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• Shop's scarecrow stolen

  A SCARECROW displayed during Coaley's annual scarecrow competition has been stolen. read more

• New review into education starts

  SCHOOLS in Dursley and Wotton are under the spotlight as a new review of county education starts. read more

• Perry gains second term as Dursley captain

  THE recent elections for next season's captains of the senior men's section of Dursley Rugby Club saw a mix of continuity and new blood. read more

• 'Fire plan will put lives at risk'

  PEOPLE'S lives could soon be at risk if the Government goes ahead with plans to regionalise fire brigade control staff, fire-fighters have warned. read more

• Match celebrates Hancock's heroics

  THE Tim Hancock Benefit match was held at Stone Cricket Club last week and was a huge success, with a strong Gloucestershire team gaining a 61-run victory over Stone. read more

• No concert cash for hunt

  BERKELEY Castle estate office has dismissed claims that profits from concerts held in the grounds will be used to fund the pro-hunting campaign. read more

• Pleasure flight ends in tragedy as microlight crashes

  A PLEASURE flight in a microlight ended in tragedy when it came down in bad weather on Wednesday killing both people on board. read more

• New skills boost

  COMPUTER skills is one of a series of new training courses being launched in Cam and Dursley to help residents develop new skills. read more

• Organic shop in town to close

  A POPULAR organic shop in Dursley is closing today (Friday). The owners of Better For Organics, or BFO as the store in Parsonage Street has become known, have decided to consolidate the business with sister store Mother Nature in Stroud. read more

• Growing fury over homes plan

  PARISH councillors in Kingswood are so furious about proposals to increase the size of their village by more than ten percent that they have decided to open the matter to public debate. read more

• Nuclear waste site fears are dismissed

  CLAIMS that a Severnside site could be reconsidered as a location for disposing nuclear waste have been dismissed. read more

• Child's cancer sparks appeal

  WHEN three-year-old Laura Woodman was diagnosed with cancer of the eye her family was distraught. Her mother Karen, of Thornbury, had never heard of Retinoblastoma before and was completely in the dark over what to do to help her child. But now, only months after the disease was first picked up, the family is helping to raise the profile of the rare form of cancer which affects children under the age of five. Ali Dent spoke to family friend Sarah Hunter about why it is so important for parents to know the signs. read more

• Controversy for bowler Kirby

  GLOUCESTERSHIRE CCC star Steve Kirby has been found guilty of ball tampering by an England and Wales Cricket Board disciplinary panel but escaped with a suspended sentence. read more

• You're wrong, Mike

  IN response to Mike Davis's remarks to Cam Parish Council (Gazette, June 10) I feel bound to defend the incredulous accusation made against Lower Cam Playgroup's attendance record, and the reasons for which he implied we bothered to make an effort. read more

• Rolf show is not pro-hunt event

  WE would like to thank Mr Brown for the opportunity to clear up any misunderstandings concerning the performances at Berkeley Castle of Rolf Harris and his band on August 6 and Hayseed Dixie and the Wurzels on August 7. read more

• Verdict on boat death

  AN OPEN verdict was recorded on Wednesday on the death of a 46-year-old Slimbridge man who vanished from his stranded canal boat but and was then found dead in the River Severn four weeks later. read more

• Chance to work together

  COUNTY residents are to be asked for their views on how problems like congestion should be tackled. read more

• Look again, please, we are alive and kicking

  IT IS a pity that Diana Harvey in her letter (Gazette, June 10) about the future of the Standish Hospital site did not bother to first check with either Save our Standish or Stroud District Council. This would have confirmed that the bid of the community-led health and social care mutual is very much alive, and that the site has only planning for health and social care uses. read more

• Rovers return to Conference

  FOREST GREEN are back in the Nationwide Conference. read more

• Bright start for fishermen

  STOUTSHILL Lake kicked-off their season with a full house last week. read more

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