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• Farm plan runs into flak

  OBJECTORS against an application to build a new farm complex in Tyley Bottom, Wotton-under-Edge, are trying to stop the development as they claim it would permanently scar the remote valley. read more

• Balloonist flies off with record

  A BALLOONIST from Breadstone has flown himself into the record books smashing a long-standing endurance record. read more

• Enthusiast lodges appeal to planners

  AN AMATEUR radio enthusiast from Cam has lodged an appeal with the Planning Inspectorate following Stroud District Council's decision to turn down his application to erect a radio mast in his garden. read more

• Confrontation over mast

  CAMPAIGNERS against controversial communications masts in the centre of Dursley are again gearing up to confront county police chiefs. read more

• County champions excel

  ON January 24, the U14 netball squad from Katharine Lady Berkeley's School represented Gloucestershire at the West Midlands regional finals. The team had become the county champions in December and this was an opportunity for them to match their skills against the top teams from seven other counties. read more

• Chairs show will be a first

  WESTONBIRT Arboretum will stage the first International Chairmakers Exhibition during May 1-3. read more

• Deal with Bristol's problems

  SIR - Your anonymous Wickwar correspondent's disinclination to be associated (Gazette, January 30) with the world 'vigilante', described in my 1990s Concise Dictionary as "a member of a vigilance committee or similar body" may moderately be offered the culturally odious, though accurate, alternative, 'a Noah's'. read more

• ATC looking for help

  THE ANNUAL meeting of 649 (Dursley) Squadron Air Training Corps will be held on Monday, March 1 (8.30pm) at headquarters in Kingshill Lane, Dursley - and the group would especially like to hear from people interested in becoming involved in the committee or as a civilian instructor. read more

• Service withdrawn

  A POPULAR waste disposal service is being withdrawn by Stroud District Council. The council funds a parish skip scheme, which provides residents with two skips per year to dispose of small items of household waste. read more

• Promotion hunt heats up for 'Bridge

  Almondsbury Town 0, Slimbridge 3 read more

• Post now after lunch

  CHANGES to mail deliveries have angered one resident who claims the introduction of a single daily delivery has greatly reduced the level of service he receives. read more

• Canals cash bid has to be pruned

  COTSWOLD Canals' restoration plans ran aground this week with the announcement that a much-hoped-for grant may not materialise. read more

• Sparring contest helps hall

  DURSLEY and Wotton-under-Edge Tae Kwon Do clubs put their skills to the test recently by sparring for three hours non-stop in order to raise money for the hall where they train. read more

• MP backs calls for UN Iraq inquiry

  STROUD MP David Drew has added his name to a Commons Early Day Motion calling on Tony Blair to shop America to the United Nations for supplying weapons of mass destruction to Iraq. read more

• Facts are there to be seen

  SIR - One must assume that residents who cast the 4,996 votes in the housing transfer ballot were aware of all the facts. I certainly expect few of the other 102,902 Stroud district residents were not, assuming there was little relevance to them. Unfortunately that is not true and it might be useful if the basic facts were aired again. read more

• Berkeley, Cam, Dursley and Wotton-under-Edge and district diary

  Friday, February 13 read more

• Blueprint for town brings out crowds

  A BOWLING alley is one possibility for regeneration in Dursley and surrounding villages. read more

• School is singled out for Ofsted praise

  Staff and pupils of Tortworth Primary School celebrate a good report from Ofsted GSR61H04 read more

• Don't let estuary relics disappear

  SIR - Could I kindly issue via your column a plea for help and assistance in unravelling the hidden secrets that lie below the wind-swept foreshore on the banks of the River Severn at Purton? read more

• Calendar a success

  SALES of the Dursley Town Hall Calendar 2004 have raised more than £2,200 for the Town Hall Charity Trust. read more

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