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• School pool may be closed

  BERKELEY swimming pool may have to close if local people cannot raise £30,000 to carry out much needed repair work. read more

• Sheltered housing gets go ahead

  PLANS for a new nursing home and sheltered housing development in Dursley have been given the thumbs up by town councillors. read more

• Dursley go through after Bishop's spot of bother

  GFA North Senior Amateur Challenge Cup Dursley Town 2 Kingswood 1 read more

• Langford's late winner gives Berkeley a deserved victory

  GFA North Senior Amateur Challenge Cup Hatherley Rangers 1 Berkeley Town 2 read more

• Hunters have no recourse

  WHEN the first successful prosecutions are inevitably made and the Hunting Act is shown to have teeth, perhaps those disingenuously bleating on about it being 'unworkable' will shut up and take notice. New laws always need time to bed in. read more

• Man took cannabis to ease skin condition, court is told

  A CIVIL engineer who said he smoked large quantities of cannabis because he suffered with the skin condition psoriasis has walked free from court. read more

• Comedy at dinner table

  TABLE Manners, the classic comedy by Alan Ayckbourn, is set to serve up life in a strife-torn family weekend at the Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham from Tuesday, January 24 to Saturday, January 28. read more

• Traffic on route

  I READ Mr Cordwell's reply in last week's Gazette with interest. As usual the reply skirts around the main issue raised and attempts to create a smokescreen. read more

• Tragedy of fire

  IN THE light of the very tragic death of a Dursley pensioner last week, being a pensioner myself and living in a mobile home at Berkeley Vale Park, I am extremely fearful that a similar catastrophe could easily occur here, again. Someone actually died in a fire a few years ago, their home went up rapidly, spreading to the next unit. read more

• Blaze: Inquest adjourned until May

  A POST MORTEM has revealed that popular Dursley personality George Fry died from smoke inhalation. read more

• Trader lost two thousand pounds in credit card fraud

  A SHOP owner in Dursley is warning neighbouring businesses about the dangers of credit card fraud after losing more than £2,000. read more

• Fed-up residents call for action over car park yobs

  RESIDENTS in Dursley have this week spoken out about their misery at anti-social behaviour, which they claim is ruining their lives, in Rackfield car park. read more

• Terrible Tates are reunited for classy Victorian thriller

  TWO of soap-land's most famous siblings, Emmerdale's Zoe and Chris Tate, are to be reunited in the Victorian thriller 'Gaslight' at the Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham from Monday, January 30 to Saturday, February 4. read more

• Five-star Bulldogs take Cirencester tournament

  CAM BULLDOGS LADIES fulfilled their potential at the small-sided game and deservedly won the Gloucestershire County Women's League Five-a-side Tournament at the Cirencester Arena. read more

• Dursley Diary

  Friday January 13 7.45pm, Wotton-under-Edge, Electric Picture House, The Descent, Cert 18 read more

• Leaders well beaten

  Gloucestershire Northern Senior League Division Two Charfield 3 Newton Heath 0 read more

• Benefactor helps out

  MEMBERS of a blind club in Dursley and Wotton-under-Edge were given a belated Christmas present this week when they were told their disbanded group would be reopening. read more

• Pair given chance by Gloucestershire

  GLOUCESTERSHIRE County Cricket Club have announced the signing of two new players for the start of the 2006 season. read more

• Emily leads the way back to a happy life

  AFTER a serious car accident mum-of-five Paula Thorpe found herself in the grasps of a nervous breakdown. However, through the love and support of her family and the help of a green hippo called Emily she pulled through. Gazette reporter Liza-Jane Gillespie went to meet Mrs Thorpe to hear all about Paula's courageous battle and her little green friend Emily. read more

• Promise to liaise

  KINGSWOOD Parish Council was reassured this week that crime in the village will be taken seriously by police. read more

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