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• Apathy rules - who cares?

  PEOPLE are being encouraged to have their say in Europe next week and the clear message from candidates for the South-West is that every vote will count. read more

• Gladiators' gauntlet

  GLOUCESTERSHIRE Gladiators will be going head to head with pub cricket teams from across the county this summer as part of an exciting new challenge. read more

• It's more than just a training centre

  IT'S in one of the loveliest settings in the whole of South Gloucestershire and it's a familiar name to thousands of people all over the country - and overseas - who've been there on training courses. read more

• Lewis laps it up in cup drama

  HOLDERS Gloucestershire stormed into the quarter-finals of the C&G Trophy on Saturday after a breathtaking three wicket win over Hampshire at the County Ground. read more

• Artificial pitch plan revived

  THE POSSIBILITY of an artificial turf pitch being constructed in Dursley could be revived more than five years after it was last considered. read more

• Legends set to gather in honour of Russell

  JACK RUSSELL may be suffering from a persistent back injury that is currently sidelining the former England gloveman, but it is full steam ahead as his testimonial season gathers pace. read more

• Pistol man arrested

  SHOTS were fired from an air pistol in the Rack Field car park, Dursley, on Monday evening. read more

• Yesteryear haymaking

  SIR - The enclosed restored photograph is a copy of a picture that looked down from the wall of my parents cottage living room in Coaley. I took little notice of it apart from knowing that it was a haymaking scene taken when my grandfather, Mr F Brown (the man on the horse rake) was employed on the farm at Ashmead House. This dates it to just after the turn of the century. read more

• 'Shame' as pub is set to be an office

  THE DECISION to change part of The Swan Hotel in Market Street, Wotton-under-Edge, into office and retail space has been described as "a great shame" by one of Wotton's district councillors. read more

• Neighbours in dispute

  A GROUP of residents from Stinchcombe have spoken out against the owner of a neighbouring property for running a business from his home without planning permission. read more

• Anglo-French links are strengthened

  THE FRENCH tricolore was flying alongside the Union flag at Wotton-under-Edge Town Hall at the weekend as the town welcomed a party of around 50 visitors from its French twin town, Beaumont-le-Roger, in Normandy. read more

• George prepares to cry Down Under

  A LOUD spokesman for Wotton-under-Edge is getting his vocal chords in tune ahead of a trip to the other side of the world to compete against the best in his field. read more

• Information on money advice 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

• Gloucestershire plans for future

  A PLAN has been launched, aimed at making the county a better place to live. read more

• Ex-ambassador is school's top guest

  WESTONBIRT School's sixth form had a private lecture from Sir Crispin Tickell, former British Ambassador to the United Nations and one of the 52 diplomats to have sent a high-profile joint letter to Tony Blair expressing disapproval of his Middle East policies. read more

• More than one issue

  SIR - I can understand that Dudley George feels strongly about the war in Iraq. What I can't understand is that he ignores everything else that is going on. read more

• French connection

  SIR - I'm French woman and visited Dursley in 1974 with a scholar group. I visited Grundtvig Nielson (6 Beechwood Rise) and family and would like to find them today. read more

• Events around the region

  Berkeley, Cam, Dursley and Wotton-under-Edge and district diary read more

• Police afraid of the dark?

  SIR - Well, I've heard it all now - the police are afraid of the dark. Oh, bless! Funny, but I thought they were paid to put a stop to illegal and anti-social activities just like the rave in the woods above Dursley the weekend before last. read more

• Residents' fears over roadside

  ANGRY residents in Wotton-under-Edge are seeking an urgent solution to a street dispute. read more

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