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• Tug-o-war is on festival agenda

  TUG-O-WAR is appearing in the Dursley Town Festival for the first time this year. read more

• Call to move phone kiosk

  THE COST of moving a Wotton-under-Edge telephone kiosk that has been deemed hazardous by pedestrians will run into thousands but should be investigated, according to civic leaders. read more

• All in the service

  SIR - In the Gazette of May 14 you ran an article on the visit of the Mothers' Union worldwide president, Trish Heywood to Gloucester diocese and, in particular, to its Money Advice Service. Perhaps readers would like to know a little more, since only this diocese has such a service. read more

• Killed birds spark outrage at centre

  THORNBURY'S Wyevale Garden Centre was evacuated following a bomb scare this week as a storm raged on over the slaughter of a family of robins. read more

• A callous shooting of clever songbirds

  SIR - Myself, and I'm sure many more readers, must have been appalled and upset with the callous, unnecessary shooting of a family of innocent trust robins! read more

• Things start rolling at park

  THE JSK8 skatepark in Cam has been completed and is already being used by enthusiastic young skaters and BMX riders. read more

• 'Dursley was a pretty village'

  A RESIDENT of Kinver Grange, Dursley, has been writing reminiscences about her life in the town. Born in 1913, Elizabeth Gabb has lived all her life in Dursley. She remembers her parents, grandparents and great-grandparents to have all been avid readers of the Gazette. At the age of three she was allowed to collect the paper at the small newsagent's in Silver Street from her home at 17 Union Street. The Gazette cost only 1d at that time. Here is the first part of her memoirs: read more

• Who would be better off with the Lib Dem Party?

  SIR - According to this year's Budget Report, the yield from council tax in 2004-05 is set to be £19.7 billion, which is £7.4 billion more than if council tax had risen in line with the retail price index since the Conservatives' final year in 1997. The Treasury Ready Reckoner reveals that the real increase is equivalent to 2.2p on the basic rate of income tax - in other words another stealth tax. read more

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