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• White time for trade message

  MEMBERS of Thornbury's Make Poverty History (MPH) group will be out in the town tomorrow to mark the campaign's third global White Band Day. read more

• Tories rally against new housing growth

  TORY members of South Gloucestershire Council's Cabinet are calling for the council to join protests against plans which could see housing growing by the equivalent of a small Bradley Stoke every year. read more

• Minutes row sees meeting abandoned

  A PARISH council meeting had to be abandoned almost before it began after a row between members of the council and the parish clerk got out of hand. read more

• Next stop Africa

  ALMONDSBURY antiques dealer Graham Pendrill flies out to Kenya this weekend to begin his new life amongst tribesmen on the African plains. read more

• Forward dominance sends Frampton to joint top spot

  Gloucester League Division One Chipping Sodbury 3 Frampton Cotterell 21 read more

• Show of strength after signs stolen

  DEFIANT Littleton-on-Severn residents fighting plans for a business park on their doorstep this week issued a "we won't be silenced" pledge after thieves stole their protest signs and posters. read more

• More improvements planned for ring road

  MORE road works are in store for commuters on the Avon Ring Road during one of the busiest times of the year. read more

• Potts hat-trick bolsters Rocks

  Hellenic League Division One West Tytherington Rocks 4 Purton 1 read more

• Robert signs by candlelight

  A CHRISTMAS concert by candlelight comes to St Cyr's Church, Stinchcombe. read more

• Thornbury get kicked into submission

  Western Counties North Old Centralians 9 Thornbury 8 read more

• Gloom at grant figure

  THIS week's pre-budget announcement by Chancellor Gordon Brown looks set to see South Gloucestershire Council receive only a 2.1 percent increase in grant, excluding the amount given to schools. read more

• Panto rolls into town

  THE COUNTDOWN has started - oh yes it has - to Gloucestershire's biggest and best pantomime at Cheltenham's Everyman which, this year, is Jack and the Beanstalk. read more

• Asbestos clearing starts at Hortham

  DEMOLITION teams have moved onto the former Hortham Hospital site in Almondsbury as developers prepare the ground for a controversial housing scheme. read more

• Pastry firm workers face uncertain future

  A SLUMP in the sale of sausage rolls to schools has contributed to a bleak Christmas for more than 50 workers at a factory in Yate whose company faces £20million of debt. read more

• Pupil found with fake gun

  A SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE schoolboy appeared in court this week accused of taking a replica gun and metal spike into school. read more

• Thornbury Diary

  Friday, December 9 9am, Thornbury, Library. Thornbury Art Club and Writers Circle exhibition until December 14 during library hours. 2.30pm, Alveston, Methodist Hall. Alveston 50 Plus Group seasonal entertainment. 7.15pm, Thornbury, Armstrong Hall Old Bakery Annexe. Thornbury and District Stamp Club, Members display, Letter S. read more

• Yate and Sodbury Diary

  Friday, December 9 10am, Yate, Pop Inn Cafe in Yate Shopping Centre. Meet for a walk around Kingscote Park as part of South Gloucestershire Council's Walking For Life Programme. 2.15-2.45pm, Chipping Sodbury Library, festive fun with storytime with the Bookstart Bear suitable for pre-school children. 2.30-4.30pm, Chipping Sodbury, Heron Way, Tyndale Centre. Christmas charity sale with bespoke jewellery, cards and crafts. Proceeds in aid of the Leprosy Mission and the Tear Fund. 5.30pm, Chipping Sodbury, Victorian Day with a special visit from Father Christmas himself. read more

• At the centre of the community

  LAST month the Shire Way Community Centre in Yate secured a grant for £3,000 from the Gannett Foundation, the charitable arm of the Gazette's parent company, to pay for the installation of an induction loop in three of the centre's function rooms - the main hall, the bar and the skittle alley. This week reporter Alex Ross went along to the centre to take a look at role of the centre in the community of Yate. read more

• Mangotsfield dump Merthyr

  Southern League Errea Cup Mangotsfield United 4 Merthyr Tydfil 1 read more

• Village of the year

  THE most beautiful and well looked after village in the whole of Avon has been named as Tytherington in the 2005 Avonside Village of the Year competition. read more

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