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• Rugby heroes past and present star for Dursley

  Over 100 members, past and present, attended Dursley Rugby Club's 50th anniversary celebration dinner at Cotswold Edge Golf Club recently. read more

• Dress up for pancake race!

  DURSLEY Chamber of Trade will be holding its annual pancake race on Shrove Tuesday, February 24. read more

• A great way to develop

  A NATURAL safe haven to aimed at helping learning and the development of social skills is being created as a retreat for young Cam children. read more

• Health approach rewarded

  THE HEALTHY outlook of a Cam school has been recognised in a county awards ceremony. read more

• Most of us prefer turbines

  SIR - I find Malcolm Lynden's (Gazette, January 30) quite extraordinary. He is supposedly "the independent lay chairman" of a group looking at decommissioning Oldbury nuclear power station. read more

• Pupils win in their big debate

  PUPILS at Katharine Lady Berkeley's School, Wotton-under-Edge, demonstrated their ability to hold a structured argument when they came out on top in the preliminary rounds of a national debating competition. read more

• Town studies nearly done

  A COMPREHENSIVE study aimed at assessing the health of towns is nearing completion. read more

• Decision time for 'monstrosity'

  DURSLEY is set to be rocketed into the 21st century despite vehement opposition. read more

• At your convenience, we lift the lid on the plans for loos

  REFURBISHMENT and demolition are just a couple of plans in the pipeline for public conveniences. read more

• Visitors go wild at Slimbridge event

  CROWDS flocked to The Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust at Slimbridge last weekend for the Great West Bird Fair. read more

• Bird siting shows nature flourishing

  SIR - Those of your readers who like bird-watching might be interested to know that on Tuesday I saw a red kite (avian variety) soaring with buzzards over Ferney, Dursley. read more

• Gazette Comment

  ALIENS are coming to town! Or so you could be led to believe if Gloucestershire County Council planners give the go-ahead for its new Dursley Library today. Objectors have said the space age "monstrosity" would be more fitting on the Moon - and many would agree. read more

• Visitors enjoy tea - and snowdrops

  SPECTACULAR drifts of snowdrops at Newark Park, Ozleworth, near Wotton-under-Edge have been admired by visitors from Sussex. read more

• Doctor's on the wagon for his marathon effort

  A ULEY doctor is examining his own health and fitness by attempting to run the London Marathon in April. read more

• Diary of a voyage

  A DIARY, discovered in Wotton-under-Edge, is soon to be published. read more

• Government must plan for the future

  HOLES in the ground equivalent to an area the size of Birmingham could puncture the heart of the English countryside if predicted demands for quarrying are to be met over the next decade, conservation watchdogs have warned. read more

• Councillors to see site of controversial homes

  THE SITE of a proposed six-home development in Coaley is to be inspected by members of Stroud District Council's development control committee. read more

• Dursley Dozen proves to be challenge of a lifetime

  Dursley and District Athletic Club read more

• Hospitals may have to pool their resources

  A REVIEW of specialist children and maternity care looks set to lead to cuts in services at one of Gloucestershire's biggest hospitals. read more

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