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• Birthday celebrations for Irene, 100

  A DURSLEY nursing home resident has celebrated her 100th birthday. read more

• Youngster's future in doubt

  Alastair Bressington has admitted that his Gloucestershire cricket career could be over after he was told that the county are not in a position to offer him a contract. read more

• Gazette Comment

  FOR Gloucestershire County Council it may be a road to nowhere. But for the residents of Brookend it is the road they use everyday - and they want something done about the state of it. read more

• Our democracy is not entirely safe

  SIR - Was I the only reader who noticed the synergy between the letters in last week's Gazette from the pro-hunting lobby and the letter from Martin Whiteside, the Green Party's Parliamentary candidate? read more

• Lewer promises Lawn changes

  Crawley Town 4 Forest Green Rovers 2 read more

• 'Better to hunt than use drugs'

  A WOTTON-UNDER-EDGE student took the day off college on Tuesday to join the pro-hunting protest in Brighton. read more

• Carmichael warns of revaluation 'time bomb'

  NEIL CARMICHAEL, prospective Parliamentary candidate for Stroud, has warned that the revaluation of properties for council tax, starting next year, was "a ticking tax timebomb" that threatens to send council tax bills in Stroud District soaring. read more

• Alleyne's army is marching on

  GLOUCESTERSHIRE CCC can look back on the 2004 season with much pride, having salvaged a campaign that had looked to heading towards disaster at one point. read more

• Let nature decide the kill - so allow hunting

  SIR - Like many people in the countryside, I feed the fox every night and can watch it within two yards of my window. Despite this, I support fox hunting. The fox is a lovely animal but it is also a killer. It can wreak havoc in a farmyard and at lambing time. If it gets in amongst the hens, it does not kill one, it kills the lot. read more

• There's no place like home for Gloucestershire

  Gloucestershire County Cricket Club has taken a huge step forward this week by finally buying its home ground. read more

• Enjoy the sounds of music day

  THE TOWN will be full of the sounds of folk and acoustic music tomorrow for the annual Dursley Folk and Acoustic Music Day. read more

• Sharks seize the cup after dramatic final showdown

  Reg Davis Memorial Cup final Sharpness 2 Lydney Town 1 read more

• Hunt ban will bring misery

  SIR - The countryside which the general public so loves was, and is, shaped by the great landlords, the farmers, and their helpers to feed the nation and to enjoy all country sports, thus providing habitats for all forms of wildlife. read more

• We need lots more books

  THANKS a million! We have had tremendous support for our appeal for your old books but we would still like some more. read more

• Imagine being a fox

  SIR - I feel I must express my feelings for the poor fox in the recent debate. I wish the people that are in favour of fox-hunting would find themselves in the same position as the fox and imagine themselves being chased by a mad pack of dogs, knowing when they get them they will be ripped apart and finding the heart pounding to bursting point as they run as fast as they can, scared for their very life, like a murderer after you. Maybe, if that happened to them, they would feel very differently about this so called sport, read more

• Knowlson knows best after stunning triumph

  DURSLEY'S motorcycle racer, Simon Knowlson, has again won the N G Motorcycle Club's coveted 600cc Championship on his George White Superbike sponsored Yamaha R6. He returned to the series again this year having first won the title in 2002. read more

• Work can forge ahead at the cinema project

  A GENEROUS plumber has given his services to the Wotton-under-Edge cinema project free. read more

• What people are planning

  PLANNING applications received by Stroud District Council include: read more

• 'We feel let down' - Natalie's parents

  AN INQUEST into the death of Charfield teenager Natalie Dibden has found that the death was accidental. read more

• Homes lead to pavement row

  A PAVEMENT in Wotton-under-Edge will have to be raised by more than two foot to meet the entrances to two new properties. read more

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