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Stories for 27 May 2005

South Gloucestershire Letters

Tractor traffic is intolerable

OUR house in Charles Close, borders the Old Gloucester Road. Like many others who live alongside this road we are alarmed by the substantial increase in the level and speed of traffic over the last three to four years. In particular we are concerned about noise, pollution, and danger caused by agricultural vehicles. It is becoming intolerable.  more...

Cruel result of Hunt Bill

IT appears that I was correct in forecasting cruelty to foxes as a result of the Hunting Bill, for landowners are now taking it upon themselves to shoot them regardless of the breeding season, thus leaving frightened cubs to starve and die painful deaths.  more...

South Gloucestershire News

Green waste site viewing

SOUTH Gloucestershire planners were today set to visit the site of proposed green waste composting operation at a Thornbury farm.  more...

Keeping the beer flowing

RESIDENTS in Wickwar will no longer be caught on the hop when it comes to buying beer thanks to a £1 million refurbishment programme.  more...

Talent show to have it all

STAFF at Yate Shopping Centre have been "blown away" by the number of entertainers who have entered this year's talent show.   more...

Pupils say 'Tor, blimey'

INTREPID students from Marlwood Schhool had a weekend to remember recently when, in appalling weather conditions, they joined hundreds of teenagers taking part in this year's Ten Tors hike over the some of the wildest part of Dartmoor.  more...

Moonwalk is on

THREE women council staff from Thornbury will be sporting decorated bras next month when they take part in the annual Playtex Moonwalk - the unique walking marathon in London uniting thousands of women in the battle against breast cancer.  more...

Clay shooting scheme 'disaster for area'

THE rural tranquillity of Littleton-on-Severn could be shattered if plans for a clay pigeon shoot on local farmland get the all clear, community leaders have warned.   more...

Royal Mail is now out of sticky patch

PROBLEMS with postal deliveries in South Gloucestershire have been finally stamped out according to newly released figures.  more...

Carnival queen is crowned

POPULAR West Country entertainer Fred Wedlock will open Easter Compton Carnival on Saturday, June 11.  more...

Future looks bleak for King Edmund

ONE of Yate and Chipping Sodbury's three secondary schools is almost certain to be closed despite impassioned pleas from pupils, staff and parents.  more...

Looks like chaos again

MOTORISTS are predicting new levels of misery if traffic signals are installed at the infamous A38 junction with the B4509 at Falfield.   more...

Keeping eyes on road may not be easy

MORE than 60 percent of drivers in South Gloucestershire have poor eyesight it has been revealed.  more...

Make Yate Fairtrade town

A GROUP of teenagers in Yate are looking to help the developing world by making Yate a Fairtrade town.   more...

South Gloucestershire Sport

Lewis laps it up

ENGLAND hopeful Jon Lewis was Gloucestershire's hero on Sunday, taking two wickets as his side's match against Middlesex was abandoned due to heavy rain.  more...

The one that didn't get away

A SHARPNESS club fisherman has become the toast of the region's fishing community after catching one of the largest carp to ever emerge out of Sharpness Canal.  more...

Old Down face double header

OLD Down go into their Bank Holiday weekend double header with largely the same squad that was on duty for Saturday's washout with St Mary Redcliffe.   more...

Massive attendance at annual football feast

St Nicholas Youth Football Club Six-a-Side Tournament  more...

Ridings School students gallop to success

The Ridings High School entered two students for the 14th Inter Schools Mini One-Day Event at Stonar School, near Chippenham, which took place on Sunday.  more...

Weather wrecks weekend's cricket fixtures

A FEROCIOUS hail storm destroyed Saturday afternoon's Gloucestershire cricket programme as, unbelievably, not a single game survived the downpour that graced all corners of the county shortly after lunchtime.  more...

  
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