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• Caroline in your history?

  SIR - My maternal great great grandmother was named Caroline Keturah Bloodworth and she was born about 1827. This information I have discovered on the 1881 Census Return. read more

• 'Find £295,000 or go' canal family told

  A CAMBRIDGE man fears he could be evicted from his rented home because he is unable to find the money to buy it. read more

• Mixed weekend for Charfield

  Charfield v Dymock read more

• Rovers sign fresh faces

  FOREST GREEN manager Tim Harris has swooped to sign former Hereford United striker Mark Beesley and Kidderminster Harriers defender Matt Gadsby, thanks in part to former defender Wayne Hatswell's influence. read more

• Paint thinner vandalism

  SIR - What is Dursley coming to? read more

• Twenty20 Cup is back

  CRICKET'S most enthralling newest addition, the Twenty20 Cup, starts again on Friday, July 2. read more

• Thank you for a great post service

  SIR - Although recent changes in the Royal Mail service may have resulted in some "teething troubles" throughout the country, I have been very impressed by the common sense attitude of our own team at the Wotton Sorting Office. read more

• In-house printing concern

  THE LEADER of Stroud District Council has defended its policy for printing official post and accused the Labour group of showing "scant regard for accuracy". read more

• Alphabet marathon

  A SEASONED runner has set himself a personal goal of running a marathon for each letter of his surname. read more

• County Triples action hots up

  Two sides from GB Britton, along with Barnwood and Tetbury, will contest the semi -final of the men's County triples at Tetbury. read more

• Dursley, Cam, Berkeley and Wotton-under-Edge diary

  Friday, June 11 8.45-10.30am, Wotton, The Chipping Club Room. Friday market. 10-11.30am, Slimbridge, Village Hall. Slimbridge Toddler Club. 10.30am-7pm, Cam, St Bartholomew's Church. Arts and Crafts Exhibition. 1.30-3.30pm, Cam, Memorial Hall. Tea dance. 7pm, Dursley, Tabernacle, Upper Schoolroom. Quiz Night, with light refreshments. 7.30pm Dursley, St James' Parish Church, Dursley Church Arts Week Opens with art exhibition preview evening. 8pm, Wotton, Royal British Legion Club. Bingo. 8pm, Berkeley, Cattle Country. The Wurzels, with support disco and pig roast. Bar available. 8.15pm, Slimbridge, Royal British Legion. Bingo. read more

• Swan cannot live off former glories

  SIR - In answering the anonymous letter (Gazette, June 4) I would respectfully suggest that my comments were based entirely on correct facts, some of which reported in the Gazette. read more

• Assault man convicted

  A SLIMBRIDGE man was remanded in custody to await sentence on Wednesday after a jury convicted him of indecently assaulting an eight-year-old girl in a shop. read more

• Trust launches with an afternoon of fun

  BERKELEY Community Trust has been launched in great style and committee members hope that it will soon be enhancing the lives of the town's people. read more

• Soldier dies in car crash

  TRAFFIC on the M5 came to a standstill for five hours on Monday after a young soldier was killed and his colleague injured when their car was in collision with a lorry. read more

• Fund-raisers have a heart

  MEMBERS of the South Cotswold branch of the British Heart Foundation have kept their finger on the pulse by raising more than £18,000 in the past year. read more

• Angling ban declared if Green Party are in office

  SIR - I read with astonishment that, in the lead-up to the European elections, the Green Party had declared itself "opposed to angling as a bloodsport" and in favour of promoting "the voluntary cessation of angling through public education". read more

• Inmates fled jail to escape drugs

  TWO inmates who fled from from Leyhill Open Prison and handed themselves in at a secure jail the next day are not to be prosecuted for absconding. read more

• GM lift is 'a failure'

  SIR - The European Commission's decision to lift the six-year moratorium on authorising new GM foods for human consumption is a failure of democracy and nothing short of a disaster for those of us trying to persuade disaffected voters that the EU listens to their voice. read more

• Skate park is just great

  AN AFTERNOON of celebrations to mark the completion of the Jsk8 skate park in Cam attracted huge crowds on Saturday. read more

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