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• Diversion 'nightmare' for village residents

  BLIGHTED Cam residents have this week accused a water company carrying out road works in the village of putting their homes at risk. read more

• Is it time to stub it out?

  RESIDENTS and landlords throughout Dursley reacted pragmatically to the news of the ban. read more

• Nurses to refuse and extra work

  IF NURSES in the South West are awarded less than a three percent pay rise by the government, the region faces a substantial loss in essential NHS nursing care. read more

• Students hand out a lesson to Dursley

  Gloucestershire League Division Two Hartpury College 100 Dursley 7 read more

• Slimbridge hosts crucial Sharpness v Berkeley cup clash

  BIG rivals Sharpness and Berkeley Town meet for the fourth time this season on Wednesday night in their Stroud Charity Cup tie. read more

• Trust keeps eye on bird flu cases

  THE Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust at Slimbridge is said to be monitoring the bird flu situation closely this week after more and more birds have died from the disease in Europe. read more

• Laura realises her ballet dream

  A DREAM come true awaits a six-year-old Bristol girl who will be taking part in the Nutcracker ballet alongside the Chisinau National Ballet at Bristol Hippodrome. read more

• Canny Everett's entertainment show

  Gloucestershire County Women's League Division One Newent Town Ladies 4 Cam Bulldogs Ladies 5 read more

• Nowhere to drink

  VILLAGERS in Uley have hit out after the mysterious closure of their local pub has left them without a place to drink. read more

• Have a say on Berkeley's fate

  LOCAL people are being asked to enter another consultation with the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) to decide the 'end state' of the Berkeley Nuclear site. read more

• Postcode causing road chaos

  YOU may have heard of the postcode lottery but in Wotton-under-Edge the address system is proving anything but lucky. read more

• Clubber suffers serious injury

  A 21-YEAR-OLD man was seriously attacked after a night out clubbing in Dursley on Saturday. read more

• Pool talks go public in bid to fund repairs

  SAVE our pool was the message delivered to Gloucestershire County Council last night at a public meeting held to amass support for Berkeley Swimming Pool. read more

• Any memorabilia?

  I AM currently doing some research into one of Dursley's well-known personalities from former times and wondered whether any of your readers could help with further information. read more

• Wider picture

  I REFER to Keith Watson's article (Gazette Sept 24 2004), 'New bypass being called for' and the editorial comment on the same subject. I am also enclosing a copy letter dated Feb 1 2006 which explains that a proposal to 'improve' the B4066 is being put forward. This is despite a meeting and exhibition in 2004 when it was made quite clear that, like your newspaper, the people living in the area overwhelmingly felt neither road was viable. read more

• 'Take a pay cut or be made homeless'

  A HARDWORKING husband and wife from Wotton-under-Edge could be evicted by Stroud District Council for refusing to sign a new contract which would leave them drastically out of pocket. read more

• Reliable Royals rumble on

  Stroud League Division Seven North Nibley Res 1 AC Royals 4 read more

• Now is the time to prune

  IN my experience, there are two types of gardeners; there are the planters and propagators, and there are the pruners and weeders. I am very much in the first of these two groups, and it is at this time of year that I enjoy the fruits of my autumn labours when all my spring flowering bulbs were planted and whose greenery is now poking up through the late winter earth, without the guilt of having let the weeds take over (again). read more

• Albie still allowing extra time

  ONE of the most familiar faces of the local football scene has refereed his 2,000th match. read more

• Multi-million traffic light misery ahead

  FALFIELD'S "million pound traffic lights" are set to bring more misery for local drivers. read more

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