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• Their prize is a trip to China

  A GROUP of six students from Katharine Lady Berkeley's School have won an all-expenses-paid trip to China after winning their category at the British Council 2004 Mandarin-speaking competition. read more

• Charities Fair well attended

  A CHARITIES Fair in Wotton-under-Edge at the weekend was very well attended, raising more than £3,000. read more

• Legal Eagles swoop

  A MULTI-AGENCY operation aimed at tackling a wide variety of illegal behaviour has been hailed a success by the police officer who co-ordinated the exercise. read more

• Senior council officer quits

  THE SAGA of senior officer Martyn Harwood's long absence from Stroud District Council is over. read more

• Community club to get #8,000 boost

  THE THRIVING GL11 community project in Cam will receive £8,000 from Dursley Lions' Club. read more

• Pressing on with heritage centre

  DURSLEY'S new heritage centre will be open by the end of January. read more

• Postage reassurance

  SIR - In response to Graham Bartlett's letter querying my postage costs, I would like to reassure constituents that I do not and would not send any party political information by House of Commons post. This would be entirely inappropriate. read more

• Electrical checks causing a shock

  SIR - I could not believe the shock I got while reading this on the Stroud Council website. read more

• Chance to help preserve rare habitat

  A CHANCE to have a go at some practical conservation is being offered by Stroud Valleys Project tomorrow. read more

• The poor chickens?

  SIR - I notice in most letters re fox-hunting that its always the poor fox. read more

• Councillor looks for solution to town's parking problems

  GLOUCESTERSHIRE county councillor for Dursley Cllr Geoff Wheeler (Lab) is trying to find a solution to problems of parking in the town. read more

• Lighting up the town

  VOLUNTEERS from Dursley Chamber of Trade were busy over the weekend installing the Christmas trees and decorative lighting to brighten up the town during the festive season. read more

• Silent majority is against a cruel and violent 'sport'

  SIR - Hunting is, as most of us have always known, a violent pastime for violent people. Pro-hunters, trying to sanitise, call it sport. read more

• Events around the region

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

• A plan of action

  CAMPAIGN group Post Office Countermeasures is calling for people across Stroud district to boycott all Tesco and One Stop stores until further notice. read more

• Beating arsonists

  SIR - In response to the letter published in your edition of November 12 by A R Greenhill, of Dursley, I can confirm that the fire in the old garages in Bull Pitch was declared as a suspected arson incident by the responding crews and that fact was reported to the police; this has been the only incident recorded in the last six months at this building. read more

• Cam make short work of Longlevens

  Cam Bulldogs 2 Longlevens 1 read more

• Initiative will curb exclusions

  PUPIL offenders and their victims are to be brought together in a new initiative aimed at reducing exclusions in Gloucestershire secondary schools. read more

• 'Report all petty crimes'

  GLOUCESTERSHIRE'S top policeman has told people in Dursley they must report all crimes if they want to expect a fully effective police force. read more

• Capacity crowd is confirmed

  GLOUCESTERSHIRE CCC have announced that the England v Australia international one-day match that the club will be hosting next year has sold out completely in one of the quickest ticket-buying frenzies in the club's history. read more

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