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Nearly 1,000 runners take part in Oldbury Fun Run
RUNNERS leapt into gear again this year to complete the Oldbury Fun Run to raise money for children’s charity CLIC Sargent. The annual event was a huge success with almost 1,000 runners and walkers turning out to run the four mile course around the
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Grandfather 'attacked his lover in car park after prayer meeting'
A GRANDFATHER carried out a 'brutal' and 'frenzied' attack on his fiancee after she told him she wanted to end their relationship at a prayer meeting, a court heard. Nigel Bassett, 62, of Wotton-under-Edge, is in court this week on trial for
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Winterbourne View hospital is to close
WINTERBOURNE View hospital is to close on Friday, less than four weeks after a BBC programme revealed the shocking abuse of patients. The private 24-bed hospital in Hambrook was the subject of a national outcry on May 31 when Panorama aired undercover
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Tennis: Webley-Smith set to face Zakopalova this evening at Wimbledon
THORNBURY’S Emily Webley-Smith faces a long wait for her first round singles match at Wimbledon today. After rain washed out much of yesterday’s play, Webley-Smith’s clash against World No38 Klara Zakopalova is due to be the fifth and final game of the
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Youngsters star in Take That tribute show
A ONE-year-old theatre school in Yate is already proving its worth as youngsters are picked to be the stars of stage and screen. The Razzamataz school of dance, drama and singing was only launched last year but now has 120 members ranging from the
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Council agrees to buy 600-home development site
A BID to designate a piece of land as a village green to halt a major development in Dursley could be scuppered by the local authority, which is buying the land. Stroud District Council has agreed to buy the 600-home Littlecombe development site from
