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• Housing plans are backed by residents

  RESIDENTS in Catbrain Lane in Cribbs Causeway are backing revised plans for new housing near their homes. read more

• Championship race may go to wire

  THIS season's County League championship race is one of the tightest in memory and is currently being fought out between top three protagonists Tytherington Rocks, Almondsbury FC and Patchway. read more

• School cook takes early retirement

  COOK Miriam Ealey will miss her job at Charfield Primary School. read more

• Ladies reach bowls final

  THE proud ladies of Thornbury Indoor Bowls Club were celebrating this week after reaching the final of the National Bowls Championship. read more

• Thornbury and Severnside diary

  Friday, March 19 read more

• Yate, Sodbury and district diary

  Friday, March 19 9.45am, Chipping Sodbury, Old Grammar School, Singing in the Morning, for more information call Liz Martin 01453 845193. 10am, Chipping Sodbury, Church Centre. Tubbie Tots. 10.30-11.30am, Marshfield Church Hall. WI market. 7.30, Chipping Sodbury, Masonic Hall, Hatters Lane, Save the Children Race Night, for more information call 01454 325828. read more

• Hunt is on for sex toy man

  POLICE are hunting for a man who has been showing sex toys to children in Yate. read more

• To bin or not to bin

  SIR - The SITA scheme with the two bins, one green and one black, has been working well here, until this week. The men did not empty my green bin. They stuck a notice on it saying "No vegetables, fruit or peelings yet thanks". (The word 'yet' is underlined.) read more

• Cash helps hotel join the club

  BOSSES at Bristol Golf Club in Almondsbury are taking a swing in a new direction by going into the hotel business. read more

• Cash ensures research on chemo can continue

  RESEARCHERS at Frenchay Hospital are studying new ways to provide effective chemotherapy treatment to the patients most likely to benefit. read more

• With the Reds

  CITY got back to winning ways last Friday night after defeating Rushden and Diamonds 1-0 at Ashton Gate. read more

• 'Where is tax fund going?'

  SIR - All residents in South Gloucestershire will have by now received their council tax demands together with the Council Spending and Performance 2004. All political parties on the council have had their say about an apparent underfunding from national government by £4.4 million. It will be seen from figures quoted in their pamphlet that total government support has risen by £4.2 million. read more

• Charity funds brain tumour study

  ALVESTON_BASED brain tumour charity Hammer Out is funding a study into treatment methods which could significantly extend survival rates amongst sufferers. read more

• Weekend Picture

  A swan at twilight . . . As the sun sets one of the beautiful water birds glides gently across the lake at Kingsgate Park nature reserve in Yate Picture by Steve Richards GSR190H04 read more

• Focus on Paul's Place

  YATE Voluntary Link is highlighting the work of Coalpit Heath-based Paul's Place by making it Charity of the Month for March. read more

• Shopping centre leads the way

  THE MALL at Cribbs Causeway has become the first shopping centre in the South West - and one of only four in the country - to gain an internationally recognised standard for environmental management. read more

• Village backs family in bid to set up home

  VILLAGERS in Elberton are backing a family's fight to set up home in the community where they belong. read more

• Park and ride is bad for residents

  SIR - Thank you to the Gazette for their supportive coverage of our campaign against Bristol's attempts to impose an M32 park and ride by appearing at the public inquiry last Thursday in Thornbury. read more

• Victory for common sense

  CAMPAIGNERS trying to stop vegetation being stripped from the railway embankment at Coalpit Heath are claiming a victory for commonsense. read more

• Yate, Sodbury and district diary

  Friday, March 19 9.45am, Chipping Sodbury, Old Grammar School, Singing in the Morning, for more information call Liz Martin 01453 845193. 10am, Chipping Sodbury, Church Centre. Tubbie Tots. 10.30-11.30am, Marshfield Church Hall. WI market. 7.30, Chipping Sodbury, Masonic Hall, Hatters Lane, Save the Children Race Night, for more information call 01454 325828. read more

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