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Fight against wind turbines is backed by council
COUNCILLORS in Alveston have given their support to residents campaigning against an application for three wind turbines to be built in their village. Alveston Parish Council voted in favour of supporting the objection tabled against the controversial
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Teenager suffers fractured skull after accident
A TEENAGER from Charfield suffered a fractured skull and lost several teeth after a collision with a car. The 14-year-old Katharine Lady Berkeley's School pupil was returning home from school and had just stepped off a school bus in the centre of the
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Heritage centre is awarded £6,000 grant
THE ASSOCIATION of Independent Museums (AIM) has awarded Wotton Heritage Centre a grant of £6,000. The money will go towards improving the external appearance and entrance of the building. "We are very pleased," said Mary George, of Wotton Heritage
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NHS celebrates 60 years
SIXTY years ago, if you needed a cataract operation on your eye it would have meant a week of immobility. But in today's NHS it takes just 20 minutes. The NHS South West has been celebrating this and many other achievements over the last 60 years since
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Private school is set for merger
A 175-YEAR-OLD preparatory school is set to move out of its building and merge with a larger private school next year. Rose Hill School in Alderley announced this week that it will merge with Querns Westonbirt School and move onto their site near Tetbury
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Police appeal after hit and run
A CYCLIST has been left fighting for his life after being knocked off his bike. The man was found in the middle of the road at Blackhorse Hill, Easter Compton, at around 1am this morning. The cyclist suffered serious head injuries and remains in Frenchay
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What happens to your waste
A WEEK'S worth of waste might not look like much for one family, but binmen in South Gloucestershire have to collect a whole load of rubbish. Around 12 arctic lorry loads of rubbish is taken away by waste contractors SITA every day in the region.
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Summer ball helps children with burn injuries
MORE than £6,000 has been raised to help children who have suffered burn injuries. A summer ball held at Tortworth Court raised £6,250 for the Frenchay After Burns (FAB) Children's Club. A total of 120 guests supported an auction and raffle to raise
