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Mother plans parachute jump to raise funds for pre-school

4:00pm Wednesday 27th August 2008

A DARING mother is gearing herself up for a parachute jump to raise money for her son’s pre-school.

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Man sentenced to 15 months for selling pirate copies

1:00pm Wednesday 27th August 2008

A THORNBURY man has been sentenced to 15 months in prison after pleading guilty to possessing pirate copies of films, music, computer games and pornography.

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New facilities unveiled at leisure centre

11:22am Wednesday 27th August 2008

BRAND new facilities have been unveiled at Yate Leisure Centre for the first time since it was built.

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Homes evacuated after bungalow blaze

11:12am Wednesday 27th August 2008

HOMES were evacuated in Chipping Sodbury after a bungalow blaze this morning.

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New hovercrafts to help future flood rescues

10:08am Wednesday 27th August 2008

GLOUCESTERSHIRE Fire and Rescue Service will receive two new hovercrafts today to help rescue efforts if there is a repeat of last year’s floods.

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Last chance to have your say on compost plans

8:00am Wednesday 27th August 2008

THE public has just over one more week to have their say on plans for a new composting factory in Tormarton.

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Crackdown on graffiti vandals

5:30pm Tuesday 26th August 2008

GRAFFITI vandals in Frampton Cotterell are being warned to put down their spray cans after a teenager was arrested in the village.

Kitten in need of a home

5:00pm Tuesday 26th August 2008

A 15-week old kitten named Sidney is looking for a new home.

Thirteen injured in motorway crash

4:27pm Tuesday 26th August 2008

THIRTEEN people were injured in a crash on the M4 motorway this morning.

Community midwife celebrates 30 years

2:00pm Tuesday 26th August 2008

MUMS, children and midwives gathered in Thornbury this week to help celebrate the career of community midwife Delia Nimmo.

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UK condemns Russian military action

Updated 3:34am Thursday 28th August 2008

Britain has condemned Russia's "excessive use of military force" in Georgia.

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Swinging 60s feel-good musical

SHOUT, the ultimate 60s feel-good musical, comes to the Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham on Monday, June 16.

Play is a hilarious study of human relationships

NATHANIEL Parker and Christopher Timothy go back to school as they star in Simon Gray's comedy Quartermaine's Terms - at the Theatre Royal Bath until Saturday, June 14.

ON THE back of the success of director Paul Andrew William's first film London to Brighton (2006), which won several awards including Best New Director at the Edinburgh Film festival, comes a very different offering.

CHARLIE WILSON’S WAR (15)

SET in the early 1980s this film is based on the true story of hard drinking womaniser Charlie Wilson, who also had a penchant for coke. He was the liberal Democrat congressman from Texas said to have been totally responsible for organising the biggest undercover operation in the history of the United States. This involved supplying the Afghan Mujahideen with arms during the Soviet war in Afghanistan, the success of which unfortunately was the beginning of a very tricky future for the Afghan nation.