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• Assurances for primary school

  SEVERN Beach Primary School must not become the "poor relation" when a glitzy new school is built on Severnside, the area's ward councillor has warned. read more

• Library to cost more

  A LANDMARK redevelopment in Thornbury town centre could be delayed following criticism from conservation experts. read more

• Record and gold for triple jumper

  YATE Athletics Club's Jade Ellans set a new United Kingdom age group record as she took the triple jump gold medal at the Midland Counties Indoor Championships in Birmingham. read more

• Sleek Midwinter wins competitive event

  BOYS from across the West, Wales and the Midlands gathered at Almondsbury Tennis Club on Sunday to play a one day LTA ranking tournament. read more

• Youths are blamed for hall's problems

  A VILLAGE hall is falling into a state of disrepair because youths gathering in the area are giving it a bad reputation, it was claimed this week. read more

• Hope is powerful healer

  ABANDONED youngsters in Romania have been receiving more help and comfort thanks to a Thornbury charity and members of the town's Christ the King church. read more

• 'No regrets' says Rula

  Polish countess Rula Lenska is soon to appear in the comedy Losing Louis. read more

• Travel tokens

  I SEE that there is a campaign to save Travel tokens for us pensioners. read more

• Builder leaves client in lurch

  A ROGUE builder who left a £600,000 trail of unhappy customers throughout Gloucestershire and South Gloucestershire has finally been brought to justice. read more

• Annual 'swimarathon' raises £12,000

  THORNBURY Rotary Club's annual swimarathon - otherwise known as the Big Splash - has been hailed another big success, raising over £12,000 for charity. read more

• A matter of trust

  HOW can anyone trust the Tories? A few weeks ago Tory councillors posed for photos outside the Council Offices promised to keep bus tokens. read more

• Winterbourne nearly there

  Hellenic League Division One West Winterbourne United 3 Ross Town 1 read more

• Trader's fury at road closure

  A SHOPKEEPER may lose his livelihood if a main road outside his shop, which is currently closed to battle congestion, is not re-opened. read more

• Thompson's team rock title hopefuls Bath City

  Southern League Premier Division Bath City 1 Yate Town 2 read more

• Pension protest affects services

  RALLIES and picket lines brought many South Gloucestershire Council services to a standstill in a day of protest action over pensions. read more

• Campaign for free bus travel succeeds

  A FREE bus pass scheme is being launched in South Gloucestershire tomorrow after the plug was controversially pulled on the region's travel tokens for elderly people. read more

• Power 'crisis' tops agenda

  THE UK's future energy needs were top of the agenda last week during a special event in Thornbury. read more

• Greengrocer is latest store to shut up shop

  A RISE in rent, lack of business and the dying tradition of shopping locally have been blamed for sounding the death knell for a Yate greengrocer. read more

• When We Are Married, by JB Priestley, presented by Wotton-under-Edge Dramatic Society

  A SILVER Wedding anniversary was celebrated in triplicate last week. read more

• Nasty neighbours

  A YATE couple told their next door neighbour they were going to kill her after she reported a disturbance in their house to police, a court heard. read more

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