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Cricket: Ball shines at Lord's
STONE player Vicky Ball claimed a five-wicket haul at Lord’s recently. The 20-year-old had match winning figures of ten overs, three maidens, five wickets for 35 runs for Loughborough University Ladies against the MCC Universities Best of the Rest XI
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Wildlife is thriving in grounds of a nuclear power station
OLDBURY Power Station has been praised for its work with wildlife conservation. The site recently won first prize in a competition to find the country's best industrial and commercial sites for birds run by the British Trust for Ornithology. Oldbury
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Toxic air needs special attention
AIR pollution at Cribbs Causeway is so toxic that the area is due to be given special attention. South Gloucestershire Council is considering designating the roundabout at Junction 17 of the M5, the turn off for Easter Compton and Severn Beach, as an
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Appeal to bring council into 21st century
AN APPEAL has been launched in Dodington to bring the council into the 21st century. Existing councillors want younger members of the community to come forward to fill two parish councillor vacancies and add their views on issues affecting the area
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Closure notice put up outside primary school
CLOSURE notices were put up outside a Yate primary school this week, two months ahead of schedule, in a move that has shocked the local community. The beginning of the end for Rodford Primary School, on Barnwood Road, was signalled by the erection
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Assurances given to residents over new nuclear power station plans
NATIONAL energy firm E.ON has reassured Oldbury residents that they will not start building the proposed new nuclear power station without permission from central government. A representative from the company, which recently purchased land in Oldbury
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Football: Williams, Johnstone and Gilbert join Almondsbury
ALMONDSBURY TOWN manager Paul Weeks has made three new signings as he plans an assault on the Hellenic Premier League title next season. Former Team Bath forward Matt Williams has signed from Cirencester Town, ex-Forest Green forward Kacey Johnstone
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Gymnastics: Sanders enjoys experience on World stage
THORNBURY gymnast Tim Sanders said competing at the World University Games in Belgrade, Serbia, “was absolutely fantastic." The 23-year-old represented Great Britain at the third largest multi-sport event in the world and helped them finish 13th out
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Football: Forest Green set for signing spree
SIX new faces will put pen to paper this week to bolster Forest Green boss Jim Harvey’s rebuilding plans. The manager is still in the hunt for full-backs, central midfielders wide players and strikers for his squad ahead of the new Blue Square Premier
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Football: Green leaves Bristol Academy Post
GARY GREEN has lost his job as the boss of Bristol Academy’s women’s football side as a result of financial cuts. After nine years at the Women’s Premier League club, five as manager, Green is understood to have been made redundant from his role at Filton
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Cricket: County legend Russell set to play at Stone
JACK RUSSELL will dust off his wicket-keeping gloves and old hat to play in Chris Taylor’s benefit match at Stone tomorrow (Friday). A Gloucestershire XI including current stars Taylor, Jon Lewis, Steve Kirby, Alex Gidman and Hamish Marshall, and former
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Cricket: Gidman's Gloucestershire look to bounce back at Cheltenham Festival
GLOUCESTERSHIRE skipper Alex Gidman is looking for his side to bounce back quickly from their Friends Provident Trophy semi-final exit as they head to the Cheltenham Festival. Gidman’s century was not enough to lead his side into a first Lord’s final
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Council homes could be sold off
COUNCIL homes in the Stroud district could come under new ownership - despite the authority's chief executive assuring residents this wouldn’t happen just six weeks ago. Stroud District Council will be looking into the transfer of its housing stock
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Radical shake-up planned for sixth form studies
FURTHER education in Yate and Chipping Sodbury is set to undergo a radical shake-up after two schools pulled out of a sixth form programme. Brimsham Green and Chipping Sodbury schools have severed ties with King Edmund Community School - ending the
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Football: Sparrow aiming to fly high with the Swans
NEW Slimbridge chairman Keith Sparrow is hoping to bring Southern League football to the area. The Swans were set to play in Division One South and West two years ago before they pulled out over fears they could not operate at that level but Sparrow
