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Stories for 3 March 2006

South Gloucestershire Arts

Acoustic girl group rock

WHEN entering an underground social club in Bristol to watch an album launch by Yate girl band 3D, I must admit, I really did not know what to expect.  more...

Festival's bard attitude

BATH'S Shakespeare Festival 2006 opens next week.  more...

South Gloucestershire Features

Hoping to make a difference

ALVESTON-based brain tumour charity Hammer Out is joining forces with similar organisations throughout the UK to promote awareness of the disease.  more...

It's fuchsia time of year again

This week, gardening columnist JAYNE BENNETT shows her fuchsias the light.   more...

Oh my, wok a difference makes

WITH television chefs such as Jamie Oliver urging us to be more adventurous with our cooking, more people are turning their attention to the kitchen in their leisure time. For many. however, even rustling up a ham sandwich can lead to disastrous results. So for the thousands of us who fear putting pan to stove and giving the microwave a night off, master chef Fran Winston and her gang of culinary wizards have thankfully come to the rescue. Kitchen-phobe Hannah Swingler went to meet the team dedicated to turning hapless "chefs" into the Delia's of the future.   more...

South Gloucestershire News

Tories support bid for library funding

CONSERVATIVES in Winterbourne have launched a campaign to win funding for the expansion of the village library.  more...

U-turn on traffic signals

FALFIELD'S notorious traffic signals are now set to stay switched off during the morning peak for the foreseeable future.  more...

Council defends axing of elderly bus token scheme

COUNCIL chiefs in South Gloucestershire are highlighting the positive aspects of a controversial decision to scrap the area's bus token scheme.  more...

Thieves leave behind valuable vintage cars

ROBBERS bizarrely left more than 50 valuable vintage cars untouched but stole one modern car in a midnight raid on a Coalpit Heath garage.  more...

Body in car blaze identified as Hayes

POLICE are now "almost certain" that the person who died in a fireball car blaze in Thornbury last month was the man they were hunting in connection with the murder of a young Polish woman in Patchway.   more...

Nuclear protesters highlight safety fears

OLDBURY power station was the scene of a stunt by anti-nuclear campaigners before daylight yesterday.  more...

Buses left my teen daughter stranded

A MOTHER has spoken out against a local bus company after her teenage daughter was left stranded for hours in Winterbourne.  more...

Call for greater devolution to boost sub-regions base

LEADERS of the four local authorities in the West of England, including South Gloucestershire, have welcomed proposals calling for greater devolution in England.   more...

  
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