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• French flyer Benoit is the toast of Bristol

  THE 33rd staging of the Severn Bridge Road Race on Sunday saw a breathtaking solo finish as well as a fine showing from several Bristol-based riders. read more

• Lib Dems contest bypass decision

  LIBERAL DEMOCRATS have pledged to continue their fight against a Winterbourne bypass, despite £60,000 being ploughed into the scheme. read more

• Town feel the force of mighty Fairford

  Almondsbury Town 0 Fairford Town 4 read more

• Our local MPs should help to save hospital

  I AM horrified by the councillors' decision to approve the new headquarters in Yate, at a cost of £21million, and folks it will take the council 21 years to pay for this project. read more

• Zoo's bid for funds

  PLANS to create a £30 million conservation park in Easter Compton will be funded over the next four years. read more

• Bakery rises to the occasion for TV

  ONE of Chipping Sodbury's most successful small businesses has revealed the secrets of its success for a television programme. read more

• Coaching sessions

  FORMER Bristol City Academy director David Burnside, who now runs his own football coach education company, is directing an FA Level One coaching certificate course for junior team managers and coaches. read more

• Our local MPs should help save hospital

  I AM writing to publicly appeal to local our local Members of Parliament to show their public support for Cossham Hospital by signing the Early Day Motion 622 tabled by Conservative Party co-chairman Dr Liam Fox. read more

• School for 21st century

  OLVESTON Primary School, already one of the best in the South West, is set to get even better. read more

• Cup heartache for North

  Powergen Junior Vase semi-final North Bristol 13 Solihull 18 read more

• Chapel's keeping its secrets

  With rumours of body snatching and the belief it was a trail-blazer in the USA, the modest-looking Frenchay Chapel has a remarkable history. But now the building, which dates from the 1600s, is suffering from the ravages of time. Gazette feature writer Kirsty Ramsden found out about the chapel's past and how it is facing up to the future. read more

• Tax collection is poor in area

  SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE is one of the worst ten regions in the South West for collecting council tax, according to new figures. read more

• (Northern) Monkey Business

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

• Future looks stable for ancient barn project

  ALMOST 200 people defied icy wind at the weekend to attend a food, farming and landscape day at Winterbourne Medieval Barn. read more

• Time to speak out

  A LAST-DITCH bid has been launched this week to save Frenchay Hospital from being downgraded to little more than a community health centre. read more

• Work starts on Civic Amenity

  These notes, prepared by Thornbury Town Council, are intended to provide a more detailed insight into the work the council does for the town. With co-operation from the Gazette, councillors are submitting the column on a regular basis after each cycle of meetings, to help keep residents abreast of council business and topics coming up in the near future. They would also be delighted to welcome residents in person at any of their full council and committee meetings, should anyone wish to raise an issue or simply to listen. read more

• Pupils' paintings on offer

  THE work of talented young artists at Thornbury's Castle School will soon be adorning the walls of local shops and offices thanks to a pioneering new scheme aimed at introducing school art to a wider audience. read more

• Planning policy under fire

  THE planning system is becoming increasingly unfair, rigged in favour of unauthorised traveller encampments and illegal developments, claims Chris Butt, the Conservative's prospective parliamentary candidate for Northavon. read more

• Streets will be safer

  THERE will be two new faces on the streets of Dodington and Yate thanks to a new policing scheme. read more

• Incensed by hospital decision

  I AM a war widow, pushing 75 years, rather disabled with the most questionable health requiring medical attention. read more

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