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Housing plans are back on track
A GOVERNMENT plan to sell off 12 acres of land in central Yate for housing is back on track after a family had its claim to the land rejected. The Highways Agency is in advanced talks with an unnamed housing developer to sell off the Sea Stores Site
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Ambulance Trust says sorry for poor service
THE Ambulance Trust that left a 10-year-old boy with a badly broken arm waiting nearly two hours for an ambulance has apologised to him and his family. Great Western Ambulance Service has admitted the time taken to get to the patient was "unacceptable
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Salsa dance teacher is guilty of rape
A SALSA dance teacher has been found guilty of violently raping one of his students. Jurors today found Joseph Lantelli, 42, guilty of twice raping a vulnerable woman, once during a dance lesson and once at his home. After reaching their verdict the
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Compensation snub for Porton Down volunteer
A NAVY veteran who was a Porton Down guinea pig subjected to mustard gas trials has been told he will not receive compensation from the Ministry of Defence. Kenneth Perks, from Dursley, volunteered for clinical trials in Porton Down, Wiltshire, in
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Plans are put forward for waste facility
SHARPNESS could become home to a county waste facility, which would handle more than 50,000 tonnes of rubbish a year. The proposal has been made as part of the county council's mineral and waste core strategy, which is looking at ways the county can
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Leyhill abscondee is jailed
A MAN who fled from Leyhill Prison after being jailed for breaking into almost 1,000 cars spent more than a year in sunny Spain and then flew back into Britain without being detected, a court heard. Andrew Winter then quickly returned to crime - stealing
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Dursley ladies
NEWENT TOWN 3 DURSLEY TOWN 2 After the weather of late it was a glorious spring like sunny afternoon that greeted these two sides for this Division one encounter. After their glorious result last weekend it was the visitors who made the early running
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Hockey
WEST WOMEN'S HOCKEY LEAGUE Severn Division Three Badgers 2 Wotton-under-Edge 2 A superb last minute strike from Hayley Perrett earned Wotton a draw in this fiercely contested game in which the league leaders twice had to come back from a goal behind
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Shooting Dirty Den
I SHOT Dirty Den is a new one-man show performed by the man responsible for one of soap opera's most iconic moments - the man who shot Dirty Den' Watts It can be seen at the Rondo Theatre, Bath on Friday, February 15 and Saturday, February 16. In
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Hundreds of supporters put their name to the Lister Hall campaign
THE Lister Hall, an historic and popular venue in Dursley, has been under threat of closure for the last five years as the Lister Club has struggled to meet the cost of bills and renovations. The Gazette is campaigning to save the hall, which needs a
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Cam Everside
Cam Everside U13s 6, Eastcombe U13s 0 CAM entertained Eastcombe in this League Cup game. The hosts got off to a flyer when Stubbs fired home in the first minute. Considering this was Cam's first game for seven weeks they clicked well and produced a
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Extra funds are pledged to raise school standards
CONSERVATIVES on South Gloucestershire Council have unveiled plans to spend more than half a million pounds a year on driving up standards in secondary schools across the district. Under proposals by the Tory minority administration that runs the council
