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• Building a freindship

  Thornbury two-year-old Cameron Jackson took Bob the Builder home with him this week after winning the big soft toy in a free prize drawn at a Thornbury shop. Delighted Cameron is pictured here with his mum Sandra (right) and Nicki Alker of the Jack and Jill children's clothes shop in St Mary Street. read more

• Popular market is to stay

  THORNBURY'S twice monthly farmers ' markets are here to stay. read more

• Council aiming for excellence

  SOUTH Gloucestershire Council has received another good mark for its services from independent efficiency watchdogs. read more

• Yate stopped mid-motorway

  YATE were on en route to Rugby last Saturday but were turned back when a late pitch inspection proved negative. read more

• Animal testing fails to show drugs' result on humans

  SIR - The recent admission by pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline's vice-president of genetics that 90 per cent of their drugs only work in 30-50 per cent of people is a tragic consequence of the continued use of animal tests for assessing the safety and effectiveness of drugs. Not only do these unreliable experiments lead to drugs that don't work, they also enable dangerous products to flow on to the market. read more

• 'Unacceptable' flooding is set to continue for villages

  SEWAGE problems in Frampton Cotterell look set to continue. read more

• Pane-staking decor wins

  Florist Jean Owen, of T & G Owen, The Plain, in her Christmas window that has won first prize in this year's decorated shop window competition organised by Thornbury Chamber of Trade. Wildings, of High Street, came second and David Smith, men's outfitters in High Street, was third GJA1165V03 read more

• At last - a crossing for dangerous road

  CAMPAIGNERS pressing for a new pedestrian crossing on one of the most dangerous roads in Thornbury have won a Christmas victory. read more

• MP condemns plans to cut hospital beds

  POSSIBLE reduction in beds at North Bristol NHS-run hospitals, including Frenchay, has been condemned as "desperate" by Northavon MP Steve Webb. read more

• Poor run goes on

  THORNBURY TOWN 1 TAVENERS 2 read more

• Town cinema plan is well underway

  THE campaign for a new cinema in Yate's town centre is well underway, according to its main backer Northavon MP Steve Webb. read more

• Roving Rocks

  Tytherington Rocks 5 Hardwicke 2 read more

• Teens' Amazonian target

  SENIOR pupils from Thornbury's Castle School have been busy raising cash for their trip-of-a-lifetime to the Andes next year. read more

• Foxes won't be spared

  SIR - Even in the midst of the season of "goodwill to all men," that Christmas spirit doesn't extend to the animal kingdom, and on Boxing Day a determined minority will be out hunting foxes and killing them with packs of dogs. read more

• Marvellous Kath retires from job

  2004 will bring a fresh challenge to Kath Crook as she retires from read more

• 'Field get revenge

  Mangotsfield United 4 Halesowen 0 read more

• Objections sure to be made after waste scheme starts

  SIR - In my opinion waste collection and disposal is one of the most important services provided by the local authority. I am very much in favour of recycling and currently recycle everything possible. read more

• Pupils check the patient

  Emily Clutterbuck,7, and Hollie Pearson,7, guess where the patient had an operation at the Marshfield Primary School Christmas fair GTS192H03 read more

• Hat-trick win for North

  North Bristol 19 Aretians 12 read more

• No sense to many speed limit signs

  SIR - My information is different from that of John Barker (Gazette, December 12). read more

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