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• Pupils bewitched by Beijing

  SIX pupils from Katharine Lady Berkeley's School, Wotton-under-Edge, who won a national Mandarin Chinese speaking competition, have spent a wonderful seven days in Beijing as their prize. read more

• Editor 'can't wait' to start

  NEW editor Skip Walker spent the first four years of her career as a reporter at the Daily Express, way back when most national newspapers were still based in Fleet Street. read more

• Old library comes down

  DURSLEY'S programme of regeneration gathered pace this week as the old library was demolished, while plans for a new fire station were submitted. read more

• Pension credit is now due

  SIR - A tyotal of 1,599 Stroud pensioners are not receiving pension credit and are entitled to it. read more

• Seat on council could be forfeited

  ABSENTEE councillor Bob Eccles has been given until May to attend a council meeting or risk losing his seat at Ebley Mill. read more

• Musical fireworks

  SIR - Public-spirited aficionados of Dursley Male Voice Choir have responded in force and willingly coughed up the £10 ticket price for the latest concert. read more

• Public asked to tell police of speeding moped riders

  A GROUP of young moped riders are causing disruption to residents in Cam. read more

• No stopping crime watch phoneline

  CRIMESTOPPERS, the telephone line for reporting crime, is continuing to go from strength to strength in Gloucestershire. read more

• Housing plan not the people's will

  SIR - As the district councillors for Berkeley, Robert Winter and myself do not support the inspector's recommendations of 300 homes to be built on land east of Berkeley. We will not be voting for this at council in April. read more

• New monkey's name to go to highest net bid

  A WOTTONIAN has been featured on American television in CBS's 60 Minutes documentary talking about his discovery of a new species of monkey. read more

• Group challenges major housing

  CAMPAIGNERS at the forefront of a group opposed to a possible 300-home development in Berkeley have set out their plan of action to fellow residents. read more

• Mum's plans for village crossings

  CHARFIELD residents are starting a campaign to get pelican crossings installed at two well-used crossing points. read more

• What people are planning

  PLANNING applications received by Stroud District Council include: read more

• Last gasp Bailey strike seals it for Cam in derby thriller

  Cam Bulldogs Res 3 Sharpness Res 2 read more

• Road congestion is feared

  TRAFFIC congestion in Wotton-under-Edge, described by one councillor as "absolutely impossible", could get even worse after a new housing development was given the go-ahead on Tuesday. read more

• Gazette Comment

  PROGRESS towards the regeneration of Dursley has moved on apace this week. read more

• Severn is seen with a rosy tint

  Sir - Remembrances of the Severn in the 1940s (at Purton) read more

• Demolition starts on old factory site

  WORK to demolish the former Bymacks factory in Dursley started this week. read more

• Where are the bins?

  SIR - On visiting relatives' graves in Cirencester and Kingshill cemetery, Dursley, they supply wheelie bins, dustbins and skips to dispose of the rubbish. How is that Lower Cam is unable to supply these facilities? read more

• Lewer: Supporters need to get behind us

  Forest Green Rovers 1 Leigh RMI 1 read more

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