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Sainsbury's store plans are welcomed by council
NEWS that Sainsbury’s plans to build a flagship green store in Dursley has been welcomed by Stroud District Council. Despite concerns about the work being delayed on the site in Castle Street, members of the district council are positive about
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250 new jobs to be created at GKN facility
AROUND 250 jobs are to be created at a new facility being developed by aerospace giant GKN, it was announced today. Work began today on converting two units at the Western Approach Distribution Park, Severn Beach, to house a £125 million manufacturing
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Pupils celebrate top results score
STAFF and pupils at Stone school have been celebrating this week after achieving the best test results in the county. Stone with Woodford CoE Primary School was joint top of the table with Eastington Primary in the annual SATs results league table for
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Tool amnesty launched
A GARDEN centre in Thornbury is holding a tool amnesty to help school children with their gardening projects. Thornbury’s Wyevale Garden Centre on Milbury Heath is asking anyone with old or damaged garden tools to hand them in as part of the Conservation
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Sunny spell helps flowers bloom in time for show
A GOOD spell of spring sunshine was just what was needed for horticultural show entrants vying for a trophy. Competitors at the Slimbridge Horticultural Spring Show turned up with armfuls of beautiful flowers, which had bloomed just in time for the
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Dursley teenager ordered to do more community service
A 19-YEAR-OLD Dursley man has been ordered to do an extra one hour of unpaid community work for breaching a sentence he received for assault and theft. Recorder Adam Vaitlingham, sitting at Gloucester Crown Court, heard how Jonathon French-Bell had missed
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School garden gets celebrity endorsement
PUPILS and staff at Hillesley Primary School welcomed Points West presenter Alex Lovell to the school to officially open their new garden. The garden, designed by local landscape gardener Sean Mills, of Mills Associates, was created with the Early Years
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Care home gives Bulgarian visitors insight into quality of life
A CARE home in Almondsbury has been showing visitors from Bulgaria how to provide better quality of life. Russell House, which cares for adults with physical and learning disabilities, played host to visitors from an institution in Bulgaria this week
