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• Help shape parish

  A PARISH council has this week made a plea to the younger members of its community to take an interest or risk loosing its rural charm. read more

• Let the public have say

  IT WAS announced recently that the future of Stroud District Council and the County Council was in the balance, thereby moving away from trained, full-time personnel to part-timers on the town councils. This is being done without any regard for the electorate who are the people paying up front for the regionalisation of the country through the council tax. Everything is coming from the office of the deputy prime minister, Mr Prescott. It certainly comes without any discussion or referenda but is carried out by innumerable quangos with titles which hide their significance but give them great power. It has also been mooted that County and District personnel could forgo their retirement pensions. Surely with such a radical change the electorate should have a chance to vote on the plans and establish their wishes by having a referendum. Dreena Menelaws Byron Road Dursley read more

• Maz-nificent finale gives Dursley the cup

  GFA Senior Amateur Challenge Cup Final Dursley Town 3 Longlevens 2 read more

• Helping children fight the flab

  ONE in four children in Britain are now officially overweight with the number rapidly increasing. With a worrying 1,900 youngsters in need of hospital treatment for obesity every year, the country is facing an epidemic. And with an estimated £700,000 children between the ages of two and 15 being classed as obese it no surprise there is real concern over the future health of our young population. With more children than ever condemned to a lifestyle of junk food and passive entertainment, the Gazette has investigated what is being done locally to fight this modern day battle of the bulge. read more

• We can achieve even more if we recycle all our old cartons as well

  I REFER to the article Recycling Rates can Still Improve (Gazette, April 14). Whilst I appreciate that a significant improvement to recycling rates can be made by encouraging those who do not currently participate (even in Stroud's excellent curbside collections) why not help those who do recycle do even more? read more

• Updated satire takes politics on the road

  COMEDIAN Rik Mayall can be seen on stage at the Bristol Hippodrome from Monday, May 1 to Saturday, May 6. read more

• Firm defends quarrying scheme

  A QUARRY has this week defended its application for round the clock production after facing criticism from local residents. read more

• Dursley Diary

  Friday, April 28 10am - Hopkins Hall, Hillesley, toddler group, parents, carers, babies and children all welcome. For more info call Linda Frankland on 01453 521320. 7.45pm, Electric Picture House, Wotton-under-Edge. King Kong, 12A, 187 mins 7.30pm, Wotton, Town Hall. History of Chimneys & Onwards, talk organised by the Historical Society for Wotton Arts Festival. read more

• Cotswold Edge Golf Club Results

  ALL members were invited to join in the Easter Running Competition over the four days of the Easter weekend and there was a good response. read more

• Bond stopped by doctor 'no'

  GLOUCESTERSHIRE have suffered a big blow to their 2006 campaign with the news that New Zealand bowler Shane Bond will not be coming to the club. read more

• Shock threat to 'saved' car park

  A SHOCK announcement by Gloucestershire County Council could see one of Dursley's busiest car parks sold. read more

• Cotswolds home to wealthy men

  SOME of the UK's richest people are comfortably nested in the Gloucestershire and South Gloucestershire region, a survey has revealed this week. read more

• Stinchcombe Hill Golf Club Ladies Section Results

  STABLEFORD - Thursday, April 13: The conditions were far from spring-like and the morning started with a fine drizzle to be replaced by very strong winds. Twenty-one ladies battled through and some reasonable scores were achieved. In 1st place was Jenny Meredith with 37 points, 2nd place Charlotte Hough with 36 points and in 3rd place Rita Sweet with 35 points. read more

• Stinchcombe Hill Golf Club Results

  SUNDAY, April 23 - Mill Motors Morning of Mayhem: The main event of the weekend on the Hill was the now traditional early morning Shotgun Foursomes competition. The morning was sponsored for the third year in succession by Paul Day, the owner of Mill Motors. read more

• Ball's up to deny Wotton

  Stroud Junior Combination Cup Dursley United 12 Wotton-under-Edge 7 read more

• Riding event for the 21st century

  The revamped Countryside Close with its bird house wooden huts and narrow bush fences GSR474H06 read more

• Survey to combat rising house prices by addressing needs

  HOUSE buyers in Hinton are being asked to fill in a survey this week in an attempt to combat rising house prices. read more

• Tributes to bike enthusiast

  THE GIRLFRIEND of a local chef who died in a motorcycle smash this week has been joined by staff at a South Gloucestershire hotel in paying tribute to the man who made a big impression. read more

• Keeping Brunel in the family

  WHAT do ballooning and Isambard Kingdom Brunel have in common? The answer, John Christopher, a father of two who has spent the last 12 months travelling the country in search of every Brunel construction that is still in existence. But why? Gazette reporter Liza-Jane Gillespie met with the man to find out. read more

• Glory Hunters take title

  BERKELEY TOWN have been crowned champions of the Gloucestershire Northern Senior League Division One after two spectacular wins. read more

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