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• Democracy in action

  SIR - Mr Berkeley and his thugs may well have been behaving in a "peaceable and perfectly responsible fashion'" as his spokesman suggests, but if he did not set out to intimidate then he is more a fool than even the centuries of "aristocratic specialisation" would suggest. read more

• Someone is listening

  SIR - Congratulations to Pat Gardener for her excellent letter (Gazette, November 5). She alone of the three prospective parliamentary candidates appears to have checked her facts, and to have listened to what the NHS Trust were actually saying! read more

• Versatile quilters turn a hand to various projects

  FROM throws to bedspreads, from waistcoats to cushions, Frome Valley Quilters can turn their hands to most things. Indeed they have made quilts to be raffled in aid of good causes and even story bags for libraries. Gazette feature writer Kirsty Ramsden met the founder of Frome Valley Quilters to discover the motivation behind the art. read more

• Having a ball in the ball pit

  YOUNGSTERS at a Yate playgroup for children with special needs are enjoying the benefits of a new facility. read more

• Not enough respect

  YATE Town Council has come under fire from members of the British Royal Legion for not showing enough respect on Remembrance Sunday. read more

• My thanks to the trust

  SIR - I would like, through your newspaper, publicly to thank the South Gloucestershire Primary Care Trust for the way it is carrying out its duties in Building Better Services for the unitary authority. The trust's project Help Us Decide is being carried out with real concern to take into account local people's values, and their thoughts and feelings on the changes. read more

• Dilemma over smoke ban

  SMOKING in Thornbury's numerous pubs is to be outlawed by 2008 - if they serve food. read more

• 'Gang' is bigger this year

  VILLAGE Scouts will be treading the boards this month in a special talent show in Bristol. read more

• Sorry to disappoint, but this is intimidation in my book

  SIR - I am not a Lib Dem member or a supporter, but I certainly fully support Steve Webb's claim about intimidation by the Berkeley Hunt and its supporters. read more

• The sign of a cold winter? Trees are this week heavily laden with berries in St Mary's churchyard in

  The sign of a cold winter? Trees are heavily laden with berries in St Mary's churchyard in Yate Picture by Steve Richards GSR1044H04 read more

• Youngsters will be welcome at cabin

  THE LOG Cabin Club and Little Acorns Pre-School at Tortworth was officially opened by Northavon MP Steve Webb on Saturday. read more

• ITs learning through play

  STAFF and committee members at St Helen's Pre-school, in Alveston, have their sights set on raising £1,000 to buy educational toys to support early learning goals through the use of Information Communication Technology. read more

• Courtesy is everything

  SIR - I was sorry to read Mrs Patricia Gardener's letter (Gazette, November 5). read more

• Lighting the way to some festive spirit

  THE Thornbury Christmas Lights team recently took delivery of this year's town Christmas tree. read more

• Grants for organisations

  "ASK us first" - that is the message to cash-strapped community groups across South Gloucestershire from the Greater Bristol Foundation, the organisation which ensures that West Country community support funds hit the right targets. read more

• Community spirit rallies

  SIR - Over the years Thornbury has had a strong community spirit which surfaced once again at the Armstrong Hall on November 10, to hear what the health authorities had to say about the proposed closure of ward(s) at Thornbury Hospital. read more

• Gifts, help needed for the homeless

  SIR - As each Christmas draws near, the Bristol based charity, Caring at Christmas, shakes itself up, and gets into gear, to make a better Christmas for homeless people. read more

• With the Pirates

  WHAT was a less than adequate FA Cup performance at the weekend and an unwanted replay go on the back-burner for a few days as the need for sustaining at least a play-off challenge assumes tomorrow. read more

• Star-struck pupils show off their art

  STARS have lit up Tockington Manor School - and, apart from a visit from a real footballer's wife, they were not the celebrity kind. read more

• Riding on without their grant

  ALMOST a year ago Yate, Sodbury and District Community Transport received news a funding bid for £30,000 had been refused. With steely determination the community transport team has strived to ensure it will continue as unhindered as possible without the valuable grant. Gazette feature writer Kirsty Ramsden met Jenni Moorhouse, community transport's manager, to find out how the service has been affected and about its money-spinning plans for the future. read more

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