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Firefighters tackle blaze at chicken farm
FIREFIGHTERS were called to a blaze at a chicken farm in Charfield last night. Crews from both Avon Fire and Rescue and Gloucestershire Fire and Rescue attended a fire at Southend Farm, Little Bristol Lane, at 9.16pm on Monday. Crew members, including
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New play area at primary school is opened
THE playground at a primary school in Yate is no longer just a place to play conkers, it has been transformed into a world of opportunity. An outdoor village of wooden and wicker huts, a sandpit big enough to be called a beach and an amphitheatre have
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French visitors descend on town to mark 30th anniversary
THE continent seemed a little closer in Chipping Sodbury as a group of 60 French visitors descended on the town. The contingent was from Cesson, near Paris, which Chipping Sodbury has been twinned with for the past 30 years. This year’s weekend visit
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Nostalgic look back at 25 years of community club
WHEN thousands of homes sprung up in south Yate in the 1970s, there was nowhere for their new owners to go. Neighbours had no place to meet and there was no hall to for this new community to start laying down its roots. Amid concerns that husbands would
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Rugby: Attwood leaves Bristol but Vunipola signs up
FORMER Ridings School pupil David Attwood has left Bristol Rugby Club. The Lock from Winterbourne was not named in the 2009/10 squad for the side who have just been relegated from the Guinness Premiership, and it is understood he has agreed terms at
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Decision on street-drinking ban to be made soon
PLANS for a street drinking ban in Dursley are set to be discussed by district councillors who will have the final word on whether it can go ahead or not. Dursley Town Council put forward plans for an ‘alcohol free zone’ in the town last year. The
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Cricket: Gidman half-century can't prevent Gladiators defeat
GLOUCESTERSHIRE Gladiators suffered their second defeat in eight days against Worcestershire Royals, this time at Bristol. The opening pair of Vikram Solanki (51) and Steven Davies (50) did most of the damage with an opening partnership of 102, helping
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Couple's camper van business is riding the recession
A SUMMER of love, lying under the stars with no interruptions but the soundtrack to the seventies – that is the image the original Volkswagen Campervan conjures up. And it is that return to a decade of freedom and fun which Thornbury couple Tod
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Police launch summer drink drive crackdown
POLICE have warned motorists about the dangers of drink driving with the launch of their summer campaign. Now summer has finally arrived drivers are being urged not to forget that being caught behind the wheel after drinking can have serious consequences
