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• What roads need is some commonsense

  SIR - Can anyone explain the continuing deployment of road signs around the county ? Is there a budget the council has to use on instruction from central government ? Perhaps someone can explain when the police might ever find the resources to enforce these new speed limits ? read more

• Cannabis found in car park swoop

  WHEN Frampton Cotterell residents complained about young people gathering at the Crossbow car park by the village playing fields, the police launched Operation Duke to tackle the problem. read more

• Meet Santa and his reindeer

  REAL reindeer were the highlight of the show at the launch of late night shopping in Yate last week. read more

• New year start on rugby pitch?

  AFTER five years of waiting, people in Wotton-under-Edge may soon be able to hone their rugby skills on a new pitch as the first phase of development of a new sports facility in the town gets under way. read more

• Berkeley, Cam, Dursley and Wotton-under-Edge and district diary

  Friday, November 28 read more

• Row as vital buses axed

  A FRENCHAY pensioner is furious that a vital bus service, which is a lifeline for elderly residents, has been stopped without any notice or public consultation. read more

• Spotlight on gypsy sites

  THE PROVISION of gypsy sites in South Gloucestershire has come under severe scrutiny from the Supreme Courts of Justice. read more

• A golden age for triathlon

  WITH no events to plan for, it is the time of the year to reflect on the triathlons of the summer. With this in mind, Yate Tristars met at Yate Outdoor Sports Centre for the second annual prize-giving on November 24. read more

• Thornbury and district and Severnside diary

  Friday, December 5 read more

• A night to remember

  OVER 200 people turned up for the Bristol Golf Club Presentation Evening hosted by The Bristol Captains. read more

• Snub threatens viability

  A THORNBURY family farming business struggling to pick up the threads after the ravages of foot and mouth disease is now under threat from council chiefs. read more

• Top quality throughout

  QUARRYING has brought jobs and prosperity to Chipping Sodbury for centuries, with evidence of stone extraction here dating back to the Roman times. read more

• Weekend Picture, August 1, 2003

  Is this really summer? Wild flowers and grasses colour the verges near Hawkesbury beneath unseasonally dark clouds read more

• Yate, Chipping Sodbury and district diary

  Friday, December 5 read more

• Making a difference in Africa

  MAKING a difference in a poverty-stricken African village would be a proud boast for any community, but for a tiny Yate-based charity it is a staggering achievement. Since it was launched the Yate-Genieri Link has been supporting children's day care and stocking a health centre in the Gambian village of Genieri. It has supplied fishing boats and beehives - and a market stall so villagers can sell their surplus. KIRSTY RAMSDEN met three of the charity's committee members to find out more. read more

• Annual ride out for hunt

  Kennel huntsman Tony Holdsworth leads the Beaufort hounds down Chipping Sodbury High Street for the hunt's annual meet in the town on Wednesday GSR1170H03 read more

• Want a say? Go to town

  RESIDENTS are being invited to have their say on the future of their town through a comprehensive shopping survey of the district's main market towns. read more

• Long live Concorde

  A CAMPAIGN to stop the "first step backwards in the technology revolution" and save Concorde has been building in strength and numbers after last week's epic final flight back to Filton. read more

• R A Lister fire remembered

  TIME flies by or so it seems. It is now 20 years since a major fire devastated part of the R A Lister factory on Wednesday, July 27 1983. read more

• Weekend Picture

  Rustle in the reeds . . . a tranquil summer scene in Sharpness looking across The Ridge Sand on the Severn at low water towards The Forest of Dean Picture by John Anyon GJA789H03 read more

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