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Stories for 18 March 2005

South Gloucestershire Features

Officer on hand to help out villagers

RURAL areas across South Gloucestershire have recently been targeted by thieves preying on the trusting ethos of most villages. This week reporter Hannah Swingler asked the prominent beat manager for Frampton Cotterell what is being done in those rural areas and found out how regular police surgeries are benefiting these communities.  more...

South Gloucestershire News

Kids mean business

PUPILS at a Winterbourne school were given food for thought and a taste of things to come as part of a new finance programme.  more...

Local teenager is best in show

OLVESTON teenager Holly Barrington has joined the creme de le creme of the dog show world by clinching major wins at this year's Crufts at Birmingham's National Exhibition Centre.  more...

Help for children's hospice

A BRISTOL-BASED children's hospice is looking for volunteers to start a new friends group in South Gloucestershire.  more...

Major haul of drugs seized

DRUGS with a potential street value of £60,000 have been seized in South Gloucestershire.  more...

Old photos book is tribute to historian

A "NEW" collection of old photographs of Thornbury and surrounding villages is being complied by history buffs at the town's museum.   more...

Mum to be thanks police rescuers

A PREGNANT woman who crashed her car into a ditch after blacking out while driving on the M4, would have frozen to death if two police officers had not accidentally discovered her.   more...

Paraglider killed in hillside crash

A STUDENT from Horton has fallen to his death after a freak paragliding accident.  more...

Battle for Frenchay by no means over

THE final and bitter fight to save Frenchay Hospital from being downsized has been lost.   more...

Concern at centre's role

A 400-STRONG petition has been sent to Northavon MP Steve Webb voicing concerns over the future of adult education courses at a Yate centre.  more...

Terrific performance by talented youngsters

TALENTED young performers were on top form in the Thornbury's Armstrong Hall recently during the annual Celebration Concert marking the end of another highly successful Young Persons' Eisteddfod.   more...

South Gloucestershire Sport

United keep run going

Corby Town 0 Mangotsfield United 0  more...

Thorns take charge as Sports falter

Pucklechurch Sports 0 Thornbury Town 3  more...

Flying the flag in Finland

A FLEDGLING Finnish rugby team has been given a boost in the form of a set of shirts, donated by Thornbury Rugby Club.  more...

  
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