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Cricket: Festival match is washed out
GLOUCESTERSHIRE are still looking for their first win in the Pro40 competition after their match with Sussex was called off due to rain today. Gloucestershire are back in action tomorrow when they face Leicestershire at Cheltenham in the LV County Championship
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Traders assured that parking is top priority
TRADERS have been assured that their businesses will not suffer while Sainsbury’s is being built after they expressed concern that trade in Dursley will take a nosedive. Councillors have assured local traders that finding adequate car parking
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Charfield couple hope for jam success
IN a quiet street in sleepy Charfield a couple are hard at work building a jam and preserve empire. Steve Yeo, 42, and his partner, Lisa Berry, 31, have recently launched their jam and preserve making company Plonkers of Charfield. From their kitchen
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Sisters are placed under curfew after nightclub brawl
TWO Dursley sisters who got into a night club skirmish with another woman have both been placed under 10 week curfew orders at Gloucester Crown Court today. Charlotte Warrington, 20, of Rosebery Mount, and her sister Shereene, 26, of Frederick Thomas
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Eisteddfod saved
THE Thornbury Eisteddfod looks like it might have been saved thanks to willing volunteers stepping forward. Last month the Gazette revealed how the annual singing event, which involves many local schools and choirs, had no one to organise it for next
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Cricket: Beale sets up third straight win
Glos/Wilts division 1st XI; Rockhampton (171-5) beat Goatacre (170-8) by five wickets ROCKHAMPTON made it three wins from their last three matches with an impressive victory over Wiltshire side Goatacre. After being asked to bat on a slightly damp
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Plans to lower speed limit on dangerous road
A NEW lower speed limit has been proposed for a road on which a family of three was killed in a head on collision with a lorry. Berkeley Town Council has decided to apply for a 40mph speed limit on the Sharpness bypass – the stretch of road
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Young balloonist is soaring to new heights
A TEENAGE balloonist from Thornbury has become the youngest person to hold a pilot’s licence in the country. Tom Gouder, 17, is currently the youngest person in Britain to be holding a Private Pilot’s Licence for Ballooning. "This is a really big
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Youngsters show off skating skills
YOUNGSTERS enjoyed three days of music, skate boarding, BMX tricks and games at Gloucestershire’s best youth festival. The Scratch and Skate festival, held in Cam, saw over 250 youngsters visit Jubilee Playing fields over the weekend to show off tricks
