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Electric bikes set to help people reach education
YOUNGSTERS who can’t get access to education due to lack of transport can now benefit from a pilot electric mountain bike scheme. Gloucestershire Rural Community Council has set up the scheme to help 14-19 year olds get access to full time education
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Former royal house to feature in television series
A TUDOR manor house in Iron Acton is gracing our television screens this month heralding the anniversary of one of our most memorable monarchs. Acton Court was extended and redecorated for a royal visit by Henry V111 and his second wife Anne Boleyn
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Asthmatic prepares for London marathon
A KEEN runner who developed asthma at the age of 49 is running the London Marathon next week. Martyn Parry is running for Asthma UK after being diagnosed with the condition last summer. Martyn, of Dursley, said he was shocked to find out he had developed
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Cricket: Spearman and Taylor lead Gloucestershire to victory
GLOUCESTERSHIRE got their Friends Provident Trophy campaign off to a good start with a convincing win over Sussex at Bristol. Craig Spearman and Chris Taylor led them home by seven wickets, with an unbeaten stand of 122, giving director of cricket John
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Easter Compton told to save its own clock
A VILLAGE is being asked to club together if it wants to save a 100-year-old clock. People living in Easter Compton have been told that if they want to save a clock in a former church hall they will have to stump up the cash themselves. Almondsbury
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Dursley on Google Earth
DURSLEY has become one of the first rural places in the country to have 3D images of local buildings placed on Google Earth, thanks to an architect with a passion for local history. John Wilkes has spent the last two months painstakingly designing
