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Hotelier to give talk at national conference
THE man behind Chipping Sodbury’s forthcoming blue plaque scheme is giving a talk on the project at a national conference. Hotelier Mark Lloyd will discuss how the town secured a £10,000 grant from English Heritage for commemorative plaques to be placed
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Motorists targeted in major police operation today
POLICE have been out in force today in a major operation designed to tackle criminals travelling through the county. Gloucestershire police have teamed up with their counterparts from Avon and Somerset, Devon and Cornwall, Gwent, South Wales
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Cannabis plants and growing equipment found during police raids
POLICE have uncovered a hoard of drugs and cannabis growing equipment at several houses in Dursley. Gloucestershire Constabulary are hoping the crackdown will send out a message to those involved in drugs that they will be brought to justice. During
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Thieves steal quad bikes from activity centre
THIEVES have stolen several quad bikes from an outdoor activity centre in Winterbourne. The theft happened overnight between Monday, January 18 to Tuesday, January 19 at the centre in the village. Officers say the thieves broke into a metal shipping
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MP rules out standing as independent candidate
STROUD MP David Drew has ruled out standing as an independent candidate at the forthcoming general election. The Labour member, who has often rebelled against the government, feared the move would force him to abandon his principles for ‘populist’
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Former top Lib Dem to visit Thornbury
PADDY Ashdown, former leader of the Liberal Democrat Party, is to visit Thornbury next month. Mr Ashdown last visited South Gloucestershire in 1996 prior to Steve Webb being elected to the Northavon seat. Mr Ashdown, who became a peer
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Bin collections back to normal
ALL bin collections are set to return to normal in South Gloucestershire next week. As of Monday, January 25 all refuse and recycling collections will revert to their normal collection days. South Gloucestershire Council has said SITA crews have been
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Tributes paid to Dursley man who died in five-car collision
A DURSLEY man who died in a five-car collision has been named as Andrew Winter. The 34-year-old was pronounced dead at the scene of the car crash on Taits Hill, Dursley, on Tuesday night. Flowers and tributes have been left to Mr Winter
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Tesco insists store will go ahead despite delays
SUPERMARKET giant Tesco says it is still committed to rebuilding a flagship store in Yate despite hefty delays to the project. The company told the Gazette there had been a number of hold-ups in the planning process which meant plans to put up a temporary
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Rallying: Stokes set for Wyedean Forest Rally
DAVID STOKES will turn the clock back nearly 40 years when he does the Team GMF Wyedean Forest Rally on Saturday, February 13, writes Paul Willetts. “I think it was 1969 or 70 when I first tackled stages in the Forest of Dean on the old Tour of Dean,
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Taxpayers to meet cost of CCTV cameras
RESIDENTS living in Thornbury are going to help pay for CCTV cameras in the town through an increase in their council tax bill. Thornbury Town Council has decided that to cover the cost of a CCTV system fitted at the Mundy Playing Fields, the amount
