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MORE HIGH VISIBILITY:    Special constable Dave Howe, 31.

Volunteer bobbies are being called upon to walk the beat in Gloucestershire.

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Oxfam pulls plug on Tewkesbury shop

charity drop:  Sally Hall and Mary Page who work in the Oxfam shop which is having to close due to lack of custom

Store to close after 23 years as charity says it is not making enough profit.

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Fuel spillage closes Tewkesbury road

Fuel spillage closes Tewkesbury road

Leak from tanker sees part of Oldbury Road closed off.

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Tewkesbury garage one of the best

Customer votes put Clive Woolford Motor Engineers into the country's top 50 garages.

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Petrol stations 'facing closure'

Geoffrey Clifton-Brown

Small petrol stations face being forced out of business by huge rates hikes a Gloucestershire MP has warned.

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Man rescued after Tewkesbury RTC

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A man had to be rescued by firefighters after getting stuck in his car following a road traffic collision near Tewkesbury.

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Smell fears over rotting food in Tewkesbury.

CONCERNED:   Tewkesbury town councillor Chuck Pavey outside the proposed food waste transfer station

Town councillors fear odour problems for people living and working near a proposed food collection depot in Northway Lane.

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Bid to find 100 jobs in 100 days

LIFE CHANGING:  Apprentice Stevan Andjelkovic, 19. Above inset: Support from Apprenticeships Minister Iain Wright MP, top, and Minister for the South West Jim Knight.

Could you give a young person an apprenticeship in Gloucestershire? If so, The Citizen and Echo want to hear from you.

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Friends stage event in Squeak's memory

David Clarke

Charity night in Tewkesbury will honour memory of M5 accident victim David 'Squeak' Clarke.

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Tewkesbury Borough freed from special measures

CELEBRATING:   Council staff with (front, l-r) chief executive Mike Dawson, council leader Robert Vines and deputy council leader  Phil Taylor

Four years after being plunged into voluntary engagement, the authority can stand alone again.

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M5 bridge repairs could cause huge disruption

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30 weeks of repair works are due to start on July 5

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Gloucester's Tindall starts for England

Mike Tindall is in the England team to face France

Gloucester centre Mike Tindall has earned an unlikely to call up to start for England against France in the Six Nations on Saturday, just three games into his comeback from 17 weeks out with a hamstring injury

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Binocular is the real McCoy on the first day of the Cheltenham Festival

Binocular is the real McCoy on the first day of the Cheltenham Festival

Tony McCoy says Binocular proved himself a true champion on the opening day of the Cheltenham Festival.

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Gloucester City and Cheltenham Town close to groundshare agreement

Whaddon Road could become the temporary home of the Tigers

Gloucester City's groundshare agreement with Cheltenham Town could be confirmed by the end of the week according to the chairmen of...

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Redpath hoping Gloucester will not have their 'pants pulled down' again

Gloucester Rugby head coach Bryan Redpath is targeting a place in the top four

Head coach Bryan Redpath feels Gloucester are a mentally tougher team than the one which had their 'pants pulled down' by Cardiff at...

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Rovers edging closer to the drop

Forest Green Rovers midfielder Danny Powell

Forest Green Rovers' hopes of avoiding relegation took a dent when they lost a crucial six-pointer against Gateshead last night,

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HAVE YOUR SAY: Is it right to strike?

HAVE YOUR SAY: Is it right to strike?

Civil servants could walk out of work across Gloucestershire on Budget day as a bitter dispute over cuts in redundancy pay escalates.

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Business booming in Abbeymead and Abbeydale

Business booming in Abbeymead and Abbeydale

Two new shops opening in Abbeymead and Abbeydale.

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HAVE YOUR SAY: Policing priorities

HAVE YOUR SAY:  Policing priorities

What should the police's priorities be in Quedgeley, Hardwicke and Kingsway?

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HAVE YOUR SAY: Change to drink-driving laws

HAVE YOUR SAY: Change to drink-driving laws

Drivers who drink less than a pint or beer or a glass of wine could still fail a breath test under a shake-up of drink-drive laws.

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HAVE YOUR SAY: Issues in Abbey

What do you think are the main issues in Abbeymead and Abbeydale?

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