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• 'I'm sorry I started the green parties squabbling'

  SIR - It is unseemly for the two environmentalist parties to squabble and I am sorry I started it but I was only trying to help Dudley George and his like make a choice. read more

• Big night for skittles stars

  TICKETS are now available for the Berkeley Skittles League presentation night, which will be held at the Nuclear Sports and Social Club next month. read more

• Charities say cheers

  CHARITABLE organisations have once again benefited from the proceeds of an annual fundraiser that has raised over £750,000 in its 24-year history. read more

• Awards evening celebrates success in Hellenic League

  SLIMBRIDGE chairman John Mack recounted the season's exploits prior to commencing the annual trophy awards at the club's presentation evening on Friday. read more

• Transport past and present

  Philip Taubenheim, of Wotton Auction Rooms, displays lot 1234, a 1905 Pedersen cycle which is to be sold next Wednesday. This original Pedersen bicycle, made in Dursley between 1905 and 1914 and displaying the Lister badge, has probably never travelled out of the area. It had been kept hanging from a beam in a barn for the last 50 years, remaining dry and with all its parts. It is expected to fetch between £200 and £300. GSR371V04 read more

• Warning pub could stay boarded up

  THE OWNER of a now closed pub in Wotton-under-Edge has hit back at criticism of his decision to convert the premises. read more

• Lazy owners under fire

  FOOTPATHS worst affected by lazy dog-owners have been named and shamed by in an unusual step aimed at encouraging owners to clear up after their pets. read more

• Transport past and present

  A NEW display at Wotton Heritage Centre focuses on travelling in and around Wotton-under-Edge through different periods in the town's history. read more

• Plans may come to fruition

  PLANS TO extend Stone with Woodford Primary School could still become a reality. read more

• Remember the US military?

  SIR - Next month will be the 60th anniversary of the D-Day landings in Normandy read more

• Weekend Picture, May 14, 2004

  Apple blossom in a Uley garden . . . this picture was taken a couple of weeks ago by Gazette reader Maurice Bullen, of South Steet. "There had been a run of bad weather and then, suddenly, we had a beautiful day and I was struck by the beauty of the blossom on my James Grieve apple tree," he said read more

• Bogus caller fails to frighten 78-year-old

  A PENSIONER from Cam is warning other members of the public to be on their guard after she was threatened by a bogus telephone caller. read more

• BT blames service cuts on mobiles

  A GROWTH in the number of mobile phones is one of the reasons blamed by operator BT for its proposal to remove 19 phone boxes from across the Stroud district. read more

• Payphones may go

  THREE of Dursley's public payphones could be lost under proposals given to Dursley Town Council by BT. read more

• Postwatch horse is too high

  SIR - So once again Cam's version of Postwatch gets on his high horse. read more

• Rosebuds bloom again

  FIFTY years ago the Dursley Rosebuds were an important part of the town's annual carnival and gala day. read more

• Notices confirm closure

  ENFORCED closure of a Berkeley sixth form will become a reality for pupils and staff arriving this morning as formal notices of the closure are put up outside the school. read more

• Alive and well in Amsterdam

  GLOUCESTERSHIRE CCC kicked their season into life last week as the team defeated Holland in Amsterdam for a place in the third round of the C&G Trophy. read more

• Computers held porn images

  A 55-YEAR-OLD man with more than 16,000 child porn pictures on home computers escaped a jail sentence at Gloucester Crown Court on Friday read more

• Happy to show they are the write stuff

  A BAND of budding writers were so enthused by a creative writing course they were encouraged to form a club to expand their hobby. Now Wotton Writers' Group is in its eighth year with a membership boasting award-winning pensmanship. read more

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