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Lib Dems 'not surprised' by heavy AV referendum defeat
LIBERAL Democrats faced a crushing blow as people across the region and the country said a resounding No to AV. In both South Gloucestershire and Stroud district, voters were in tune with popular opinion and voted no to AV in the referendum last Thursday
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Sentence changed again for man who attacked partner
A MAN who attacked his partner in their garden while subject to a suspended jail term for earlier violence has had his sentence changed for the second time. When Carl Humphries, 25, was sentenced in February for assaulting his then girlfriend, he was
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Teacher shares her skills with schools in Africa
THE way children are taught to read at a primary school in Chipping Sodbury is now on the curriculum at impoverished schools in west Africa. The phonics system of sounding out words used at Raysfield Infants School is being taught to hundreds of poor
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Vulnerable teenagers to benefit from new mobile classroom
VULNERABLE teenagers are set to benefit from an important new service promising to turn their lives around. Children’s charity Barnardo’s South West launched its new £180,000 mobile classroom at Berkeley Castle last week. ‘Revolutions
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Bank customer's Olympic ticket joy
A BANK customer from Yate is one of the first people in the country to have secured a spot at the London 2012 Olympics. David Penton, 36, has won the chance to see the likes of triple Olympic champion Usain Bolt and double gold medallist Rebecca Adlington
