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• Gardens open to view

  VILLAGERS of a pretty Cotswold village are opening their garden gates for charity at the weekend. read more

• Brave girld recruits walkers for Trust

  A BRAVE little girl from Dursley is helping to recruit people for a sponsored walk in aid of the Meningitis Trust. read more

• Petition to minister to halt hospital plan

  A PETITION signed by 32,000 protesters who want to save Frenchay Hospital from being downgraded to a community health centre has been delivered to Secretary of State for Health Patricia Hewitt. read more

• Rare heart infection led to death at 32

  AN inquest into the death of former Cam man Mark Thomas Young, 32, was held on at Shire Hall, Gloucester, on July 13. read more

• A toilet is not for garbage

  WESSEX Water is stepping up its campaign to stop people using their toilet as a rubbish bin. read more

• Iron Age's new golden age

  WORK has been completed to restore the area around the Uley Bury Iron Age hill fort. read more

• Car park sale could kill off town centre

  THE death of Dursley could be the result of selling off the town's busiest car park, one of the town's longest established traders claimed this week. read more

• Agency dispells fuel leak fears

  CONCERNS that fuel has been leaking from a disused petrol station in Dursley have been dispelled. read more

• Yes, all's well with our festival

  SPECIAL tribute has been paid to the young people of Dursley by one of the organisers of last week's town festival. read more

• Tell the RSPB

  I AM country born and bred. We are used to being called country bumpkins but we are not barbaric people who catch wild birds in cages to kill. I wonder where John Kemp (Gazette Letters, July 8) has seen these poor birds and why anyone would want to kill them? read more

• Esta brings art and education to Africa

  A STUDENT from Wotton-under-Edge is off to two African countries to help teach health education through arts, dance and music. read more

• Courage at last

  THE Save Frenchay Hospital Group (SFHG) is delighted that the South Gloucestershire Council's Health Scrutiny Subcommittee has had the courage to make the decision to refer the downgrading of Frenchay Hospital to the Secretary of State for Health to ask her to refer it on to the IndependentReconfiguration Panel. read more

• 25th anniversary celebration

  The committee and members of Synwell Senior Citizens' Club celebrated its 25th anniversary with a party in the pavillion at Synwell playing field at Wotton-under-Edge. read more

• Where will it all end?

  MORE than 60 people turned up at a public meeting this week to voice their fears that their village could be altered forever if 50 more houses are built. read more

• Theft: How low can you go?

  A WOTTON-under-Edge resident has spoken of her shock at having her shopping stolen from a pushchair while a toddler was sitting in it. read more

• Keith walks the walk to raise charity funds

  A MAN from Wickwar is putting his best foot forward to embark on a mammoth task in aid of a national charity. read more

• Project threatened by yobs

  YOUTHS running rampant on the recreation ground and firing stones at neighbouring houses with tennis rackets has put the future of Berkeley Vale Youth Project in doubt. read more

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