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• Give us your backing, says saved club's manager

  WHERE are the people who objected so strongly when the Dowty Sports and Social Club was threatened with closure? That is what manger Janet Brown wants to know. read more

• Leisure users angry at ban from college

  LEISURE centre users in Moreton are unhappy after being banned from the Fire Service College for an indefinite period while troops undergo training in readiness for a threatened fire service strike. read more

• Abigail's exam party is a leap from 13,000 feet

  TEENAGER Abigail East worked so hard at school that her parents decided she was for the high jump. read more

• Funeral firm has new owner

  A LEADING north Cotswold funeral director has been bought by a former chairman of Cotswold District Council and member of the Church of England General Synod. read more

• Church plan is held back

  RESIDENTS of Longborough will have to wait at least another month before they find out if a controversial plan to build a Plymouth Brethren Church meeting hall in the village will go ahead. read more

• Alex is bowled over by pink campaign

  GLOUCESTERSHIRE cricketer Alex Gidman is feeling in the pink after launching Cancer Research UK's Making Strides for Breast Cancer campaign in Winchcombe on Monday. read more

• Drugs arrest

  A 50-YEAR-OLD man has been arrested on suspicion of growing cannabis plants following a police raid on a house in Mickleton on Monday. Police officers who took part in the raid, at around 10am, confiscated plants growing in an outbuilding. Horticultural equipment including heat lamps and fans was also seized. read more

• Oh we do like to be beside...

  SHIPSTON residents will be all at sea this Saturday when the town goes nautical for the day. read more

• Double lottery winner gives £1,000 to hospice

  DOUBLE charity lottery winner Jenny Wells has made a grand gesture to the Acorns Hospice Appeal. read more

• Warrant issued for man's arrest

  A WARRANT has been issued for the arrest of a Broadway man who failed to turn up at court to be sentenced for harassing an Earl's daughter. read more

• Pub landlords have no fears of firefight troops

  POLICE are seeking to reassure landlords that they are ready to crack down on any trouble arising from the influx of troops into Moreton. read more

• MPs debate school issue

  THE fight to save Alderman Knight School is going right to the top. read more

• Teddies enjoy a day out

  ANYONE who went down to Tewkesbury Library on Tuesday was sure of a big surprise... because that was the day the teddy bears had their picnic. read more

• Follow the piper

  TEWKESBURY Amateur Dramatic Society is looking for eight adults and 20 children to take part in its next production. It will be the Pied Piper, written by David Wood and directed for the group by Phil Davis. read more

• Go-ahead for 250 allotment homes

  PLANS to build 250 houses on allotments off Bredon Road have been given the go-ahead by Tewkesbury Borough Council. read more

• Gardener uses her skills to help a good cause

  MERYL Smith is using her love of flowers to help others. read more

• School has hopes for court building

  THE future of Tewkesbury's former magistrates' court will be decided by the end of the month. read more

• Man, 84, dies after collision

  AN 84-year-old Bushley man has died after being involved in a traffic collision. read more

• Leisure centre on the way at last

  LONG-AWAITED work on Shipston's new £2 million leisure centre is due to get under way in the next few weeks after Stratford district councillors gave planning permission for the project last week. read more

On this day: The Cotswolds Archive