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Injury-ravaged Jones relishing coaching role

Injury-ravaged Jones relishing coaching role

Friday, November 06, 2009

Mike Jones has decided to put all his rugby energy into coaching after retiring at the age of just 23 due to a succession of injuries.

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Remembrance Day parades and services across greater Bristol area

Remembrance Day parades and services across greater Bristol area

Friday, November 06, 2009

Thousands of people are expected to take part in annual Remembrance Day parades and services across the greater Bristol area this Sunday.

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Train firm First Great Western to get £120 million in subsidies

Train firm First Great Western to get £120 million in subsidies

Friday, November 06, 2009

Train operator First Great Western will receive £120 million in Government subsidies this year because it is not making enough money –...

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South Glos fireworks shops praised for refusing children

Friday, November 06, 2009

Shops selling fireworks in South Gloucestershire have been praised by Trading Standards officers for refusing to sell them to children.

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Bristol area's MPs to leave London homes

Bristol area's MPs to leave London homes

Thursday, November 05, 2009

MPs in and around Bristol are preparing to pack up and leave their London homes in the wake of a root-and-branch review of the discredited parliamenta...

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Bristol drivers ignoring street speeding calming measures

Bristol drivers ignoring street speeding calming measures

Thursday, November 05, 2009

Speed calming measures on a road in Kingswood have not worked, according to new figures.

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Search for man 'interfering' with horses

Search for man 'interfering' with horses

Thursday, November 05, 2009

Police are searching for an unkempt, bearded man after two reports of horses being interfered with in South Gloucestershire.

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Talented youngsters perform in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Bristol show

Talented youngsters perform in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Bristol show

Thursday, November 05, 2009

A group of young people from across the city have been chosen to perform in hit musical Chitty Chitty Bang Bang when it arrives in Bristol.

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Bristol pubs join up to Operation Christmas Child

Thursday, November 05, 2009

Three pubs across Bristol are helping to give gifts to the world's poorest children by encouraging regulars to fill shoeboxes with presents.

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Kingswood kick their way to success in Gloucester Two

Making an impact - Paul Allen for Kingswood tackles Tony Heaplestone from BAC

Tuesday, November 03, 2009

Local rugby round-up

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Kingswood

In the 18th century Kingswood was a small coal mining village where George Whitefield's open-air preaching greatly influenced John Wesley in the founding of Methodism. The construction of a number of chapels, Tabernacle and schools by Whitefield, Wesley, and their associates and followers is held to be one of the factors contributing to Kingswood's growth.
Coal mining first brought the Kingswood area to industrial prominence in the late 17th century.
The Douglas Motorcycle Company started making drain covers and lamp posts in but in 1907 the Kingswood company fitted a unique horizontal twin-cyclinder engine into a standard cycle frame.
The first model was primitive but by 1910 Douglas were racing and was the start of the company's 20-year domination of the sport. By 1923 Douglas motorcycles held 150 British and world records.

Population   62,700
OS grid ref   ST649748
District   South Gloucestershire
Postcode   BS15
Dialing code   0117
Police   Avon and Somerset
Fire   Avon
Ambulance   Great Western
Euro Parlilament   South West England
UK Parliament   Kingswood









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