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  IT IS no wonder that the state of the National Health Service, created with such enormous optimism by the Labour Party in 1948 and for almost 60 years the envy of the world, is now so high on the list of the priorities of British voters. read more

• A masterful performance

  Cirencester 2nds 7 Dursley United 39 read more

• Price to pay for freedom

  GRAHAM Bartlett (Gazette letters, March 4) queries the cost of keeping our MP, David Drew. That is the trouble with democracy - it's expensive. read more

• Cam on for development

  A MIXED development in Cam of shops, houses and flats has been given the go-ahead, much to the delight of the parish council. read more

• Ace trainer Baimbridge hails the wizardry of Ossie

  BERKELEY trainer Dick Baimbridge sent out two winners during a bitterly cold Duke of Beaufort Point-to-Point at Didmarton on Saturday. read more

• Homes crisis realisation dawns at last

  HURRAY! At last Stroud Labour have realised there is a housing crisis in the district. read more

• Town without Jobcentre

  ALTERNATIVE Jobcentre Plus services may not be in place before Dursley Job Centre closes at the end of the month it was revealed this week. read more

• Majority oppose this plan

  YOUR article "Residents are Berkeley's Future" (Gazette, March 4) gives entirely the wrong impression of how the people not only of Berkeley, but also of the surrounding district, feel about the proposal that Berkeley should become a "principal settlement", together with the dumping of a further 300 houses on the town. read more

• Income tax reasoning

  THE policy of the Liberal Democrats is to replace the council tax with a local income tax but there has been no explanation as to how it would work. read more

• Widow slates hospital

  A FURIOUS widow has blasted the standards of cleanliness at the hospital where her husband died after contracting the MRSA superbug. read more

• Coburn is the rocket man

  Cam Bulldogs 3 Chalford 2 read more

• Ambassador visits only school in Cotswolds with Chinese classes

  THE plight of bile bears in China was firmly off the agenda during a visit by the Chinese ambassador to the south Cotswolds this week. read more

• Superbug cases are down

  A COLLECTIVE sigh of relief was breathed this week as Health Secretary Dr John Reid announced hospitals were winning the battle against the potentially fatal disease MRSA. read more

• Mystery boat owner sought

  A MARIE Celeste-style mystery is being investigated by police after an abandoned narrow boat was found stuck on a weir in the River Severn - with only the owner's cat on board. read more

• Three-way Champion Chase tussle is the highlight of four-day festival

  FOUR is the magic number for National Hunt fans heading to the 2005 Cheltenham Festival. read more

• Pool goggle ban is safety gone mad

  PRIMARY school children taking part in school swimming lessons have been banned from wearing goggles, the Gazette can reveal. read more

• (Northern) Monkey Business

  Tuesday: 3.15 Smurfit Champion Hurdle (2 miles 110 yards). Selection: Macs Joy. Each-way: Rooster Booster. read more

• Courageous councillor dies

  A STALWART of the Cam community has died after a long battle against the MRSA superbug. read more

• Special Constables provide special results

  AN OPERATION launched by Special Constables to improve road safety and tackle anti-social behaviour in the Dursley area has been hailed a success. read more

• Last gasp goal sees Rovers' points slip away

  Accrington Stanley 2 Forest Green Rovers 2 read more

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