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• League boost for first team

  Dursley 1st XV 15 Brockworth 12 read more

• Whippets take to the track

  Up in the wilds of Nympsfield they are going to the dogs - literally. The village is home to South Cotswolds Whippet Racing Club. SNJ reporter DAVID GIBBS set out in search of the 40mph couch potatoes and their owners. read more

• 'We want your opinions'

  GLOUCESTERSHIRE county councillors and staff have taken to the road to find out exactly how people want money raised from council tax to be spent. read more

• Serious problem for a small town

  SIR - What a pleasure it was to be back in the newly restored Berkeley Arms in Berkeley where both the young and not so young happily mixed together to see in the New Year. read more

• Dry months not a problem in 2004

  RAIN fell consistently throughout the year and there was not one completely dry month. read more

• Post office open - for now

  A FURTHER stay of execution has been given to Wotton-under-Edge post office. But plans for its future are still hampered by problems. read more

• Weekend Picture - January 14, 2005

  Patterns in the countryside . . . these fields criss-crossed with hedges are at Upper Wick, near Dursley Picture by Steve Richards GSR19H05 read more

• Acorns now in new care unit

  THE OPENING of a hospice which will care for Gloucestershire life-limited children has moved a major step closer, following the official hand-over of the 10-bed unit. read more

• Town organisations are banding together

  PLANS are gaining momentum for a tsunami appeal fundraising day in Wotton-under-Edge on Saturday, January 22 when all rooms in the civic centre will be used. read more

• Keep an eye on youths!

  PEOPLE in Kingswood have been told they need to report incidents of bad behaviour at the village hall if they wanted police to take action. read more

• Closure of rescue centre is sad loss

  SIR - I am very sad to see that Veronica of Wotton Animal Rescue Centre is closing down. This wonderful girl has devoted the past 28 years to caring for abused and abandoned animals. read more

• Meeting will celebrate a great year for the young guns

  CAM Cricket Club's youth section are inviting all parents and carers of their U9s, U11s, U13s and U15s cricketers to their AGM at Cam Sports Club on Sunday, January 23, at 6pm. read more

• Long-term support idea for Sri Lanka

  DURSLEY Lions Club has given £5,000 to Lions clubs in Sri Lanka to aid recovery after the tsunami disaster. read more

• Green candidate offers alternative

  MARTIN WHITESIDE, the Green Party's prospective Parliamentary candidate for Stroud, will be in Dursley this weekend and in Cam later in the month to hear which issues people think are important. read more

• Prit sticks in a hat-trick

  Cam Bulldogs 6 St Marks 2 read more

• Postcard-sized art at exhibition

  ART work is invited from people in Wotton-under-Edge and the surrounding communities - and it only has to be the size of a postcard. read more

• Unfamiliar with school transport

  SIR - The Liberal Democrats' prospective candidate, Dr Hirst's, letter to the Gazette about school transport demonstrates his unfamiliarity of this constituency which he wishes to represent. read more

• What people are planning

  PLANNING applications received by Stroud District Council include: read more

• Articulated lorry slides off road

  A COUNTRY lane near Berkeley was blocked to traffic again this week when an articulated lorry slid of the road into a ditch. read more

• Animal rescue saved many

  SIR - We have all been reading about Wotton Animal Rescue in the Gazette. It is Veronica's life and she does it out of the goodness of her heart. She has saved a lot of animals and if it wasn't for her they would have nowhere to go. read more

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