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  • Outstanding schools get the thumbs-up from Ofsted

    SCHOOLS in Gloucestershire and South Gloucestershire which were rated outstanding by Ofsted this year have been praised in the watchdog’s annual report. Across the district, a total of 25 schools, 58 childcare providers, and two social care providers

  • Fathers tells how he helped win WW2 from a factory in Dursley

    LAST month the Gazette revealed the details of how Dursley played an instrumental part in cracking the enigma code, which ultimately won Britain the Second World War. This week a former Mawdsley’s worker who made components for the code-breaking machine

  • Threat to bus services as Government announces funding cut

    EXTRA bus services which were due to serve rural parts of South Gloucestershire are in doubt after the Government announced a huge funding cut for the region. South Gloucestershire Council was expected to start trialing ‘demand-led’ buses in Charfield

  • Plans underway for village blueprint

    THE first phase of a plan to make the village of Oldbury a better place to live for the whole community is underway. A meeting about the Oldbury Parish Plan, held last week, had a big turnout with the village hall packed out with local residents who

  • Rallying: Gould's big chance is "ruined"

    ADAM GOULD'S Rally Scotland ended in disappointment with an engine failure after stage four, leaving the local driver a somewhat forlorn figure, writes Paul Willetts. The Thornbury ace had been chosen to drive the BF Goodrich Team Drivers Peugeot 207