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• With the Reds

  DEBUTANT Marc Goodfellow was the hero for City at Meadow Lane last weekend when his last minute header gave the visiting side three points, as City beat Notts County 2-1. read more

• Conker players' favourite falls foul of winds

  CONKER players in Pilning are in mourning after a favourite horse chestnut tree fell victim to this week's gale force winds. read more

• Referendum could be the country's salvation

  SIR - "They think it's all over" was a famous quote from the 1966 Football World Cup Final commentary. Some people have drawn a similar conclusion from the collapse of the Inter Governmental Conference last December in Brussels. read more

• Interchange work begins

  IMPROVEMENT work to the Almondsbury motorway interchange was getting under way this week after verges were cleared of protected creatures including rare slow worms and grass snakes. read more

• Let's return to the old ways

  SIR - I am writing to express my worries about the way our Western world puts too much emphasis on the value of money. I realise that money is important for many reasons like trading and the countries' economy but I think that to some people it matters too much. read more

• Keeping the lid on your recycling requirements

  MORE than 12,000 green bins arrived on South Gloucestershire residents' doorsteps this week as the new twin bin refuse collection service got underway. read more

• Club continues to kepp village community happy

  IN the heart of the village of Wickwar lies a social club which has become part of the fabric of the community. Formed in 1936, Wickwar Social Club is thought to be one of the oldest of its kind in the area. Feature writer KIRSTY RAMSDEN spoke to Mervyn Pollard, club president, to find out about its past and present. read more

• It's OK to mention the war when Kate calls

  BATTLE hardened foreign correspondent Kate Adie is coming to Thornbury this spring - even though the town is not expected to be a war zone. read more

• Customers' sewerage priority

  THE maintenance of sewers is one of the main priorities for water customers in South Gloucestershire. read more

• Looking for married couples

  CHURCH leaders in Thornbury want to hear from the town's longest married couples. read more

• Health chiefs are not listening, says survey

  THE NHS is not listening to thousands of South Gloucestershire residents, according to a new survey. read more

• Yate, Chipping Sodbury and district diary

  Friday, January 16 10.30am, Marshfield Church Hall. WI Market. 7.30pm, Chipping Sodbury Town Hall. Sodbury Players presents Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. read more

• Home for Concorde

  DERELICT land at Cribbs Causeway has been identified as a possible home for a new aviation museum with Concorde as its star attraction. read more

• Battling end tale of barbarity

  DAVE Stallworthy was happily watching television in his Yate home one evening back in 2002. Little did he know that watching a documentary about the barbaric bear-farming industry in China would change his life forever. read more

• We think Yate's great!

  IN 2003 the readers of Idler Magazine rated Yate as one of the 50 worst places to live in the UK. read more

• A hit with the kids for Shore

  FORMER England youth international Jamie Shore has been the toast of the region's junior football scene over the Christmas period, having seen his coaching programme mature into a renowned sporting scheme. read more

• Council set to cut village hall funds

  COUNCILLORS in Almondsbury are cutting cash support for local village halls in a bid to balance the books. read more

• Town's council tax rise of £2

  THORNBURY'S share of this year's Council Tax "take" is to rise by less than £2. read more

• Town is missing good PR

  SIR - Now that the Christmas period is over I hope that the residents of Thornbury had a good time and enjoyed the festive illuminations in our town but I feel that Thornbury is missing out somewhere. read more

• Put environment top of the agenda

  SIR - For over 30 years the Green parties of the globe have been warning of the perils of climate change. The new study published in the Nature journal confirms what was already known: climate change is potentially the most serious environmental challenge facing humankind. By 2050 it is estimated we will have lost a quarter of land animals and plants. read more

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