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Award-winning chef to open food and drink festival
THORNBURY-based award-winning chef Ronnie Faulkner is set to open this year’s South Gloucestershire’s Food and Drink Festival. Mr Faulkner, who owns Ronnies Restaurant in the St Mary Centre, will officially open the Taste Festival on Saturday, September
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Scooby Doo and the Pirate Ghost
Scooby-Doo and the Pirate Ghost Live on stage Bristol Hippodrome Thursday 6 - Saturday 8 August. SCOOBY DOO is a cult classic that is still appealing to children - as well as its original audience who are now big kids three decades after Hanna-Barbera
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New robot to help brain surgeons
ROBOTIC technology created by engineers at Renishaw will be used to save lives at Frenchay Hospital. Cutting edge technicians at the Wotton-under-Edge company have created a neuromate robot, which will enable neurosurgeons to implant devices
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Swine flu sufferers urged to find a 'flu friend' to collect drugs
NHS Gloucestershire is continuing to encourage people with flu-like symptoms to use the National Pandemic Flu Service and arrange for a 'flu friend' to collect their medication from a collection point in the county. So far more than 1,500 people have
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Rallying: Stokes boosts title aspirations
DAVID STOKES and co-driver Guy Weaver finished an excellent fourth overall and victorious in the Post Historic category on last weekends Harry Flatters Rally. The two-day event, held on the Epynt Military Ranges, was sadly marred by the tragic
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District is awarded Fairtrade status
SHOPPERS in South Gloucestershire can now buy their goods with a clear conscience as the district has been awarded Fairtrade status. The much-coveted title means businesses, organisations, schools and councils in the area have made a commitment to
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Football: Fowler would have stayed at Forest Green
FORMER Forest Green captain Lee Fowler returns to the New Lawn on Saturday, insisting: " I could have still been playing for Forest Green." Fowler, 25, former Welsh under-21 international agreed a two-year deal to sign for Mark Cooper’s Kettering
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New stores open in Yate Shopping Centre
YATE has hit back against the recession with the opening of two new shops. Fashion stores Peacocks and Bonmarché opened their doors in Yate Shopping Centre for the first time yesterday and received a warm welcome from eager shoppers. Coming in the
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Cricket: Crunch clash ahead for league leaders Thornbury
PREMIER Two league leaders Thornbury face a massive promotion clash this Saturday as they welcome Taunton Deane to the Ship Field. Thornbury failed to capitalise last weekend when their game against Taunton was one of only two in the whole West of England
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Football: Stability is key for Hallen
HALLEN manager Gary Damone says there’s a good atmosphere in his squad ahead of the new season. They begin the Toolstation Western Premier League campaign on Saturday with a home game against Corsham at Moorhouse Lane with a good pre-season behind them
