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• Club toasts 25th year

  THORNBURY'S St Mary's Hall Luncheon Club met as usual recently, but this time there was an extra reason to celebrate. read more

• Rush-hour survey, our thanks

  WE would like to thank those residents who have already responded to our survey about the decision by the council to close Filton Road in Hambrook in the morning rush hour. read more

• Singer Fred rolls with it

  WEST Country entertainer Fred Wedlock went beyond the call of duty when he was guest celebrity at Easter Compton's annual carnival on Saturday. read more

• Thanks to everyone

  MAY I through your columns express my sincere thanks and appreciation to all those concerned who assisted me following a heavy fall I experienced in Thornbury High Street on the morning of Thursday, June 2. read more

• Residents' fury over plans

  RESIDENTS living near derelict Hortham Hospital in Almondsbury have embarked on another battle to halt plans for a major new housing development on their doorsteps. read more

• Take away this veil of secrecy

  I FEEL compelled to contact you with regard to the issue of secondary education in our local area. read more

• Man arrested after police raid

  POLICE raided a house in Yate and arrested the owner, whom they suspected of dealing in drugs, as part of a one-day crackdown on people wanted for various crimes. 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

• It's the long and gruelling road

  A TEAM of five from Thornbury Running Club is preparing for an almost unimagineably gruelling challenge - a relay race across Siberia. read more

• Donation will go a long, long way

  I WOULD like to send out a big thank you to all the former Hanson employees, who during their dinner dance at Leyhill in January this year raised £230 for charity. That money has been kindly donated to Thornbury First Responders, volunteers who provide vital medical aid to patients in the period prior to the arrival of an ambulance. read more

• What happened to those old-fashioned country days?

  I LOVE the countryside in which I live! I really do, despite fighting local planning applications which are contrary to the general well being of fellow country dwellers, including the new battle against further change of use plans at Knapp Farm in Crossways Lane (PT05/1515/F), and the weekly visit of Chinook helicopters practice landing in the field opposite my home by compliments of the MOD. 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

• Chess school mates are kept in check

  FUTURE chess champions were out in force on Saturday for the region's biggest competition in the game. read more

• Falcons gear up for competition

  Thornbury Falcons are holding their annual six-a-side tournament at the Castle School sixth form playing fields this weekend. read more

• Bright start for fishermen

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

• Championship may just be the beginning

  THE 2004-05 football season was one of immense success and development for Yate Town Girls Football Club. read more

• Wiltshire side left stunned

  Marlborough v Rockhampton read more

• Join in school celebration

  CALLING all former Marlwood and Thornbury Grammar School pupils - your help is needed to help celebrate 400 years of top echelon education in Thornbury and Alveston. read more

• Politicians fight for Green Belt

  SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE should not be "lumbered" with more housing than it can cope with, politicians in the area warned this week. read more

• Scully is star man

  Scully is the star man read more

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