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• A storming start for play

  A FORMER Marlwood School drama student who now works in theatre on the other side of the Atlantic, is swapping hurricane-battered Florida for the quieter climes of Gloucestershire this week. read more

• Classics hit the road

  THE ANNUAL Great West Road Run takes place on Sunday. read more

• Oh oh, here comes double trouble

  A THORNBURY school is faced with a potential comedy of errors after enrolling SIX sets of twins. read more

• Fair captures imagination

  THOUSANDS of books have been handed in at collection points in Dursley, Wotton-under-Edge, Thornbury, Chipping Sodbury and Yate for a mammoth charity fundraiser a week on Sunday. read more

• Crafty collection in fund-raising event

  JEWELLERY, wood-turning and home-made cards were just a few of the stalls at a craft fair organised by the Campaign to Protect Rural England at Chipping Sodbury Town Hall on Saturday. read more

• Outrage at must plan

  THE planned siting of a phone mast between two primary schools and a nursery in Yate has sparked safety fears among parents concerned for their youngsters' health. read more

• Vote boundary set to change

  COMMUNITY leaders in Almondsbury are holding a special meeting next week to discuss possible boundary changes which could see some voters being moved into a different district ward. read more

• With the Reds

  An 88th minute goal from Chesterfield right-back Alex Bailey ensured that Bristol City's slow start to the season continued. Bailey tried his luck from 30 yards in Saturday's game at Saltergate to make the final score 2-2. read more

• Dog owners face tough new laws

  NEW powers came into force this week enabling South Gloucestershire Council to take tougher, more effective action to tackle the menace of dog fouling. read more

• Greetings, citzens, to our Roman Day

  ANCIENT Rome was brought back to life at Westonbirt School, with 700 pupils from schools around the area involved. read more

• Vicar is appointed rural dean

  THE Rev David Primrose, vicar of Thornbury and Oldbury-on-Severn with Shepperdine, is to be the new rural dean of Hawkesbury. read more

• Security guard fears for his life

  A YATE security guard is claiming that a case of mistaken identity has made him the victim of attempted murder. read more

• Should we withhold our rates?

  SIR - With reference to the article Mop Fair changes to help traders (Gazette, September 24) I would beg the question HOW? read more

• Posters were signs of future

  AFTER more than 18 months of dedication to a project, pupils at Culverhill Special School in Yate have finally seen their hard work pay off. read more

• With the Pirates

  EAST ANGLIA beckons again tomorrow with bottom-but-one Cambridge United the opposition. They have managed one win in 11, which explains where they are. read more

• Mop is in need of a new venue

  SIR - On Friday September 24 I walked along Broad Street, Chipping Sodbury. The street was closed, with tarpaulined fairground rides on either side and was virtually deserted. Most of the shops were devoid of customers. read more

• Weekend picture

  Evidence of recent wet weather can be found in this cascade on the River Boyd as it flows by Barrow Hill in Wick this week Picture by Steve Richards GSR925H04 read more

• Almonds attack

  Almondsbury FC 2 Elmore 2 read more

• Co-op is complying with Act

  SIR - It is disappointing that the Co-operative Group was not offered the right of reply to comments on Thornbury Co-op's Post Office made by a visiting politician to the town. read more

• Pledge to fight for rural school places

  THE man who hopes to be Northavon's Conservative MP after the next General Election has attacked Government cost cutting plans which are putting South Gloucestershire's small rural schools at risk of closure. read more

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