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• Farmers' delight as beef ban is lifted

  DELIGHTED cattle farmers in South Gloucestershire have described the lifting of a ban on beef exports as "the best thing to happen in years". read more

• Extra housing for the elderly

  THE ELDERLY in South Gloucestershire are set to receive extra care and accommodation thanks to a move by council chiefs. read more

• Sodbury Queen's anniversary celebrated with special tribute

  CHIPPING SODBURY was home to a double celebration this week which saw a shining example of royalty visiting the town. read more

• Cry for help by prisoner

  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

• Call to get 'dogging' outrage under control

  POLICE and council chiefs are under pressure to clean up an Almondsbury lane which has become a haunt for drugs takers and sordid sexual "exhibitionists". read more

• Top marks for school

  THORNBURY'S high performing Castle School has once again impressed education watchdogs. read more

• Thornbury diary

  Friday, March 17 8.30pm, Easter Compton, Village Hall. Jim Reynolds and Dave Griffiths evening of music. read more

• Yate and Sodbury diary

  Friday, March 17 11am, Yate, Yate Shopping Centre. Fairtrade market and signing of Fairtrade agreement. All welcome to come and sample some Fairtrade produce. read more

• 32 pound token 'valuable'

  SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE'S angry elderly population will not give up the fight to keep "valuable" travel tokens. read more

• North lifted by late try

  Western Counties North League Gordon League 15 North Bristol 16 read more

• New council offices will save one million a year

  PLANS to make Yate home to South Gloucestershire Council's third major headquarters will save tax payers £1 million a year, despite costing nearly £30 million to build. read more

• Yobs force closure of play area

  A CHILDREN'S play area in Yate has been demolished after nearby residents claimed that youngsters using it were making their lives a misery. read more

• Quality award for club

  CHIPPING SODBURY Netball Club has been awarded the bronze Club Action Planning Scheme accreditation for its coaching and competition; club management and administration; sports equity and child protection. read more

• Let's see a deduction

  WITH regard to the non-issue of travel tokens for 2006-2007, many senior citizens do not use or cannot use the bus service, as many areas do not have one. read more

• Fresh take on Hamlet

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

• Thornbury dig themselves a deeper hole

  Western Counties North League Whitehall 13 Thornbury 7 read more

• Campaigners call for better services

  RAIL campaigners lobbied two members of Parliament at Severn Beach railway station on Saturday to demand a half hourly, seven-day service to and from Bristol. read more

• Green efforts are appreciated despite obtrusive conservatism

  I READ with interest the article on the front page of the Gazette last Friday.' What a palaver! I am an avid reader of the Gazette and in recent times I've taken note that many local residents have been up in arms over the possibility of a new nuclear power station at Oldbury and how un-green that is and that we are a more environmentally conscious generation and society! read more

• Accidental death is the verdict on tragic twin

  THE inquest into the death of three-year-old twin who died just after Christmas when a television set fell has found the tot died accidentally. read more

• All about pride

  HOW proud I am that South Gloucestershire Council has agreed to invest £3.5 million in a new community building in Thornbury Town Centre providing space for young people, people with learning difficulties and the wider community. read more

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