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• Autograss craze hits Gloucestershire

  MORE than 400 of the country's top Autograss drivers will descend on Gloucestershire next weekend to take part in the 2004 National Autograss Championships. read more

• Frustration is understandable

  SIR - In response to the article Health visitors failed my daughter (Gazette, July 9) I am sorry to read about Abigail's condition. I have two disabled sons of my own and can understand Miss Bolton's frustration with the situation she finds herself in. read more

• Gazette comment

  IS it not true that the government and local authorities are trying to get people out of their cars and on to public transport? read more

• Legendary headteacher calls it a day

  THE HEADTEACHER of The Vale of Berkeley College has retired after 28 years at the school. read more

• Warehouse disbelief

  SIR - I am indebted to Mr Roy Pennington for the information on Sharpness Docks. However, on the day I visited the dock there was not one vessel of any kind in sight. Therefore, I would take issue with his reason for wantonly destroying an, apparently, listed building. read more

• New equipment is welcomed

  CHILDREN at the kindergarten at The British Primary School, Wotton-under-Edge, have been enjoying new play equipment. read more

• Go out and change the world for the better!

  STUDENTS at Westonbirt School had a special guest during speech day. read more

• Transportation plans busted

  DESPERATE Uley parents met officials on Tuesday in a bid to find a solution to school transport problems. read more

• Beware of the quagmire

  SIR - Towards the end of a most enjoyable day's walk from Wotton via Newark Park, Ozleworth, Kingston Bagpath, Bagpath itself, Ashcroft and Tyley Bottom last Sunday, my wife and I finally reached the Coombe end of the Tyley Bottom public footpath only to be confronted with a quagmire which she managed to negotiate, but where I had the misfortune to slip, lose my balance and get one leg sunk to a depth of more that two feet in the slimy mud. read more

• Volunteers wanted

  WE need you! That's the message from the children's charity Acorns, which is looking for volunteers in Dursley to help with a major fundraising appeal to build a new hospice for life-limited youngsters. read more

• Feel the force of the joust

  JOUST, the UK's largest and most spectacular mediaeval festival, returns to Berkeley Castle tomorrow. read more

• A suitable tribute

  SIR - During the Dursley Town Festival week the Lister Heritage Rally succeeded in uniting the town's pride in many past achievements with renewed hope for the future. With Lister subsidiary factories having been sited throughout Gloucestershire, this pride can be shared throughout the county. read more

• Events around the region

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

• Savings theft blow for Ivana

  AN AU PAIR has had her savings stolen four days before she goes home to Slovakia. read more

• Slippery situation for waterway

  SIR - In reply to the letter from Diana M Harvey (July 9) Sharpness does need a lot of money spent on it, but being public owned and partly government funded, money is very tight and has to compete against many other parts of the waterway to get any money. read more

• Sales rise for Renishaw

  HIGH-TECH measure manufacturer Renishaw yesterday announced turnover for the year up by 15 per cent. The figure to June 30 was £127.7 million, the highest yet. read more

• Austin auction exceeds expectations

  Wotton Auction Rooms auctioneer Philip Taubenheim is pictured with an 1928 Austin Heavy 12 that was auctioned on Wednesday. It exceeded the estimated value of £1,500-£2,000, selling for £2,450 to a buyer who will be restoring it. GJA714H04 read more

• The ultimate flight

  ADVENTURER Dr Dave Owen, from Kingswood, is once again in the hot seat -directing a major expedition on behalf of Box-based explorer David Hempleman- Adams. read more

• Roman legacy is pure magic

  THE ROMANS came, saw and left again but they did not depart without stamping their mark on the Cotswolds. read more

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