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• Walkers unite to save paths

  WALKERS are being urged to take steps to save several footpaths in Frampton Cotterell from extinction. read more

• Yate and district diary

  Friday, April 28 8pm, Iron Acton, Marshall Rooms in the High Street. Parish Council meeting. All welcome. 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

• 'Keep our fire services safe'

  THE regionalisation of fire services in Gloucestershire and South Gloucestershire could put people's lives at risk, a union claimed this week. read more

• Pool vandals leave pupils high and dry

  VANDALS have trashed a school swimming pool in Wick, leaving pupils' hopes of making a splash this summer in murky waters. read more

• Letters survive office blaze

  A FIRE ripped through the roof of a Royal Mail sorting office in Winterbourne on Wednesday night. read more

• Is Oldbury a timebomb?

  ANTI-NUCLEAR campaigners have published a map aimed at showing the likely effects on the UK if the Chernobyl nuclear explosion had occurred not in the Ukraine but at Oldbury-on-Severn power station. read more

• Something for everyone

  SIR John Mortimer and friends, exquisite excerpts from Mozart opera, Fine Arts Brass in Concert, time travel discussions with Professor Jim al-Khalili, a recreation of the grandparent-grandchild relationship using dance and multi-media with dancer Niki McCretton, and comedian Alex Horne having fun with word play and the Latin language.....deep breath .. these are just some of the highlights of Thornbury Festival 2006. Not to mention a visit from Wallace and Gromit! read more

• Coverage of ASBOs helps clear up the process

  I welcome your coverage of the efficacy of ASBOs (Gazette comment, 7 April 2006). read more

• Passes cut crime

  I HAVE reason to believe that bus passes instead of tokens will cut crime. Drivers can identify passengers using passes but anyone who is dishonest might use the tokens of someone else and even get change back. read more

• Census has the answer

  THE DERIVATION of the name Gillingstool (Gazette Letters April 14 and 21), pronounced with a hard G, may be found in the 1851 census of Thornbury where it is described as being "formerly known as Duckingstool." So Gillingstool could be the place where the local miscreants were ducked, a gill being the old Norse word for stream. read more

• Hacks all pumped up for ride

  GAZETTE cycling team Hacks on Tracks are set to make a speedy return to the cycle track tomorrow in aid of a local charity. read more

• Yate finish sixth

  Southern League Premier Division Yate Town 1 Evesham United 1 read more

• Thornbury and district diary

  Friday, April 28 read more

• Thornbury avoid the drop with a dominating performance

  Western Counties North League Thornbury 33 Old Centralians 26 read more

• 'He was my world'

  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

• United boss resigns

  MANGOTSFIELD manager Martyn Grimshaw has resigned his position with the club. 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

• Arts fest aims to diversify

  THORNBURY Arts Festival which gets under way again in a week's time, has gone from strength to strength over the last few years. read more

• Who do you think you are?

  AMATEUR genealogist and historians in South Gloucestershire are celebrating the online publication of the 1841 census. read more

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