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Rugby: Thornbury end Stroud's proud home record
THORNBURY consolidated second place in the table with a four-try win at Stroud. Thorns played with an intensity Stroud were unable to deal with and became the first visiting side to win at Fromehall Park this season. After an even opening period
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Rugby: North Bristol lack fire in home defeat
WHILE Keynsham might have deserved some reward for their efforts, North Bristol had only themselves to blame for their lack of progress in the first half. It was a performance which lacked enthusiasm and fire. The first minute produced an easy penalty
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Football: Almondsbury fall further behind in title race
ALMONDSBURY TOWN boss Richard Thompson admits his side face a “mammoth task” trying to catch Hellenic League Premier Division leaders Reading Town, writes Rob Iles. While the Almonds needed extra-time and penalties to beat Division One East outfit Holyport
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Football: Vile bags brace as Tanner celebrates first win
NICK TANNER recorded his first win in charge of Winterbourne in comfortable fashion at bottom club Launton Sports. Within a minute of the start Jimmy Potts sprinted clear for the visitors but his fierce drive struck the upright. The early stages saw
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Football: Rocks halt league leaders Purton
AFTER a five-week big freeze, Tytherington Rocks came out with a hot performance in this home encounter against league leaders Purton. As they warmed up in the opening seconds they won a penalty. Marcus Taylor was tripped and after waiting a moment
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Football: DRG prove too much of a four-ce for Thornbury
AFTER a six-week lay off, Thornbury, made the worst possible start to the New Year when they slumped to their heaviest league defeat of the season. Thornbury took the lead when Adam Harley played the ball to Danny Thompson, whose driven cross found brother
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Football: Slimbridge are dumped out of cup in extra-time
A STUTTERING performance by Slimbridge saw them dumped out of the Challenge Trophy last night by a spirited Hanham side. Hanham took the lead after 14 minutes through Bray, and held the lead until the last 12 minutes of the game when Henry equalised
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Football: Collett hits Hallen winner
TOM COLLETT inspired a second half comeback from Hallen as they beat Larkhall after falling behind. After 12 minutes Jazz Bright produced an excellent ball for Collett to run on to, but his shot cleared the far post. Andy Cook delivered a ball to George
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Football: Higgins hits hat-trick as Kingswood beat ten men
TOMMY HIGGINS earned the man of the match accolade with a hat-trick, as Highridge were given a lesson in counter attacking play by Kingswood. Gavin Dibden had the first chance of the game as early as the fifth minute, found by his strike partner Higgins
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Football: Wotton pay the penalty against league leaders
WOTTON ROVERS hosted top of the league Tetbury Town on Saturday. Tetbury started the game the livelier out of the two teams, causing Wotton problems from set pieces and coming close on more than one occasion. If not for the confident display of
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Football: Bryant goal is not enough for Berkeley to win derby
BERKELEY TOWN came away from local rivals Brimscombe and Thrupp with a share of the spoils after an entertaining game. The first chance fell to Berkeley’s Richard Langford whose shot went just over the bar after three minutes. One minute later Ben
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Adult care services are praised
ADULT care services in South Gloucestershire have been praised by the Care Quality Commission. The health and social care watchdog said in a recent report that the authority was performing excellently in the 'increased choice and control' category
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Staff to work extra hours as traffic chaos continues
SAINSBURY’S has asked its site staff to work extra hours to get the new Dursley supermarket built as quickly as possible. It comes after complaints from people about the lengthy queues building up due to the temporary traffic lights in Castle Street
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Householders offered advice to keep their homes safe
HOUSEHOLDERS across the district are being offered advice to help keep their homes safe. Stroud District Council’s community safety team is offering free home security surveys from its newly qualified wardens, providing advice on securing homes and
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Read council leader's speech about budget proposals
Cllr Frances Roden, leader of Stroud District Council, gave this speech at the annual budget meeting held last Thursday: In putting the budget proposals together, we are very conscious that the country is still in recession, inflation is increasing
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Revenue grows for Renishaw as Britain moves out of recession
ORDERS for products made by Gloucestershire-based company Renishaw plc accelerated in the second half of last year proving the recovery really has begun. In a week when the Government announced the country was officially out of recession, albeit by
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Football: Super-sub Styche hits winning brace on Rovers debut
REECE STYCHE enjoyed a dream Forest Green debut last night as he came off the bench to score twice and earn a crucial three points at Hayes and Yeading. Styche, who signed for Rovers on a month’s loan from Unibond side Chasetown on Monday, replaced Craig
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Council tax rise of 2.5 per cent is proposed
LEADERS at South Gloucestershire Council are proposing the authority’s lowest ever council tax rise - but opposition councillors have raised concerns that cuts will mean services to the public are affected. The Conservative administration has announced
