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Tories to continue as minority administration on council
THE Conservative group on South Gloucestershire Council will continue as a minority administration following the results of the local elections. The three main parties have agreed to keep the Tories in cabinet after the group gained one seat
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KFC employee is assaulted and racially abused
POLICE have launched an inquiry after a racist attack at a drive-through restaurant in Cribbs Causeway. Officers were called to the Kentucky Fried Chicken eatery following reports that an employee had been assaulted and racially abused by a driver
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Cricket: Rocky batting display leads to defeat
Whilst early rain threatened this season curtain-raiser, it was the Rockhampton batting that proved to be the real damp squib on an eventful afternoon at the Boundary Field. After new Rams captain James Hancox lost the toss, Rockhampton were put in to
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Cherry Pickings: Fish fingers to lobster thermidor
A 68-17 victory against Sale in the last Premiership league match of the season was not at all a bad finale. The Kingsholm faithful will have gone home happy and they saw some quite remarkable tries during the afternoon. There was little sign of a
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Four charity shop books sold for thousands at auction
FOUR books donated anonymously to a local charity shop have been sold for £2,600 at Wotton Auction Rooms. The books were left for sale at the Break charity shop in Stonehouse by a passer-by earlier this year. Shop manager Linda Clements noticed how
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Rugby: Dursley beat Cirencester to win cup
Dursley produced their best performance of the season to outclass Cirencester in the Combination Cup Final. The young squad with an average age of under-21 showed dogged determination and wide expansive play against more experienced opponents, who play
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Inside the Pavilion: Rain denies us famous victory
THE County Championship match against Middlesex delighted me. Every day produced skilful competitive cricket, with first one side on top, then the other. Had rain not topped and tailed the fourth day a famous victory may have been our young team’s
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Wealthy south west residents make it into national rich list
THE wealthy are getting wealthier in the UK and moneymakers in the South West are no exception. Several local residents have appeared in the Sunday Times Rich List for 2011, including a vacuum cleaner inventor, a engineering firm owner and a best-selling
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City Chat: Summer will be a big test for Millen
City signed off the 2010/11 season in style with an impressive 3-0 victory at Ashton Gate against a Hull City side that had been unbeaten in their previous 17 away games. The pre-match build up had rightly centred around this being Steve Lansdown’s
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Cricket: Toms stars on Charfield debut
Charfield started their new venture in the Stroud District League with a win over Stroud. Steve Morgan (18) and David Gorman (23) put on a good 44 run partnership for Charfield’s first wicket before Gorman was clean bowled by a full toss from Jamie
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Cricket: Exciting derby thwarted by weather
A nicely poised opening game of the season between local rivals Frampton and Stone was brought to a halt by heavy rain. Frampton required 73 to win with 24 overs to go and six wickets in hand on a bowler friendly pitch before the heavens opened. Stone
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Gas Gossip: It is crucial to make a quick appointment
ROVERS finished the season in disappointing fashion after slumping to defeat at Colchester on Saturday. The team was decimated by injury so the 2-1 loss did not come as a great surprise. Some abject defending gifted the U’s their goals and has characterised
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Football: Sterling happy with first season in charge at Slimbridge
SLIMBRIDGE manager Leon Sterling said he was pleased with a fifth place finish in the Hellenic Premier League even though they led the table with just three games to go. A defeat at fellow title-chasers at Highworth Town cost the Swans and Wantage won
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Cricket: Teenager Miles makes debut as Gloucestershire toil
GLOUCESTERSHIRE handed a shock debut to 16-year-old Craig Miles against Northamptonshire yesterday. He had Alex Wakely caught by Chris Taylor at short extra cover for his maiden County Championship wicket, but Northants recovered from 125-5 to reach
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Cricket: Rain ruins Thornbury's win hopes
THORNBURY’S hopes of starting life back in Premier One with victory were damaged by the weather on Saturday. An interesting game was in prospect with Downend on 59-1 from 10.5 overs in pursuit of 297 before the heavens opened. Thornbury made a good
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Football: Forest Green offer deals to 11 and release six
FOREST Green boss Dave Hockaday has offered new deals to 11 out-of-contract players. James Bittner, Jared Hodgkiss, Luke Jones, Curtis McDonald, Calum Henry, Chris Allen, Gavin Caines, Ross Dyer, Jeffrey Imudia and part-time players Scott Bartlett
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Football: Cup triumph is just the start, says Yate boss Cousins
YATE TOWN manager Rob Cousins believes the Gloucestershire Senior Challenge triumph can help build a winning mentality at the club. The Bluebells ended a difficult season that saw them finish in the bottom half of Zamaretto Division One South
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WHSmith to open store in Thornbury
HIGH street giant WHSmith is set to come to Thornbury later this summer. The owners of the St Mary Shopping Centre announced this week that they have exchanged contracts with the national chain. Richard Blake, asset manager for the Peer group, which
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Six arrests after police officers are attacked
SIX young people were arrested after police officers were surrounded by a mob and attacked in an unprovoked incident. Several police officers were taken to hospital to be treated for bite marks, scratches, cuts and bruises, following an incident in
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Exclusive: Yate tries to block housing plans with village green status
Exclusive A MOVE has been mounted to block plans for a huge housing development in north Yate by protecting a field with village green status. Residents in Brimsham Park came up with the idea in their bid to lessen the impact of Heron
