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Football: Yate start season with home game
YATE TOWN will begin life in Zamaretto League Division One South and West at home to AFC Hayes on Saturday, August 15. With the fixtures released today, Dave Mogg’s side have been given a difficult start with the first three games against sides who finished
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Ladies Cricket: Phoenix miss out on title at Plympton
BRISTOL PHOENIX made the 250-mile round trip to Plymouth for a nail-biting top of the table clash on Sunday, with the winner able to claim top spot in the South West Championship. Phoenix skipper Sam Brazier, had no hesitation in asking Plympton to bat
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Cricket: Foot claims four wickets before heavens open
STANDING in for hip injury victim Ian Rawlings, skipper Adam Moore won the toss and inserted Midsomer Norton in overcast conditions. Martin Cox (5) was the first to go, plumb lbw to give 17 year-old Nick Crane his first league wicket with the score
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Cricket: Clapp helps lead Chipping Sodbury to safety
LEAGUE leaders Chipping Sodbury got a lucky escape on Saturday when the heavens opened after they had just been bowled out for 89 at Nailsea. Perhaps what saved Sodbury is that they were able to last for 42.2 overs in an innings where they failed to
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Cricket: Holloway takes six wickets but rain ruins Cam's hopes
THE rain dealt a huge blow to Cam’s chances of ending their losing run. After Ben Holloway produced two excellent spells of bowling, claiming 6-32, Cam were eyeing up victory. Pete Hall elected to field and was rewarded with an early wicket as Holloway
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Cricket: Oldlands stun league leaders Frocester
IN A remarkable match at Abwell on Saturday, a superb Oldlands bowling and fielding performance saw league leaders Frocester suffer a crushing defeat. Electing to bowl first, the hosts made full use of the favourable conditions, bowling with penetration
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Cricket: Rockhampton frustrated as weather dashes their win hopes
ROCKHAMPTON suffered a harsh defeat at Swindon on Saturday. Robin Arkell was left stranded on 77 not out with Rockhampton only needing another 51 from 10.2 overs when the game was halted, giving Swindon victory under the rules of the Glos/Wilts Division
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Plans for wind farm cause concern
PLANS for a wind farm in the Berkeley Vale have caused concern among residents in a nearby village. Stroud-based firm Ecotricity is hoping to build eight wind turbines on a plot of land next to the M5 motorway near Stinchcombe. The firm
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Police step up hunt for teenage groper
POLICE in Yate have stepped up a hunt for a teenage groper who has attacked a number of woman in the town. Officers were on patrol outside the three secondary schools in the area this morning following another sexual assault yesterday. A schoolboy
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Children home safe after school coach crash ordeal
CHILDREN were left shaken and scared after two coaches were involved in a crash on a school trip. Sixteen students from Rednock School, in Dursley, were taken to hospital following the accident, which happened on Monday morning while the children were
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Thornbury play area receives cash boost
A CASH windfall of £75,000 means children living on a Thornbury housing estate will finally get the play area they have been dreaming of. Thornbury Town Council confirmed this week that it is to spend £75,000 on a new play area for the Eastland Avenue
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Council to paid £300 for taxi to garden party
FOUR guests of the council had a taxi paid for them to travel to a royal garden party in London, despite calls for public spending to be cut. The chief executive of Stroud District Council approved a request to pay for a taxi to take four people
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Police warn of rural crime
LANDOWNERS are being reminded not to be complacent about security. The warning comes after a series of burglaries and attempted burglaries at rural properties. On Monday, July 13 at 4.15am at a property on Oldbury Lane, Thornbury, a farmer discovered
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Work starts on multi-million pound sports hall
THE diggers have moved in as work has started on building a new multi-million pound sports hall and all-weather pitch at Chipping Sodbury School. The new facilities will be state-of-the-art and will incorporate cutting-edge technology so pupils can
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Housing development plans are deferred
CAMPAIGNERS trying to stop a housing development being built near their homes have been given some extra time. Members of Stroud District Council’s development control committee decided to defer an application for 10 properties to be built on the
