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• Power to the grey movement

  SIR - In reply to Mr Booth who wrote on behalf of the Green Party. read more

• Kids court success

  COALEY Tennis Club's 'Wimbledon Hangover' fortnight culminated in the finals being held over Saturday and Sunday last weekend. read more

• In the defence of Cllr Fowles

  SIR - I am writing with regard to the comments made by Cllr Studdert-Kennedy against Cllr Fowles (Gazette, July 9). read more

• New era as coffee shop closes down

  CHANGE will be coming to Wotton's Long Street from tomorrow. read more

• Taylor made for replacement?

  FORMER Cheltenham Town striker Bob Taylor could be the ready-made replacement for Andy 'Rambo' Rammell, who has been forced to hang his boots up eight days after joining the club and penning a one-year contract at The Lawn. read more

• Odejayi ready to make a Rovers return

  KAYODE ODEJAYI will make an emotional return to The Lawn next Tuesday as new-look Forest Green Rovers' build-up to the season gathers pace, having already played Chalford and Reading. read more

• Welcome grant for centre

  KINGSHILL House is set to receive a £145,000 capital grant from Stroud District Council. read more

• Take your own advice

  SIR - Nigel Studdert-Kennedy appears quite determined to display contempt for people in Dursley and their representatives. read more

• Return of a traditional treat

  ONE of Gloucestershire cricket's oldest and most renowned traditions gets underway next week as the C&G Cheltenham Cricket Festival returns. read more

• Workers return to jobs with Lister

  POSITIVE news is emerging from a Dursley company this week following a year of uncertainty. read more

• Spirits high on Dursley Festival Day

  A SUCCESSION of showers and one steady downpour did nothing to dampen spirits in Dursley on Saturday. read more

• Recipe for fundraising

  FUND-RAISING continues in Wotton-under-Edge and surrounding areas for two different causes. read more

• PCs will aim for goals not gaol!

  POLICE officers from Dursley and staff at Stroud District Council will be hoping they can do better than England's footballers when they play in a five-a-side friendly match next week. read more

• Actor takes root in gardening role

  SWAPPING an acting career on stage and screen to running a specialist plant nursery may seem an unusual move but for Andrew Bullock it was a natural progression. The actor turned nurseryman runs a business near Dursley, which boasts more than 100 varieties of lavender and buddleja. KIRSTY RAMSDEN visited the Lavender Garden to find out more. read more

• Bymacks' site 'unsafe' says the town council

  DURSLEY Town Council has again criticised Bymacks' site developers Crest Nicholson for failing to make the site safe. read more

• Self-build project still not approved

  A SELF-BUILD housing scheme continues to fight for planning permission - more than four years after the original application. read more

• Vote for what you believe in

  SIR - An anonymous Wotton resident writes that if the 245 Green Party supporters had voted Lib Dem in the last election they would not have a Tory in that ward (Gazette, July 2). read more

• Tea to mark society's 25th birthday

  TEAS at Wotton-under-Edge Town Hall last weekend raised £210.65 for the local branch of the Alzheimers' Society. read more

• Shop surrenders to council regulations

  A POPULAR sweet shop in Dursley has been forced to close its doors. read more

• Tim is Dursley's new curate

  DURSLEY'S new curate is the Rev Tim Heaney, who was ordained deacon in Gloucester Cathedral on July 2. read more

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