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Drink drive arrests are down by 20 per cent
POLICE have reported a reduction in the number of drink drive arrests by almost 20 per cent as the month-long drink drive campaign comes to an end. However drivers under 25 still failed to heed warnings not to drink and drive in the run up to Christmas
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Drug dealer is ordered to repay £35,000
DRUG dealer Glen Driver, who was caught with more than £13,000 worth of cocaine in his Berkeley home, will have to pay back more than £35,000 for his crimes, a court heard today. Under the Proceeds of Crime Act passed in 2002, any cash or assets that
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Cricket club unveils expansion plans
CHIPPING Sodbury Cricket Club is hoping to build a new sports pavilion to go with a recently laid second pitch at The Ridings playing fields. The 150-member club has submitted a planning application for a one-level building with changing facilities
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Bristol u-18
Football Bristol Under 18 Combination League FIXTURES for Sunday, January 6 - Division One: Brislington Juniors v Made for Ever, Bristol Athletic v St Nicholas, Broadwalk FC v Swiss Valley Rangers, Shirehampton Sunday (Youth) FC v Highridge United
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Drunken behaviour leaves paramedics stretched
NEW Year's Eve was a hectic night for ambulance crews who had to deal with hundreds of drunken patients, alcohol fuelled assaults and bottle attacks while everyone else saw in the New Year with friends and family. Between 10pm on December 31 and 9am
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Parish council hits back at claims it wasted money
A PARISH council insists it has not wasted public money despite funding a village playing field project that has since been refused permission to go ahead. Wickwar Parish Council contributed £40,000 to the Wickwar Playing Field Association's £85,000
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Shopping madness
EXHAUSTED retailers at Yate Shopping Centre are celebrating after a record breaking Christmas. During the month of December a record 1.4 million shoppers descended on the town centre with a bumper 66,600 on the Saturday before Christmas. It marks a
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Land to be secured for primary school
COUNCIL chiefs are finally set to acquire land in Pilning for a new primary school. The council has identified a three and a half acre site in Bank Road for the village's new St Peter's Primary School, formed from the merger of Redwick and Northwick
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Good start to New Year
Gloucestershire Northern Senior League Division One Cheltenham Civil Service 1 Kingswood 2 KINGSWOOD have had to endure some terrible injuries over the last couple of months, and this has had a significant impact on their ability to secure games when
