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• Alleyne honoured

  GLOUCESTERSHIRE legend Mark Alleyne has been awarded an MBE in the New Year's Honours List after 17 years of service to the club. read more

• Records broken as shoppers flock in

  NEARLY three quarters of a million shoppers headed to Yate for gifts and bargains this Christmas. read more

• Weekend Picture January 9, 2004

  Winter sunshine creates reflections in the duck pond at Yew Tree Farm, Newton, near Rockhampton Picture by Steve Richards GSR14H04 read more

• Motorist hit fuel pumps

  A MOTORIST drove directly into fuel pumps at a Yate garage on Tuesday morning. read more

• Farmers warned of barn arsonists

  FARMERS' leaders in South Gloucestershire fear a fire raiser could be on the prowl. read more

• Soldier heads home for late Christmas

  A CHIPPING SODBURY reservist is returning home next week after nearly a year in Iraq. read more

• Stadium, housing 'no'

  "BESIEGED" Easter Compton and Pilning residents breathed a sigh of relief this week as developers put their stadium and housing plans on hold. read more

• THORNBURY AND DISTRICT DIARY

  Friday, January 9 7.30pm, Tytherington Village Hall, Tytherington Local History Society, Growing Up In Tytherington During The 1940s And 1950s. 7.30pm, Thornbury, Old Bakery Annexe, Chapel Street, Thornbury Stamp Club, Chairman's Evening - Carlton Jones. 7.30pm, Thornbury, Christ the King Church Hall, Castle Street, Octopus presents Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. Tickets from R A Bennett, the Plain, Thornbury or telephone 01454 418884/01454 412589. read more

• New exhibition on local history

  DISCOVER the history of your village at a new exhibition being staged by the Sodbury Vale Family History Group. read more

• Weekend Picture January 9, 2004

  Winter sunshine creates reflections in the duck pond at Yew Tree Farm, Newton, near Rockhampton Picture by Steve Richards GSR14H04 read more

• Burglars mean business

  CRIME in Winterbourne would have dramatically reduced in the past year if commercial burglars had not honed in on an area they see as "rich pickings". read more

• YATE, CHIPPING SODBURY AND DISTRICT DIARY

  Friday, January 9 10.30am, Marshfield Church Hall. WI Market. read more

• Scooter scheme driven forward

  A SOUTH Gloucestershire contingent is travelling to Poole next week to witness the town's shopmobility scheme in action. read more

• Help with golf course research

  SIR - A few months ago I met a golf historian who was interested in the history of two local courses, Alveston GC and Rodway Hill GC , both of which are now defunct. read more

• 'Rat run' traffic to be discussed

  RESIDENTS in Winterbourne will get the chance to tell South Gloucestershire Council what they think about traffic scheme proposals later this month. read more

• Welsh roots to road?

  SIR - Does anyone know the origin of the name Tafarn-bach for the junction of the B4509 and B4058 roads at the top of Charfield Hill ? read more

• Delight at plastic bank

  SIR - I am delighted that we are to have plastic banks in mid-January in four sites in South Gloucestershire to recycle our milk, drinks and detergent bottles. I cannot wait for this new facility that has been available in other counties and in Europe for many years. read more

• Bridge tolls rise again

  TOLL charges for drivers crossing both the old Severn Bridge and the Second Severn Crossing have risen again. read more

• Phone mast sparks fury

  RESIDENTS in Old Down are furious after planning chiefs rubberstamped plans for a new mobile phone mast at a Green Belt beauty spot. read more

• With the Reds

  AT the beginning of December, Danny Wilson made a claim that City would be one of the top sides by new year. He has been proved right. read more

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