DONATIONS - More than £70 was received in the village through donations in envelopes for the People's Dispensary for Sick Animals.The Giddeons Gloucester branch has been sent the £34 raised from the Mite Phials emptied recently.

FETE - The Millennium fete in the village is being held on June 18 from 2pm onwards. The committee members would be pleased with any ideas for additions to the programme, which already include many agreed ideas. A Songs of Praise will be held later in the afternoon that day.