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• Asda keen to step in where Tesco left off

  ASDA claim that they are ready to save the project to bring a supermarket to Dursley. read more

• Social services offices to relocate

  PLANS to spend £345,000 on relocating the social services offices for Cam and Dursley have been backed by town leaders. Gloucestershire County Council has registered a planning application to move the department from the current site at Union Street to a more central site for Cam and Dursley. read more

• Council planners to blame

  IT IS pointless blaming Tesco for the destruction of the Dursley regeneration plan, they act solely in their own commercial interest and if the negotiators didn't realise that they are even more naive than I thought. read more

• News is welcome

  I REALISE that I may be one of a small minority but I welcome the news that Tesco will not be building a store in the heart of Dursley. read more

• Lost for words

  I HAVE heard a rumour, the truth of which I have been unable to establish, that Tesco are producing, printing, and marketing their own version of the dictionary but unfortunately the proof reader didn't spot there were quite a number of words omitted from it such as: agreement, caring, character, ethical, fair-play, honesty, honour, integrity, loyalty, morality, principles, respect, sincerity, truthfulness, to name but a few. Shame really; it could have been so very good couldn't it? read more

• Wrong track

  THE reported comments by Wessex Trains' business manager David Pinkney (Gazette, July 8) suggest he is out of touch with local affairs and the role of the railway. read more

• They had their say

  OF THE various reactions to the news of Tesco's purchase of Cam Co-op, Mrs Nolder is quoted as saying: "The people of Dursley must have a say" (Gazette, July 8). read more

• Anniversary event for Kingshill House

  A GLORIOUS weekend was the verdict from Kingshill House's 300th anniversary event, complementing the summer weather. read more

• Party time at the festival

  HAVING joined forces with Kingshill House, which is celebrating its 300th anniversary, Dursley Town Festival opened on Sunday with a guided walk on Stinchcombe Hill and a summer garden party at Woodmancote Manor, followed on Tuesday by an evening ramble from the Old Spot pub. read more

• 40 years of firefighting in Dursley

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• From lightning strikes to cow rescues - a fire fighting history

  DURSLEY and the surrounding area is a rural community with little development during the 19th and first half of the 20th century. However, as the population increased so did the need for more housing and the area became more built up with new housing estates being built. read more

• Villages celebrate victory day

  VILLAGERS in Hawkesbury Upton were whisked back to 1940s to mark the 60th anniversary of the end of the Second World War. read more

• Window firm offers puzzling prices

  A BERKELEY resident has claimed a national window company quoted a price more than three times higher than that of a local company to replace a window. read more

• Changes could lose £2m

  CHANGES to Gloucestershire County Council's Second Local Transport Plan could mean the council loses out on more than £2 million government funding, it was claimed this week. read more

• Task force's future plans

  A BUSINESS park with specific expertise in the energy industry could shape the future for Berkeley's nuclear site. read more

• Tragedy mimutes away

  A CAM couple were only minutes away from being caught up in the terrorist bomb attacks on London a week ago. read more

• Student Witnessed horror of bus attack

  THE mother of a student who had a narrow escape from the terror attacks in London has told of her worry for her daughter's safety. read more

• Tories break promises on bureaucracy

  LIBERAL Democrat members on Gloucestershire County Council have accused the Conservatives of contradicting themselves and breaking promises in an attempt to cut down on bureaucracy. read more

• County is ready to respond

  POLICE have moved to reassure Gloucestershire residents that clear procedures are in place to deal with any terrorist attacks in the county. read more

• 50-year pact reunites friends

  ON the first Sunday morning in July 1955, three young men from Dursley stood at the top of Cam Peak. read more

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