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108-mile capital challenge in aid of Help for Heroes
LOCALS at a Chipping Sodbury pub will be pounding the streets as they attempt a 108-mile capital challenge. The six friends, who all know each other through the Squire Inn on Broad Street, will try to walk from London to Chipping Sodbury in
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Midnight Walk raises more than £150,000 for hospice
HUNDREDS of women have raised more than £150,000 in the Cotswold Midnight Walk. All that money will go directly to support people with life-limiting illnesses and their families in Gloucestershire. The walk is the main fundraising event for Cotswold
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Memorial bench is stolen from cricket ground
A MEMORIAL bench placed in Rockhampton Cricket Ground has been stolen. Avon and Somerset Police are appealing for witnesses to an incident that occurred overnight from July 3 to 4 at the cricket ground in Rockhampton, near Berkeley. A three seater
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Hikers prepare to walk the Pennine Way for charity
TWO hikers are getting their walking boots on to raise cash for charity by completing the whole of the Pennine Way. Chris Gordon, of North Nibley, and his walking partner George Campbell, of Nailsea, are getting ready to walk the 272 miles of the
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Dancing your way to a healthy life
DANCING is proving to be the medicine of choice for some patients in the district. Residents in and around Cam are enjoying a new way to improve their health with a new initiative launched by Stroud District Council. Thomas Melendez of ‘Salsa Del
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Police patrols to be stepped up
POLICE are stepping up patrols in Chipping Sodbury High Street after an outbreak of late-night criminal damage. Officers will be out in force in the town on Friday and Saturday following a recent rise in vandalism and anti-social behaviour. Sgt Adrian
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Football: Jon and Jane earn trip Down Under
TWO Thornbury Running Club triathletes will be travelling to Australia for the World Championships in September. Both Jane Leslie and Jon Greenwood won their first Olympic Distance (1500m swim/25mile bike/10k run) competition at the initial World Qualifying
