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Warning to guard against thefts of metal
POLICE are appealing for information and asking people to take extra precautions to protect their property while scrap metal prices are high. Officers in South Gloucestershire say the recent increase in thefts of metal, particularly lead, is likely
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Faulty boiler causes school to close again
UNHAPPY parents vented their frustration when a Yate school was forced to close for the third time this academic year because of a faulty boiler. Teachers at Abbotswood Primary School turned children away on Monday morning when the school's biomass
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Worker died in freak accident
A BUILDING worker died in a freak accident in a mini-digger which he was not qualified to operate, an inquest heard. Lance Taylor was leaning out of the front window of the digger when he nudged a lever, which jolted the machine's arm, or boom, backwards
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Family's relief after trip to Kenya is cancelled
A FAMILY have spoken of their relief after tour operators cancelled their holiday to trouble-plagued Kenya - just two days before they were due to fly out. Loretta and Ian Gill, of Chipping Sodbury, were on tenterhooks until this morning when First
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Phone company's mast bid is rejected
A MOBILE phone company's plan to put up a 12 metre high phone mast in a scenic area of Winterbourne has been turned down by planning watchdogs. Vodafone had hoped to erect the phone mast on Hicks Common to improve its 3G network coverage in Winterbourne
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Fears at doctor's surgery over gangs of youths
STAFF at a doctor's surgery have spoken out against a group of youths who they claim are intimidating elderly patients and vandalising property. Employees at the Chipping Surgery in Wotton-under-Edge are growing increasingly worried about a gang loitering
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Pre-school celebrates Ofsted success
IT WILL be party time at a Thornbury pre-school tomorrow as staff, parents and children celebrate a "full house" of top marks from government education watchdogs. First Step Pre-school, based at Christ the King School, has been graded as outstanding
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Danger for stars
A HOST of stars will be making a New Year appearance at the Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham this month as the gripping thriller A Touch Of Danger' - written by one of the world's most popular and prolific thriller writers, Francis Durbridge - takes to the
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Phone mast plans anger villagers
A MOBILE phone company is facing wide-scale villager opposition as it seeks permission to erect a phone mast in a scenic area of Winterbourne. More than 100 residents have written into South Gloucestershire Council objecting to Vodafone's proposal
