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• Harber goals have Brimscombe all at sea

  Gloucestershire Northern Senior League Division One Kingswood 3 Brimscombe & Thrupp 0 read more

• Pancake Tactics

  ONCE again it was a spectacle to see the Dursley Pancake Race along Parsonage Street on Shrove Tuesday. It is a grand British tradition that I a very pleased is taking place on the streets of our town. read more

• Fresh take on Hamlet

  A Thousand Natural Shocks The T E A M in Bath Shakespeare Festival read more

• Town's Fairtrade battle continues

  FAIRTRADE is often cause supported by high-profile celebrities such as Coldplay frontman Chris Martin, who urges people to fight the corner of third-world producers by writing messages on his knuckles. read more

• Dursley Diary

  Friday, March 17 7.30pm, Dursley, Community Association, Rednock Drive. Dursley and District Garden Club. Mr Bullock: Out and About Again. 1.30-3.30pm, Cam, Memorial Hall. Tea dance including sequence and ballroom dancing. 7.45pm, Wotton-under-Edge. Electric Picture House, Vera Drake, Cert 12A, 125 mins. read more

• Fraud concern for garage customer

  A WICKWAR woman has hit out at a petrol garage for putting its customers at risk of ID fraud. read more

• Stranded passengers take action over cuts

  STRANDED Uley residents have been left high and dry after a bus company announced plans to cut its only daytime service from the village. read more

• MP helps keep the "ball rolling"

  MP GEOFFREY Clifton-Brown has this week joined the fight to overturn Stroud District Council's plan to build 50 new houses in Kingswood. read more

• Costly card for Scott

  A STUDENT has been forced to pay for his own birthday card from MP Geoffrey Clifton-Brown. read more

• Business as usual despite cuts

  A GROUP of volunteer drivers have said they can continue driving people to hospital appointments despite receiving a 25 percent cut in funding from the county council. read more

• Stagecoach have badly let their passengers down with service cuts

  I SHOULD like to alert Uley bus users of the 20 service from Uley to Dursley, Cam and Stroud to the fact that Stagecoach has announced they are going to axe the excellent hourly daytime service and provide only two early morning buses and two returns in the early evening. read more

• Library is a triumph

  VISITS to Dursley's refurbished library almost doubled in February compared to the same month last year. read more

• The very best of Gilbert and Sullivan

  HOW refreshing to listen to a well presented selection of popular excerpts from Gilbert and Sullivan operettas. read more

• Fitting tribute for "bundle of life"

  A FITTING tribute has been paid to a late pillar of the Wickwar community. read more

• Prisoner absconded out of "frustration"

  AN inmate who absconded from Leyhill Open Prison on Boxing Day after "17 months of frustration" in the jail has been remanded in custody to await sentencing at Gloucester Crown Court. read more

• Pupils spend a day in the dock

  PRIMARY school pupils from Wotton-under-Edge found themselves in the dock this week. read more

• Cam the latest side to aim at a final

  CAM BULLDOGS will attempt to reach the final of the Stroud Charity Cup when they take on Minchinhampton RDS in a semi-final tie at home on Sunday (2.30pm). read more

• Not enough space to take every child

  CHARFIELD Primary School cannot take all the children in the village, it was revealed this week. read more

• Dolphins developing well

  SWIMMERS from Dursley have enjoyed success at the Gloucestershire County Blocks competition held at Gloucester's GL1 pool. read more

• New champion must emerge

  HEDGEHUNTER can emerge from one of the most mediocre-looking Totesport Cheltenham Gold Cup fields in years to claim the top honours in today's blue riband event. read more

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