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Cricket: Thornbury beaten by rivals in thriller
LEAGUE leaders Thornbury suffered their first defeat of the season as second-placed Taunton Dean won a thrilling top of the table clash. Thornbury elected to bat having done so successfully already this season. But the positive move back-fired with
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Cricket: Red-hot Rendall rips through Charfield
A SENSIBLE team batting display from the Cam middle order secured a comfortable victory over Charfield. Eddie Rendall was unlucky not to claim a wicket with the opening ball of the game as the ball tantalisingly dropped out of Graeme Brown’s reach.
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Rallying: Stokes ends mixed day on a high
DAVID STOKES and co-driver Guy Weaver had a day of mixed fortunes on last weekends Severn Valley Historic Rally, latest round of the Dunlop/Gambia Historic and Dennis Motorsport Welsh Historic Series, writes Paul Willetts. Five Stages in the famous Forests
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Cricket: Stone lose out in thrilling contest
STONE were edged out in a thrilling contest against Bredon on Saturday. In a game where the initiative constantly swung from one side to another, Bredon won it with a six in the first ball of the last over. After Stone chose to bat first, Simon Riches
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Cricket: Tyler hits unbeaten 64 in Rams defeat
AN UNBEATEN half-century from captain Matt Tyler could not prevent Rockhampton from sliding to defeat against league leaders Westbury and District. After choosing to bat first, skipper Joe Breet scored 40 to get the hosts off to a good start but most
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Horse racing: Thomas leaves Nicholls stable
OLVESTON-BORN trainer Paul Nicholls insists there has been no “falling out” with Sam Thomas, who has agreed to become stable jockey at Tom George’s Slad yard. Thomas, 24, won the Cheltenham Gold Cup on Denman in 2008 and came second to Kauto Star in
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Renewed plea for road safety measures
ROAD safety fears in Chipping Sodbury need to be taken seriously if traffic-calming measures are ever going to be implemented, say campaigners calling for a reduced speed limit. Supporters of a 20mph zone in the High Street are worried no action will
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Police blast teenagers for anti-social behaviour during half-term
POLICE in Thornbury were inundated with calls during the half-term holiday after teenagers embarked on a drink-fuelled rampage through the town. During the week calls to the police included an assault, criminal damage to buildings, underage drinking
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Yate school pupils to donate uniforms to charity
PUPILS at a Yate school which is set to officially close this year are being urged to donate their uniforms to charity. Students at King Edmund Community School, in Sundridge Park, are being asked to hand in their sweatshirts, polo shirts, PE kits and
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Ex-army men scale Britain's highest mountains for Help for Heroes
NINE friends scaled three of Britain's highest mountains in under 24 hours to raise money for a charity that supports wounded soldiers. The team of men, mostly from the Berkeley area, included Keith Eamer and Ian Pitts, who are both ex-army and are
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Thousands of dental patients given HIV warning
THOUSANDS of patients who received treatment at a Frenchay dental practice have been warned they may have contracted HIV because of poor hygiene standards. Up to 5,000 patients will be offered blood tests after it emerged a dentist working at Frenchay
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Agricultural company celebrates centenary
AN AGRICULTURAL company that is celebrating its centenary is trying to reclaim pieces of its history after its whole collection of original machinery went up in smoke. Lister Shearing is celebrating 100 years of shearing equipment being made in Dursley
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Gazette's meningitis campaign raises nearly £9,000
THE Gazette's campaign with Meningitis UK has raised almost £9,000 so far. The campaign was launched in February with the aim to help fund research into a vaccine against the most common strain of the disease, meningitis group B. Meningitis UK was
