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• Inaction is not an option

  SIR - I am afraid what has happened in Iraq is as I predicted. However my friend Dudley George is being nave if he feels that all would be well if we just abdicated our responsibility. read more

• Standards board says no to probe

  A COMPLAINT that a Stroud District Councillor "deliberately lied" to the council over the failed housing transfer vote will not be investigated by the independent body responsible for looking into allegations of misconduct. read more

• Beaufort wins Ale award

  A HAWKESBURY UPTON pub has won a coveted award for its real ales. read more

• Council reacts to asbestos concerns

  STROUD District Council has urged council tenants not to be concerned following the publication of a leaflet about asbestos in council property. read more

• Shops galore and songs from war

  REMINISCENCES from Elizabeth Gabb, 90, of Kinver Grange, Dursley. This is the second part of memories recorded about her home town read more

• Wrong sort were encouraged to once fine hotel and restaurant

  SIR - With reference to Mr Rebbeck's letter (Gazette, May 21). He has not been in Wotton-under-Edge long enough to remember that it (The Swan) was one of the finest restaurant/hotels in Gloucestershire with people coming far and wide. read more

• Be the first there

  AN APPEAL has been launched to recruit volunteers for a Community First Responder Scheme in Cam and Dursley. read more

• Bird-brained Wyevale

  SIR - Like Gail Crumpton in last Friday's Gazette (A callous shooting of clever songbirds) I too saw the robins flying about the hills at Wyevale - long before nesting time. read more

• Where There's a Will is away

  A TRADITIONAL Gloucestershire church will be the unusual setting for a brand-new comedy called Where There's a Will. read more

• Wiffill's wonders will cease for now

  POPULAR Gloucestershire footballer and former Forest Green Rovers star Dave Wiffill last week called time on his latest appointment in the game. read more

• Castle battlefield - complete with gore

  HUNDREDS of people attended a re-enactment event at Berkeley Castle at the weekend. read more

• Rovers snap up ex-Spur Davies

  FOREST Green Rovers boss Tim Harris has swooped to sign former Tottenham defender Darren Davies and Southampton's Michael Green. read more

• May was driest for six years

  RAINFALL for May amounted to 2.75in most of which fell during the first 11 days. Overnight rain on the 3rd, followed by heavy showers throughout the day on the 4th resulted in a measurement of 1.01in, making it the wettest day of the month. A further reading of 0.75in resulted from overnight rain on the 10th and a very heavy storm at 5pm on the 11th. From the 12th to the 31st however only a quarter of an inch of rain was recorded, making May the driest month since 1998. read more

• Private gardens to open gates to the public for one day

  THIRTEEN of the most picturesque private gardens in and around North Nibley will be opening their gates to the public on Sunday. read more

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