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• Council controversy

  SIR - I see that in November, 2003, Stroud District Council carried out a household survey to help it decide its budget priorities (Stroud District Council News, March, 2004) and I quote: "Stroud District Council needs to know what is important to local residents - to really understand what its residents need. The council needs to hear from as many different people as possible". Apparently, from the answers received from the above survey: "The council was able to decide what its priorities should be for the coming year and to set a 2.5 per cent council tax increase." read more

• Inquest reveals major overdose

  A WOMAN being treated for depression by her family doctors took an overdose of a standard cure for headaches and other pains and severely damaged her liver, it was revealed during a Gloucester inquest. read more

• Kings of the Castle Combe

  THE South West's most celebrated motor racing circuit has just opened its doors for another major season of action, and race fans from across the region are bracing themselves for a festival of fast cars and furious bikes. read more

• Keeping the friendship alive

  POLE Halina Radoszewska was a young woman when she came to Britain after the Second World War. The Wotton-under-Edge woman, now 79, praises the welcome she received in this country and, as a result, is keen to strengthen Anglo-Polish relations. KIRSTY RAMSDEN met Mrs Radoszewska, a member of the newly revived Anglo-Polish Society, to find out more. read more

• Open verdict on bat victim

  JUST hours after being arrested for attacking his wife, David Holdsworth took her a cup of tea in bed, kissed her and said goodbye. read more

• A game to forget, says boss

  Staunton & Corse 2 Charfield 1 read more

• Sadness at financial snub

  SIR - I enclose a copy of a letter written to the Campaign to Protect Rural England. read more

• Council denies new claim

  STROUD District Council has denied its is turning a block of flats in Dursley into something akin to a GCHQ satellite station. read more

• Thanks are expressed

  SIR - On behalf of all the staff at Winston's Wish I would like to say a huge thank you to Sunset and Revivals Cover Band for the fantastic concert held at Lister's Social Club in Dursley on March 20. read more

• Cant the college boy

  SLIMBRIDGE striker John Cant is targeting a place in the Great Britain Universities side after earning a Welsh University call-up. read more

• Anger at police shake-up

  A PLANNED cut in the number of police sergeants serving the Dursley inspector neighbour area has sparked anger among civic leaders. read more

• A time for new beginnings

  CATS with sad tales to tell are hoping for a change in fortunes and their owners think Gazette readers could offer a lifeline. read more

• Buoyant mood at centre

  THERE is an enthusiastic mood among employees in the Deutz UK Research & Development Centre - the former Lister research centre - according to company bosses. read more

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