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• Pool's future is still not certain

  THE POOL will open, that was the message from Berkeley Primary School this week. read more

• Putting the skids under boy racers

  A POLICE campaign targeting anti-social behaviour in Dursley and Wotton-under-Edge has been hailed a success by officials. read more

• Thrilling contests across the card

  SYNWELL Amateur Boxing Club hosted their second open tournament of the season at the Lister Hall in Dursley. read more

• Car park decision is right - residents

  THE controversy surrounding the opening hours of a Dursley car park looks set to linger on, with nearby residents taking their turn to speak out. read more

• Take notice

  I READ in this week's Gazette (March 17) that the new Dursley Library is 'a triumph'. read more

• Brown plans for future - but whose?

  RESIDENTS in the region have reacted to Chancellor Gordon Brown's tenth annual budget with mixed feelings. read more

• Flailing Haddock caught hook, line and sinker

  Stroud Charity Cup Semi-Final Cam Bulldogs 1 Minchinhampton RDS 0 read more

• KLB'S proud record

  THE U16 netball team from Katharine Lady Berkeley's School have completed their fixtures for the season and achieved a remarkable record in doing so. read more

• Danger of deadly cylinders

  CHILDREN in Wotton-under-Edge are putting their lives at risk by trying to set alight gas cylinders, it emerged this week. read more

• Jack did so well

  ON BEHALF of the membership of Dursley Lions Club may I congratulate Jack Evans on his recent fund raising effort for the Meningitis Trust (Gazette, March 10). read more

• Text leads to arrest

  TECHNOLOGY helped catch a cannabis dealer from Dursley who sent text messages detailing prices and quantities of the drug. read more

• Step aside Billy our Elliot is on his way!

  A YOUNG dancer from Uley is walking on air after winning a place at one of the top ballet schools in the world. read more

• No money for town projects

  WOTTON-under-Edge residents were told this week there is no money for town improvements. read more

• Acclaim over dip in teenage pregnancies

  A PILOT scheme aimed at cutting teenage pregnancies in Dursley has been declared an outright success after new figures revealed a massive drop in the number of young girls having babies. The town's May Lane health surgery adopted a Government-backed text messaging initiative whereby staff would reply to young worried girls with helpful and confidential advice. read more

• Marlow is the man

  Stroud Junior Cup Semi-Final Wotton-under-Edge 15 Royal Agricultural College 12 read more

• Dursley Diary

  Friday, March 24 10am, Hillesley, Hopkins Hall. Toddler group, parents, carers, babies and children all welcome. Pots of Potential are visiting. For more info call Linda Frankland on 01453 521320. 1.30-3.30pm, Cam, Memorial Hall. Tea dance including sequence and ballroom dancing. 7.30pm, Wotton-under-Edge, Town Hall. Wotton Dramatic Society: When We Are Married, by J B Priestley. Tickets from the Cotswold Book Room. 7.45pm, Wotton, Electric Picture House, The Constant Gardener, Cert 15. read more

• Ex-Gazette man set for Iraq

  FORMER Gazette journalist Tim Lezard is next week flying to Iraq to meet politicians and trade unionists. read more

• "I will blow up your car' - youth's threat

  A DURSLEY youth who threatened a shop worker has been jailed for ten months for breaching an anti-social behaviour order (ASBO). read more

• First hatch of the season

  SPRING has definitely sprung at the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust at Slimbridge. read more

• Frankham at the double

  Gloucestershire Northern Senior League Division One Shortwood United Res 1 Sharpness 3 read more

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