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Cricket: Kylander stars in crushing win for Thornbury
WAYNE KYLANDER took four wickets and then hit a half-century to guide Thornbury to a crushing win over Corsham. After winning the toss, Thornbury took wickets regularly through Corsham’s innings, with Kylander taking 4-34 from his ten overs
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Cricket: Armfield shines with bat and ball
A depleted Almondsbury side entertained Stoke Bishop on Saturday and ran out victors thanks to a fine all round performance by Tom Armfield. Skipper Andy Parkinson lost the all important toss and found his team batting on a very sticky wicket. Jack
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Cricket: Malik slays the Rams
Bottom side Trowbridge won for the first time this season against Rockhampton. The confidence the Rams gained from their eight wicket win over local rivals Stroud in the previous week was apparent as they strangled the Trowbridge top order in the first
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Cricket: Oldlands beat Cam to go top
Oldlands surged to the top of the table after a convincing derby win over Cam. On losing the toss at Abwell, the visitors found themselves batting first and soon in trouble at 13-2. Stuart Newman (28) and Graham Brown (20*) were the main contributors
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Company director is jailed for fraud
A COMPANY director from Almondsbury has been jailed for more than three years after admitting to fraud and using underhand tactics to get work. Jim Coffey, 34, of Over Lane, was sentenced to three years and four months after appearing at Bristol Crown
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600-home development site to be bought by council for £1
THE 600 home Littlecombe development site in Dursley is set to be bought by Stroud District Council for the grand sum of £1. The local authority is proposing to buy the site from the South West Regional Development Agency (RDA), a quango which is
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Police arrest 29 motorists for drink driving
POLICE made 29 arrests during the first fortnight of their summer drink drive campaign. Gloucestershire Police arrested 18 people in the first week and a further 11 in the second week of the campaign, which began at the start of the month. Of those
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Football: Griffin and Norwood make Rovers return
FOREST Green boss David Hockaday has moved swiftly to negate Ross Dyer's switch to Mansfield Town by swooping for former Forest Green duo Charlie Griffin and James Norwood. Experienced striker Griffin, 31, returns to the New Lawn for a third spell after
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Daughter appeals for return of heirloom
A DAUGHTER is searching for an heirloom left by her mother that got accidentally taken to a charity shop. Sue Marsh is desperately trying to track down a silver monkey statue that was sold at the Blue Cross charity shop in Dursley that belonged to
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Sunshine welcomed crowds to annual carnival
SUNSHINE drew the crowds to Easter Compton at the weekend for the village’s annual carnival and fun day. The Easter Carnival, held on Saturday, began with the traditional parade through the village led by this year’s carnival queen nine-year-old Freya
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Women painted town pink to promote breast cancer awareness
WOMEN joined together to support the Paint it Pink campaign aimed at promoting breast cancer awareness. The campaign was led by Jo Ueung, from Cam, who has terminal cancer, and believes that if she had been more conscientious about checking her breasts
