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• Fancy a taste of healthy eating?

  A COMMUNITY food project in Cam is in need of volunteers who are keen on learning more about self-reliance and healthy eating. read more

• MP praised in prison debate

  NORTHAVON MP Steve Webb has been praised by Home Office Minister Paul Goggins, for his "mature and intelligent" approach to a debate on open prisons which he led in the House of Commons last Tuesday. read more

• Former North Nibley star set to represent England

  BUDDING football star Chris Davis is keeping his feet firmly on the ground despite achieving selection for England schoolboys. read more

• Heart condition killed driver

  A MAN collapsed and died at the wheel of his car from a mystery condition which caused his heart to stop on Hallowe'en night, an inquest heard on Friday read more

• Defeat is no real surprise

  SIR - It is a pity that Denise Gyllenspetz chooses to make a personalised attack on me in last week's Gazette, indicative of the way in which those who favoured the transfer conducted themselves throughout. No wonder they were overwhelmingly defeated. read more

• OAPs plan a 'tax strike'

  TWO Dursley pensioners are taking a stand against rising council tax bills - by refusing to pay any increase. read more

• Hunt for the next Redgrave

  BUDDING rowers from the region are set to receive a huge boost as a hands-on scheme aimed at developing talent and possibly discovering a new Steve Redgrave comes to Filton. read more

• Weekend Picture January 30, 2004

  A carpet of plants once again covers the grounds at Newark Park, Ozleworth. There will be special weekend openings this Saturday and Sunday (11am-5pm) and continuing until February 15 when the house will also be open, with normal admission prices applying. Picture by Matthew Bigwood. read more

• Title race meets the cup chase

  Carterton Town 1, Slimbridge 1 read more

• Speed traps are just a big scam

  SIR - Nigel Murray, of the Safety Camera Partnership, congratulates himself on the large amount of public support he claims to receive. read more

• Campaigners given hope

  KINGSWOOD residents objecting to a planning application for three light industrial units, which they claim would seriously blight their lives, may have a glimmer of hope. read more

• Pro-hunt figures dubious

  SIR- I suggest Henry Berkeley (Gazette, January 2) stretches the imagination to its extremes. read more

• Events around the region

  Berkeley, Cam, Dursley and Wotton-under-Edge and districyt diary read more

• MP defends abstention

  STROUD MP David Drew has hit back at claims that he broke an election pledge by not voting against the introduction of university top-up fees. read more

• Society provides funds for history

  FUNDS to encourage more research on local history in Bristol, Gloucestershire and South Gloucestershire are being offered by the Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society. read more

• A change in fortune

  Pilning 7 Wotton-Under 5 read more

• Recycling business

  SIR - I'm confused. Stroud District Council encourages householders to recycle as much as possible. So why do businesses, who generate far more recyclable material, have to pay for all their waste to go into landfill sites, (which we are fast running out of). read more

• Bulldogs rediscover scoring touch

  Charfield AFC 0 Cam Bulldogs 4 read more

• Nuclear power is the only answer

  SIR - I was very disappointed that the Gazette resorted to sensational journalism by reporting the scaremongering pronouncements of a minor politician from a fringe party seeking publicity by playing on people's fears of cancer and radiation. read more

• Canals restoration scheme is designed to boost the region

  BRITISH WATERWAYS is spearheading ambitious plans to restore the Cotswold Canals - bringing two of England's most beautiful inland waterways back to life, making them accessible to the community and providing widespread public benefits. read more

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