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• Lib Dems and Labour call foul over tokens decision

  A RIFT has broken out between the three political parties on South Gloucestershire's hung council following the controversial scrapping of the travel token scheme. read more

• Mast gets the green light for beauty spot

  PERMISSION has been granted for a 70 foot phone mast to be built in a Chipping Sodbury beauty spot. read more

• Unbeaten second team takes league title

  Thornbury Ladies II 2 Bristol Ladies 0 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

• Town centre ban for teenage menace

  A THORNBURY teenager whose bad behaviour plagued the community has been banned from the town centre. read more

• Nostalgia rules in school, OK!

  SOME 250 Marlwood School students from the 1980s were reunited in Alveston during the latest event marking the 400th anniversary of Marlwood/Thornbury Grammar School. read more

• Benn launches ethnic research

  FORMER Labour party chairman and lifelong advocate of Socialism Tony Benn is well known for his links with trade unions. The 81-year-old son of a Viscount has always denounced his aristocratic roots, fighting for reform of the peerage system in the 1960s and publicly supporting a multicultural Britain. So it was no wonder the charismatic former Bristol MP, brimming with wit and historic anecdotes of his years in politics, was asked to launch a unique and ambitious research investigation into Bristol and South Gloucestershire's deep and dark past. ALI DENT was at the launch of the five-year project at the Watershed on Tuesday. read more

• Have say on schools

  SEVERNSIDE residents are being urged to have their say on future school provisions in the area before it's too late. read more

• Ambulance boss quits top trust job

  AN ambulance boss who claims he quit his post in "shame" has sparked a furious row amongst health officials. read more

• Almondsbury sing right tune

  Toolstation Western League Division One Almondsbury FC 3 Saltash United 0 read more

• Standards met says watchdog

  HOUSEHOLDERS across South Gloucestershire are lucky enough to have sparky sparkies according to new statistics. 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

• Winterbourne gymnast Imogen strikes gold in Melbourne

  WINTERBOURNE teenager Imogen Cairns was celebrating this week after winning a gymnastics gold medal in the Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, Australia. read more

• Spring out of winter

  THE sweet perfume of Daphne Odora, an early flowering shrub, and the cheering sight of bright yellow daffodils and forsythia greeted visitors to Thornbury Horticultural Society's annual Spring Flower Show held recently in the Armstrong Hall. read more

• Put a lid on it or lose out on bin day

  RESIDENTS in South Gloucestershire are being warned to make sure the lids of their black or green wheelie bins are closed when they put their rubbish out for collection. read more

• It's going to be Massive

  BRISTOL'S Massive Attack will perform in their backyard this summer after announcing a rare West Country date at Westonbirt Arboretum. read more

• Thanks to all voters

  WE would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who voted at the recent Wickwar Parish Council elections. Twenty percent of the electorate turned out to vote: the first time an election has been held for at least ten years according to an election officer from South Gloucestershire council who officiated at the count. The count was very exciting as it was a very close thing with only a handful of votes separating the three candidates. read more

• How green was my village says council

  ALARMED parish councillors in a rural idyll warned this week that their village could be lost if the Government presses ahead with plans for 8,000 new homes. read more

• Mother's thoughts

  Mothering Sunday read more

• Victory in campaign to save night bus

  A LATE night bus service to ferry club and pub enthusiasts back from Bristol to the Yate and Sodbury area has been saved. read more

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