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• Vicar swaps pulpit for pulling pints

  DURSLEY'S rector was such a success behind the bar of a local pub that it could become an annual event. read more

• Fox-Pitt steals the show at Gatcombe

  WILLIAM FOX-PITT, with two first places and one third, was undoubtedly the star of the Festival of British Eventing at Gatcombe Park at the weekend but the Shetland Pony Grand National ran him a close second. read more

• Toll rates to stay longer

  TOLL charges on the two Severn crossings will stay in place for longer than expected following a tax ruling by judges at the European Court of Justice. read more

• 2005 Stroud Skittles League commences

  THE 2005-2006 Stroud and District Skittles League Season commences on Monday, August 22 with the handbook collection evening. read more

• War play fills in for pantomome

  A PANTOMIME will be missing from Wotton-under-Edge after Christmas this year, but Wotton Dramatic Society is channelling its energy into a lavish production of Oh What a Lovely War. read more

• Roads row escalates

  THE row over Tory plans to spend tens of millions of pounds on maintaining the roads in Gloucestershire at the expense of other local transport improvements during the next five years rose to new heights this week. read more

• Canal festival sails its way to success

  THIS year's Saul Canal Festival, with the Folk on the Water Weekend of folk music alongside, has been deemed as great a success as the record-breaking 2004 event. read more

• Residents face huge bill to repair leak

  ANGRY residents of a Cam cul-de-sac could face a £12,500 bill to replace a water pipe after Severn Trent refused to do the work. read more

• Berkeley spirit truly lives on

  Cricket Friendly Stone v Berkeley read more

• Tributes paid to cycling twin

  TRIBUTES have been paid to a former Wotton-under-Edge resident who died in a road accident last week. read more

• The laptop of luxury

  TAXPAYERS in Dursley and elsewhere in Gloucestershire are shelling out to provide laptop computers to councillors who neither need nor want them. read more

• Ode To Kingscote

  The north of the Cotswolds may have the majority of the chocolate-box villages that draw in the summer tourists in their droves but the south of the county around Dursley and Wotton is also rich in attractive villages and hamlets where, being less well known, we can stroll at our leisure. read more

• Days of war to be marked by society

  A PROJECT to remember life during the war years in a rural market town has been jointly launched by two historical organisations. read more

• Charfield 1st XI v Down Hatherly

  Charfield 1st XI v Down Hatherly read more

• Last minute rush to object to local plan

  AROUND 1,500 objections have been lodged against Stroud District Council's local plan - three times the number estimated by council officers two weeks ago. read more

• MP Drew backs our fight for Castle Street

  THE move to sell off Dursley's central short-stay car park for development has come under fire this week from the town's MP. read more

• Affordable Art

  THE third Affordable Art Sale is being held at Hawkesbury Upton Village Hall over the weekend of August 20-21 (10am-4.30pm). read more

• Cotswold Edge Golf Club

  Lady Captains 25th Anniversary Day: IT was the turn of the ladies to enjoy their 25th anniversary week when they played in the Captains Day competition. In dry weather some 48 ladies played in a Stableford competition. Scoring was good and in Division One Lynda Pearce came out on top with 37 points, followed by Corrinne Durber with 36 points. read more

• Man dies after quad-bike fall on royal estate

  A MAN has died following a fatal quad-bike collision at Gatcombe Park at the weekend. read more

• Time to get heavy

  STEPS are being taken to move lorries back onto the motorway networks in a bid to lessen their impact on Gloucestershire's rural and residential roads. read more

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