie your ties to the old elm tree
Re: The rebuilding of Rednock School. AS a former student, I am of course delighted that the school has been given the funding to be rebuilt and modernised. Having said that, I am saddened and disgusted to see that the large tree that stood in front
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Santa puzzle answers
Santa puzzle answers. See this week's Gazette for clues. Show time: Rose plays the sax, Kim plays drums, Julie plays trumpet, Keith plays flute, and Liz plays clarinet. Just in Time: The letter M. Who ate all the pies? Neil ate the last mince pie
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Top quizzers
THIS week the members of Bristol Pegasus Motor Club found out that they had qualified for the National Final of the Autoglym Motor Club Quiz. The quiz was open to the 600-plus Motor Clubs in the UK, with only four getting through to the National Final
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New health centre is given the go-ahead
A CONTROVERSIAL new health facility has been given the go-ahead after receiving more than £6 million from the government. The Department of Health has announced it will provide £6.44 million towards the new development in Dursley. It will mean the
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Charity worker receives MBE from Prince Charles
A CHARITY worker visited Buckingham Palace to receive her MBE for services to the community from Prince Charles. Vera Macaulay, of Slimbridge, joined over 100 other people on the Queen's birthday honours list in a four-hour ceremony to receive her MBE
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Battle to save bus service
PRESSURE is mounting for a rethink on cost-cutting plans to reduce a valuable Thornbury bus service. Proposals to cut the 312 service to Parkway Station, the University of the West of England and Frenchay Hospital have caused an outcry among commuters
