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• Switch off the lights

  PRESSURE is mounting for "disastrous" new traffic signals at M5 junction at Falfield to be switched off once and for all. read more

• Huge queues expected

  AN EXPANDING dental practice in Wotton-under-Edge is expecting around 800 people to turn up when they hold a registration day for NHS patients at the end of the month. read more

• Stinchcombe pair chase Lombard joy

  A GOLF trip of a lifetime awaits amateur Jason Creed and Stinchcombe Hill Golf Club PGA professional Paul Bushell if they can come through the next stage of Europe's biggest pro-am competition, the Lombard Trophy. read more

• King claims Gatcombe crown

  MORE than 550 horses and riders competed at the Gatcombe Novice and Intermediate Horse Trials at the Princess Royal's Gloucestershire home at the weekend. read more

• Can Forest Green pull off a 'great escape' of their own?

  Carlisle 0 Forest Green Rovers 1 read more

• A warning to sun worshippers

  A YOUNG mother from Chipping Sodbury was diagnosed with skin cancer four years ago and is now working with Cancer Research UK's SunSmart campaign to help raise awareness locally of the dangers we all face if we fail to treat the sun with the respect it deserves. read more

• Dursley club is a hubbub of activity

  THE past few months have been a busy time for the members of Dursley Bowls Club. read more

• New NUJ president

  FORMER Gazette reporter Tim Lezard has been elected president of the National Union of Journalists. read more

• New block hits right note

  DURSLEY'S Rednock School is justly proud of its new purpose-built music centre, opened on Monday. read more

• Park hosts festival of fine tulips

  THE annual tulip festival is being held at Dyrham Park this weekend. read more

• Survey of the wildlife in gardens

  GLOUCESTERSHIRE Wildlife Trust is calling on all local garden owners to take part in the first countywide wildlife survey of its kind. read more

• Rejected plan may force rethink on development

  BERKELEY could be saved from a 300-home development after all because of the rejected Gloucestershire Structure Plan. read more

• 'Prevention is much better than cure'

  ON April 1 a Wotton-under-Edge businessman was sworn in as the new High Sheriff of Gloucestershire. Gazette reporter Sarah Carless met Michael Stone to talk about his appointment to the 1,000-year-old post. read more

• Dog owners hounded by poop bin adverts

  STROUD District Council is among the first local authorities in the UK to allow its 'poop bins' - provided for the convenience of dog owners - to carry commercial sponsorship. read more

• Post office bid delayed

  THE FUTURE of the post office in Wotton-under-Edge is still not guaranteed after it was revealed by the person wanting to run the enterprise that financial problems had emerged. read more

• Red light for safer route plan

  PARENTS at Charfield Primary School look unlikely to get a safer route to school because the school's current travel scheme does not include plans for signal controlled crossings. read more

• It's never mind the weather as gardeners put on a fine show

  WOTTON-UNDER-EDGE Gardening Club held its annual spring show in the Civic Centre on Saturday. read more

• Changing the face of sport in Wotton forever

  THE dawn of a new era was celebrated at Wotton-under-Edge Rugby Club this week as work got underway on the club's new pitch, the first step in an exciting new sports development project that has taken the town by storm. read more

• Lifetime ambition becomes a reality for swimming star

  DURSLEY Dolphins swimming coach Matthew Sprague achieved a lifelong ambition at the weekend by winning the Men's Senior County Championship at the GL1 pool in Gloucester. read more

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