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• New road danger fears

  EMOTIONS ran high at Kingswood Parish Council on Monday, with a delegation of residents "seriously concerned" about the effect proposed industrial development may have on their lives. read more

• Wotton strike black gold

  Bristol Telephones 8 Wotton-under-Edge 31 read more

• Gazette 12th anniversary supplement

  Read this 40-page special publication on-line . . . read more

• Course recognises its a tough job being a parent

  PARENTING can be the toughest job in the world yet one you receive the least training for. However a nationwide charity is about the launch a new term of courses in Dursley and Cam to readdress the situation. Feature writer KIRSTY RAMSDEN met Debbie MacLeod, area manager Gloucestershire for Parentline Plus, to find out more. read more

• Still going strong and here to stay

  TODAY the Gazette is a member of an international family of newspapers - part of the Wales and Western region of Newsquest Media Group, in turn part of the US company Gannett, which owns newspapers, including USA Today, and television stations across America. read more

• Princess made our presses roll

  How the Gazette reported a royal visit - an occasion when the newspaper itself made the news read more

• . . . 25 years there was a markedly new look

  1903 read more

• Speeders in the spotlight

  SPEEDERS beware - villagers are gunning for you in Cromhall. read more

• Local news has more relevance

  THERE is a tendency in some quarters to be rather snobbish about local newspapers. read more

• Concorde's last homecoming - video offer

  CONCORDE'S final flight on November 26, 2003, will remain unforgettable in the hearts and minds of thousands of people. read more

• Rovers fall again

  Roman Glass 2 Wotton Rovers 1 read more

• Sign of speeding on 30mph road

  SIR - I really can't see what all the fuss is about surrounding the new "monstrous", "imposing" and "intrusive" directional road sign on the B4058 (Gazette, December 5) going out of Wotton towards Wickwar. read more

• Chipping Sodbury - the past 125 years (continued)

  1Picture of around 1900 when the remains (shaft and base) of the 16th century cross stood in the grounds of the Roman Catholic Church read more

• Cricket and the Grace phenomena

  CRICKET was a very popular game in the district in late Victorian times. Thornbury was fortunate in being able to call on the talents of the famous Grace family. Details from just two of Thornbury's matches will serve to illustrate the formidable powers of the Grace brothers. read more

• Act now on hunting ban

  SIR - The Hunting with Dogs issue rumbles on - the government has been procrastinating long enough - they must honour their pledge to the voting public and allow its MPs to resolve this issue. read more

• Faces from the Gazette past

  1Peter Bailey (right) studies special edition of the Gazette produced for the centenary open day in June, 1978. Pictured also are production director David Hatch (left), deputy foreman David Jones and editor John Cox. read more

• The Gazette in Thornbury continued

  SO 125 years have flashed by in Thornbury since the Gazette first dropped off the press 12 miles "up the road" in Dursley. read more

• Today's Gazette team

  1Gazette editor David Cullimore, seated left, with editorial staff Stephen Richards, Keith Watson, Elaine Parry, Christine Hibbs, Julia Causton, Gordon Evans, Carole Taylor, Nathan Woolford and John Anyon read more

• Council fight against apathy

  KINGSWOOD Parish Council is to canvas potential new councillors in the run-up to election in June. read more

• Best advice: don't drive

  GLOUCESTERSHIRE County Council and Gloucestershire police have teamed up to launch the annual Christmas crackdown on drink-driving. read more

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