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Flooded highways on road to repair

3:58pm Tuesday 22nd July 2008

LAST year's flooding devastated £20.8 million's worth of Gloucestershire's roads and now Highways chiefs are looking back at what they have achieved in the last 12 months.

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MP praises Gloucestershire Flood Forums

3:56pm Tuesday 22nd July 2008

FLOOD MP John Healey patted Gloucestershire councillors on the back for raising £2 million to help victims of last year's disaster.

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CDC is "leading light" in floods

3:29pm Tuesday 22nd July 2008

COTSWOLD flooding chiefs have been recognised as a national "spear-head" for their work in the aftermath of the flooding.

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Flooded community centre back on track

3:24pm Tuesday 22nd July 2008

A MORETON community centre devastated by the July floods has been given a £60,000 cash boost to fund its restoration.

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Blueprint to prevent future flooding in the Cotswolds

5:07pm Tuesday 10th June 2008

A BLUEPRINT of work to safeguard the Cotswolds from future flooding catastrophes has been published this week.

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Emergencies expert appointed

9:34am Friday 9th May 2008

COMMUNITIES putting in place contingency plans to prepare themselves for emergencies after the flooding last July now have an expert to turn to.

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Former Tetbury MP dies

12:03pm Wednesday 7th May 2008

SIR Anthony Kershaw, who was Conservative MP for Tetbury and Stroud between 1955 to 1987, died on April 29 aged 92.

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County receives £10 million flood money

3:39pm Tuesday 11th March 2008

GLOUCESTERSHIRE has this week been awarded £10 million more flood money by the Government to repair damage to the road network.

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Cash prizes on offer for account of the floods

4:25pm Wednesday 5th March 2008

PERSONAL accounts of what it was like to be caught up in last year's flooding in Gloucestershire are needed for a permanent record of the disaster and cash prizes are on offer.

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More help for flooded families

1:07pm Sunday 3rd February 2008

FAMILY charity Parentline Plus is launching a special project to provide help and support to families affected by the floods.

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Adams blames DUP for stalemate

Updated 1:19am Friday 25th July 2008

Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams accused the DUP of pushing Northern Ireland's power-sharing government toward crisis.

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Downing Street trip for 'forgotten' heroes

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Keeping the kids cool this summer

THE arrival of the summer holidays will have many parents thinking how best to occupy the children. Cotswold District Council may have the answer with the launch of its Summer Off the Streets programme. Charlotte Shepherd looks at the options available. WITH the credit crunch biting, parents in the Cotswolds will welcome the multitude of free and low cost activities available to keep their children smiling this summer.

Villagers campaign to stop green waste site

FED-UP villagers living with the smell and traffic caused by a nearby green waste site were delighted their campaign was a success at a planning meeting on Wednesday.