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• Tsunami disaster: Male choir sets date

  DURSLEY Male Voice Choir, with soloist Kevin Robbins, will be performing a concert in Lister Hall, Dursley, on Saturday, February 5 (7.30pm) to help raise money for the fund set up following the devastation caused throughout Asia by the Boxing Day tsunami. read more

• 'We don't want a gypsy site here'

  SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE'S supremo on travellers' policies does not want a gypsy site on Yate's Road to Nowhere. read more

• Graham's torrid time

  A FIREFIGHTER from Yate had to summon every ounce of courage and stamina as he faced his biggest challenge last week - the wrath of Anne Robinson. read more

• Tsunami disaster: Collection from church

  A SPECIAL collection at Thornbury Methodist Church on Sunday raised over £300 for the tsunamu victims and another collection is being taken this Sunday. read more

• Drink-drive arrests fall for third year

  THE number of motorists in Avon and Somerset arrested for drink driving over the festive period has fallen for the third consecutive year. read more

• Weekend picture

  This cannot be January! Enjoying this week's very mild weather are these ducks on the village pond in Latteridge Picture by Steve Richards GSR04H04 read more

• Help make life easier

  NEW YEAR, new thoughts, new plans, new resolutions. These can be both exciting and a little daunting but can be much easier with a little professional help. read more

• Alex collects over £500 to help wave victims

  A STUDENT nurse from Chipping Sodbury has single handedly collected more than £500 for the South-East Asia disaster fund. read more

• Survivor's tsunami terror

  A DIVING instructor from Alveston has been reunited with his parents after surviving the tsunami disaster. read more

• Survivor's tsunami terror

  A DIVING instructor from Alveston has been reunited with his parents after surviving the tsunami disaster. read more

• Tsunami disaster: Sri Lanka mission for water expert

  A WINTERBOURNE man has flown to the aid of disaster-torn Sri Lanka to provide life-saving support. read more

• Tsunami disaster: Communities start fundraising

  IN THE the wake of the recent disaster in the Indian Ocean parishioners in Oldbury-on-Severn have banded together to host a soup lunch in the Methodist Chapel tomorrow (11.30am-2pm). A bring and buy stall will be available. All parishioners and visitors are welcome to attend and help give help to those in need. read more

• Festive fixture list wrecked!

  THE County League's festive programme suffered greatly at the hands of some atrocious weather over the New Year weekend, although the matches that did go ahead produced some interesting results. read more

• Yate surge to third spot after double header

  YATE Town enjoyed a fine weekend over the new year and their two wins moved them into third place in Division One West of the Southern League. read more

• Tsunami disaster: Yate stands in silent respect

  YATE Shopping Centre came to a standstill on Wednesday out of respect for those affected by the earthquake that shook the Indian Ocean. read more

• Team aims to help long-term patients

  MEMBERS of the North Nibley Romania Team made their annual Christmas visit to remote psychiatric hospital in the former Eastern Bloc nation. read more

• 40 years since Beeching cuts

  THE RAILWAY age was well into its stride in Victorian Britain and every town and village yearned for a railway station. read more

• Hospital site must change

  SIR - In reply to Ali Dent's article (Gazette, December 24) this is referring to the new hospital for Bristol and South Gloucestershire. read more

• Churches unite to face tragedy

  CHURCHES around Gloucestershire have been united in prayer for all those affected by the Asian tsunami tragedy. read more

• Road funds are 'charade'

  DECISIONS over the allocation of council funds for road improvement schemes have been labelled a "charade" by the leader of South Gloucestershire Council. read more

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