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• Time called on young drinkers

  SOUTH Gloucestershire police are calling time on under age drinking in a bid to combat anti-social behaviour by youths in the area. read more

• Children learn new road safety skills

  PRIMARY school children from across South Gloucestershire have been finding out about road safety and excavation site safety thanks to an innovative partnership between gas pipeline company Transco and the local authority. read more

• Chaos rules for council

  HAWKESBURY annual parish meeting on Monday was dubbed a shambles and made void because councillors felt it had not been correctly advertised. read more

• Town welcomes its Fair Trade status

  THESE notes, prepared by Thornbury Town Council, are intended to provide a more detailed insight into the work the council does for the town. read more

• Your turn to make the news

  AFTER more than 125 years of reporting the news, the Gazette aims to make the news to celebrate Local Newspaper Week - and we need your help. read more

• Stories coming this week

  Stories this week in your 64-pager include: 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

• Caring Janet is a winner

  A DISTRICT commissioner for the Guides, who has devoted her time to the community, has been presented with the Dodington Parishioner of the Year award. read more

• Musical day raises cash

  A GRAND total of £450 was raised by a musical gathering of pirates and fairy princesses at Iron Acton Village Hall on Saturday. read more

• With the Reds

  THE race for automatic promotion from the second division took another turn last Saturday as City defeated fellow promotion chasers Queens Park Rangers 1-0 in front of a capacity crowd at Ashton Gate. read more

• Legging it to raise loads of lolly!

  TEACHER Jan Burke is running in this month's London marathon to raise cash for Thornbury's Gillingstool Primary School. read more

• The heat is on at the top

  Tytherington Rocks 4 Roman Glass St George 2 read more

• Park and share aims to slow traffic growth

  FALFIELD could be the site of a new "park and share" facility aimed at encouraging more people to travel to and from work using only one car. read more

• At least tesco is a success

  SIR - Indignation at the axing of Yate's summer festival is understandable. Yate Shopping Centre is not publicly owned and applies its own rules, actively discouraging, for example, cycling on walkways. Perhaps they should run the rest of Yate and Chipping Sodbury. read more

• New charity shop

  THORNBURY town centre is to have yet another charity shop - its seventh. read more

• Revamp for popular centre

  THE CHANTRY - tucked away discreetly at the bottom of Thornbury's Castle Street - is the home of the town's Community Association. Visitors to the town often ask "Where is it?" It is not quite centrally placed. read more

• Director calms fears over plan

  EUROPE'S biggest factory could see its Yate headquarters expanding by 60 percent. read more

• Getting litterbug message across

  SIR - What a joy it is to see the wonderful colours of the flowers and plants as spring comes. Sadly this is tarnished by increasing amounts of litter. read more

• Anger over email 'insult'

  A MAN has questioned the attitude of his local authority towards St George's Day after being told by a council officer she "does not care about English day". read more

• Beat meningitis with a great run

  SIR - Would any of your readers like to take on the challenge of the Great North Run and help beat meningitis at the same time? read more

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