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• Silverhill schoolgirl smashes track record

  A SCHOOLGIRL from Winterbourne has smashed the national 800 metre record by seven seconds. read more

• No time to air criticism

  IN Jeff Weaver's article Ombudsman Strikes Back (Gazette, June 10), the Local Government Ombudsman fails to give an accurate picture with regard to public and political dissatisfaction with his organisation's activities. read more

• Lib Dems support Frenchay

  NORTHAVON MP Steve Webb's campaign to secure a review into the decision to downgrade Frenchay Hospital has received the backing of his party. 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

• Stars of the Cosmos

  BOUNCERS from Cosmos Trampoline Club brought home both individual and team medals from a major competition in Poole recently. read more

• Football festival is a red-hot favourite

  THORNBURY Falcons hosted their 14th annual six-a-side football tournament at the weekend. read more

• A friendly welcome for curate

  NO jokes about the name, please - Thornbury's new curate Craig Bishop has heard them all before. read more

• Sad about development threat

  THORNBURY is still a pleasant town to live, surrounded as it is by farming communities. One of the most popular recreational walks is the 'mile loop' up Crossways Lane off Morton Way. 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

• Major face-lift set to begin at church

  THORNBURY Methodist Church is about to have a major face-lift. read more

• If you are worried join in the debate

  I AM writing to clarify who will be deciding on the outcome of the review of Yate and Sodbury secondary schools, following Joanna Wallis's letter (Gazette, June 10) as this may leave people with the impression that local councillors on South Gloucestershire Council will have a "vote" on the proceedings. read more

• Plans to make small backwater into town

  A GOVERNMENT report has identifed a Green Belt backwater near Almondsbury as a possible site for up to 13,000 new homes. read more

• School caretaker's child porn shame

  LONELY school caretaker Douglas Saunders used his computer to download thousands of pornographic images of children while he was a trusted employee at Marlwood School in Alveston, a court heard this week. read more

• Family values are feverish fun

  IT IS A chance not to be sneezed at - Thornbury Amateur Dramatic Society's summer play, Hay Fever, by Noel Coward. read more

• Castle to host historical 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

• Trottman pushes Thorns to victory

  Thornbury 1st XI v Stroud CC read more

• School chiefs criticised over lack of discipline

  CHIPPING SODBURY School was slammed this week for a "serious breakdown in discipline" which has led to some pupils' behaviour spiralling out of control. 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

• Pride in our carnival success

  PILNING Carnival is alive and very well. The rescue package that saved the event for the village worked a treat. Hundreds turned out in the glorious sunshine on Saturday to watch the procession wend its way to the playing field. read more

• Relief as council rejects clay shoot

  PLANS for a clay pigeon shoot which residents feared could threaten the rural calm of Littleton-on-Severn have been turned down by South Gloucestershire planners. read more

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