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• Throw-away idea that has taken off

  A FAMILY business that started life as a stopgap between jobs for its managing director from his Chipping Sodbury home is celebrating its 21st year in business this year. Kingswood-based Yate Disposables Limited has come a long way since its early days in an office bedroom. The company has recently been recognised as being top of its field in national awards voted by customers. Derek Aston told the Gazette how paper plates formed the foundations for a real success story. read more

• Almondsbury clinch title

  THE final day of the County League season was as dramatic as could have been expected, with a suitably thrilling last chapter ensuring that both Almondsbury FC and Tytherington Rocks were both fighting it out on Saturday. read more

• Fox-Pitt splashes to victory at rain-soaked Badminton

  A DECISION to continue at Badminton in terrible conditions paid off for William Fox-Pitt at the weekend as he won the Mitsubishi Motors Badminton Horse Trials Trophy. read more

• Feelings are loud and clear

  SIR - I've loved poetry for years and years and I hope you like mine! read more

• Training centre is best in west

  BEST in the West - that's the official accolade for Filton College, the gas industry's newest and best-equipped training centre in the region. read more

• Help us find fund name

  TORTWORTH COURT Four Pillars Hotel and the Gazette are teaming up to provide a new charity partnership. read more

• Clearing up bin recycle confusion

  SIR - I am responding to Mrs Clark's letter (Gazette, April 30) regarding what can be put in the green wheeled bins for composting. read more

• With the Reds

  City managed to keep their aspirations of automatic promotion very much alive with a 1-0 win at Barnsley last Sunday. read more

• Weekend picture Friday, May 7, 2004

  Colourful spring scene . . . A sea of yellow flowers in fields of rape near Iron Acton GSR330H04 read more

• Oh, what a muddy great day out!

  Mud, mud, glorious mud . . . and two-year-old Gyles Davies certainly enjoyed splashing around in it at the Mitsubishi Motors Badminton Horse Trials at the weekend when plenty of rain on Saturday created difficult conditions for competitors and vehicle drivers but this youngster did not mind! See also page 60 GSR338V04 read more

• New aviation website prepares for take-off

  FLYING enthusiasts in South Gloucestershire can now log onto an exciting new website. read more

• Domone's delight

  Ilfracombe 0 Hallen 1 read more

• Do dusting to keep fit

  EXHORTATIONS by Government health chiefs to get sweeping and mopping to burn off excess fat have won wholehearted backing from at least one Thornbury resident. read more

• Town's service is safe

  THORNBURY'S one remaining post office does not face closure, it emerged this week. read more

• Ambulance diverted from dying cyclist

  A CYCLIST who waited nearly an hour for an ambulance to arrive after an accident has died in hospital. read more

• Don't panic about parking

  POLICE have sent in the big guns to calm anxieties over future parking law enforcement in Thornbury. read more

• Enthusiasts on the right track

  MODEL railway enthusiasts were in Seventh Heaven at Thornbury Leisure Centre at the weekend during this year's annual Bristol Model Railway Exhibition. read more

• Russell signs up for further season

  Gloucestershire County Cricket Club have announced that veteran wicketkeeper Jack Russell has agreed to extend his contract for another year. read more

• Thornbury and district diary

  Friday, May 7 10.30am-5pm, Thornbury, St Mary's Church, Art Exhibition. 2pm, Thornbury, Rockhampton, Village Hall, Thornbury U3A Cinema Group. Talk on Robert Donay by Peter Davey 7.30pm, Lower Morton, Thornbury, Baptist Church, Convention. 7.45pm, Olveston, Methodist Church, Harvey French in Concert. read more

• Boost those baskets plea

  TRADERS and residents in Thornbury are being urged to make it a blooming lovely summer by taking part in the Town Council's hanging basket scheme. read more

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