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• Young trainer gets the gold

  THORNBURY Dog Training Club officials were delighted recently when a local schoolgirl took part in a scheme to encourage and reward responsible dog ownership - and gained a gold award. read more

• Last post office 'at risk'

  THORNBURY'S last remaining Post Office could be under threat because of substandard working conditions for staff. read more

• From Rawlins with love

  Yate Town 5 Gresley Rovers 0 read more

• Cash awarded to school

  A YATE school has successfully secured more than £2 million in Government funding to renovate and improve buildings. read more

• Plans to ease congestion

  PLANS to slash congestion in South Gloucestershire could include a small park-and-ride scheme near Yate. read more

• Smuggler search over as B&B body indentified

  THE HUNT for big time drugs smuggler Roddy McLean, whose disappearance from Leyhill Open Prison caused sparked questions in Parliament, is over. read more

• 'Trust's leaflets are misleading'

  NORTHAVON MP Steve Webb has condemned consultation leaflets on the future of health services in South Gloucestershire. read more

• Church celebrates love and marriage

  HUNDREDS of parishioners flocked to St Mary's Church in Thornbury to enjoy a Weddings Weekend - a special event at the end of National Marriage Week. read more

• With the Reds

  LAST weekend City made it nine wins out of nine and went level on points with Queens Park Rangers, following the Robins' 1-0 win away at Peterborough United. read more

• Thornbury Gazette editorial comment

  LIKE society in general, dog owners are mixed bunch. and we are perfectly prepared to believe that the responsible ones - exemplified by dog training club members often featured in the Gazette - vastly outnumber the irresponsible. read more

• Democrats rule the council roost

  SIR - What is happening in our South Gloucestershire Council? It is supposed to be a hung council, with 33 Literal Demagogues, 21 Conservatories and 16 Others. read more

• A new dual role for man of God

  THE NEW priest of Winterbourne Down and Frenchay must be vying for the title of busiest man in town - for the Rev Derek Chedzey has not one job but three. read more

• Inmate death 'not suspicious'

  A WOMAN inmate at Falfield's Eastwood Park has died suddenly only three days after beginning a two-year jail term for cruelty to her nine month old son read more

• Romance alive and well

  THEY started off as pen pals while Malcolm Mullins was lonely in Hong Kong. Fifty years later, he and wife Christine celebrated their golden wedding anniversary on Friday surrounded by family. read more

• No-one wants all these road schemes

  SIR - In response to Cllr John Calway (Conservatives want to peg tax rise, Gazette, January 30)) there is one very obvious way of reducing council spending and that is to stop immediately all the road traffic schemes in the area. read more

• Dog owners abuse canine no-go rules

  THORNBURY town councillors are urging pet owners to respect a recently introduced dog ban at the town's Chantry Field sports ground. read more

• Funding for charities

  CHARITIES in the Gazette circulation area are being invited to bid for a Gannett Foundation Fund. read more

• Big reunion at college

  A FORWARD-LOOKING South Gloucestershire college is taking a look back - and inviting former staff over the past 40 years to come and join in. read more

• St Valentine's Day massacre of the football kind for Town

  Mangotsfield United 6 Cinderford Town 2 read more

• Yate, Chipping Sodbury and district diary

  Friday, February 20 2.30-5pm, Chipping Sodbury Town Hall, Charter Suite. Sharing our Challenge - showcase of groups to support the disabled. 7pm, Chipping Sodbury Town Hall, Charter Suite. Destination North Cape - audio visual presentation. read more

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