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Hammer star Derham's World call
HAMMER thrower Zoe Derham has been chosen for the Great Britain team for the World Championships in Berlin. Derham, 28, (pictured) who was born in Charfield and grew up in Yate, won the British trials in July with a throw of 67.94 metres. But her selection
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Gymnasts grab bronze in Taiwan
GYMNASTS Maiken Thorne and Mollie Grehan clinched a superb bronze medal at the World Games in Taiwan. The King Edmund Gym Club duo were representing Great Britain in the senior women’s pairs section for the first time, despite able to compete still at
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Woodland walkway set alight during teenage midnight party
A WOODLAND walk in Chipping Sodbury has been trashed following a school leavers’ sleepover. Trees were burnt to the ground, bottles were smashed and small plants were pulled up during the midnight party in the woods next to The Ridings training
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Woman punched in the face outside rugby club
POLICE are appealing for witnesses after a woman was punched several times in the face at a local rugby club. The incident happened at 1.40am on Sunday (July 26) at Chipping Sodbury Rugby Club on Wickwar Road. A police spokesman said: "A 40-year-old
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Local book flies off shelves
A BOOK written by a former Wotton resident and published by her daughter has sold over 100 copies. Nicola Dickinson, of Wotton, spent the last four years trying to get her mother’s book, called a Country Girls Diary, published. Having
