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• Appeal to see plans

  COMMENTS can still be made regarding the proposed development on the land at Littlecombe (Lister Petter site), Dursley. Since inspection of the plans at various Town and Parish Council offices can only be made either by telephone or between the hours of 9.30am-12.30pm on Monday and Wednesday and 12.30-3.30pm at Dursley and Wotton-under-Edge I have asked for the plans to be available at libraries. read more

• Opposition's anger over merger plans

  A MAJOR restructuring of the departments of Gloucestershire County Council, which consigns the environment to one new supersized department, has come under fire this week. read more

• Colossal Cam gain breathtaking win

  Cam v Walls Crescent read more

• Help us to mark war thankyou

  THE Royal British Legion is to run a thank you campaign to mark the 60th anniversary of the end of the Second World War. read more

• Taylor's new role

  FOREST Green Rovers boss Gary Owers has secured the services of former Bristol City and Swindon Town defender Shaun Taylor as his assistant manager. read more

• Charity challenge

  THE Gloucestershire-based Meningitis Trust is urging women of all ages and fitness levels from the Dursley area to join it for the Hydroactive Women's Challenge - a five kilometre charity fun run. read more

• Castle to host historic event

  DESCENDANTS of people involved in the Great Berkeley Poaching Affray of 1816 and will converge on Berkeley Castle on Monday for the first ever commemoration of one of the most earth shattering real life dramas ever to hit the area. read more

• Hay enters the Bristol circuit

  ONE of the region's top boxing clubs is all set to reinforce its logo as the 'Best in the West' after recruiting an exciting new promoter. read more

• Ambulance service vow is 'hollow talk'

  GOVERNMENT assurances that people would be consulted over the planned merger of Gloucestershire Ambulance Trust with its Wiltshire and Avon equivalents have been dismissed as "hollow talk" by Cotswold MP Geoffrey Clifton-Brown. read more

• Thanks all round for the seats

  I REFER to the recent letters about the seats on Stinchcombe Hill. Through the good offices of one of the trustees agreement was reached with Lister-Petter that they would take away and refurbish the two original Lister seats which were in a poor condition. read more

• Tributes to friends killed in air crash

  TRIBUTES have been paid this week to the two men who lost their lives in a mircrolight crash near Wotton. read more

• Celebrate Kingshill 'jewel'

  THIS year marks the 300th anniversary of Kingshill House, a Grade II listed Georgian house in the heart of Dursley, now one of the town's principal arts and entertainment venues. Gazette reporter Sarah Carless talked to arts co-ordinator Jill Frank about the house and the celebrations planned for next month not only to mark the anniversary but also to encourage the people of the district to make more use of this gem on their doorstep read more

• Please give carers a chance to shine

  I FEEL that I must put pen to paper following your headlines regarding Care Services changes (Gazette, June 10). read more

• Jail death leads to protest

  POLICE were called to Eastwood Park prison at Falfield this week during a demonstration by penal reform campaigners. read more

• Time called at bar

  ONE of the few nightspots in Dursley has been closed down. read more

• Choice is main aim of schools review

  THE headteacher of Vale of Berkeley College has said that the latest review of education in Gloucestershire will not automatically look to close small schools. read more

• Transport concern

  TRANSPORT is top of a list of concerns by civic leaders who have met to discuss a major housing development in Dursley. read more

• Thousands have fantastic time

  ORGANISERS of the Lister Tyndale Steam Rally in North Nibley have hailed the weekend's event as the biggest success in its 15-year history. read more

• Archers make their mark

  A CAM-BASED archery club was right on target recently at a top regional tournament. read more

• Point of volunteers' work now revealed

  FOLLOWING a decade of scrub clearing at the upland Village Green, hillsides and The Point at Drakestone by local conservation volunteers, the mysterious series of ditches and platforms have re-emerged. This outstanding promontory with panoramic commanding views of the Berkeley Vale and landscape to the South West, features in early writings on defensive positions and local castles; particularly by Roger de Berkeley, a nobleman, at the court of William the Conqueror. read more

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