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Disputed penalty curtails Taverners
County League Taverners 1 Yate Town Reserves 1 A CONTROVERSIAL penalty eight minutes from time deprived Taverners of the points against high-flying Yate Reserves. Earlier, Taverners went ahead when Fran King did brilliantly to allow Kris Pritlove to finish
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Magical show is set to wow
WORLD-renowned skaters the Russian Ice Stars are bringing the magical production Snow White on Ice to Cheltenham's Everyman this week. Promising to be their most lavish production to date, Wild Rose (the show's production company) commissioned an original
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Henry hoping for positive year
PROFESSIONAL darts star Henry O'Neill is hoping 2006 will be his year after a thyroid problem almost ended his burgeoning career. Last February he was diagnosed with an over-active thyroid, which hampered his dart throwing. Before his illness, the Leonard
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Several months in tibet
THE space Cinema Club are screening Tibet: A Buddhist Trilogy, edited by Stroud man Pip Heywood, who will also be introducing the film, this weekend. The trilogy, which was very well received worldwide on its original release, has been condensed into
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Italian found guilty of sexually abusing girl
AN ITALIAN man living in Nailsworth sexually abused an 11-year-old girl while she visited his home. Martin Tshisekedi, aged 46, of Lawnside, Nailsworth, abused the girl while they watched television. He had denied touching the girl sexually and without
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School sport: Marling retain relay title
MARLING senior cross-country team successfully retained the National relay in Coventry. Luke Browning got the ball rolling for Marling to produced a solid performance to finish his leg in eighth in a time of 12minutes 45seconds. Meanwhile, Ander Russell
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A shop for locals, built by the locals
Once a staple ingredient of rural life, the village shop is fast becoming an endangered species as supermarket giants multiply across the country. But Whiteshill and Ruscombe residents were determined to save it from extinction, starting their own co-operative
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Viewpoint
Last week, I was just pulling up outside my local supermarket when a bulging hulk of a woman with two podgy clones in tow told me to remove my vehicle from 'her' spot. Apparently I had parked in a space reserved for mothers with children, an inane concept
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Gun terror end to our idyllic honeymoon trip
A DREAM honeymoon in Barbados turned into a nightmare when newly-weds John and Claire McGoldrick were robbed at gunpoint on their last night. The couple, who were married last month, were making the most of the final night of their 10-day holiday when
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Slippery Nipple attracts wrong kind of customers
THE owner of a Stroud boutique has been forced to change the name of her business - because customers keep mistaking it for a sex shop. Since opening Slippery Nipple in High Street, Jo Holness has had to fend off a steady stream of dubious customers with
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Heavy goods ban
A BAN on heavy goods vehicles using Minchinhampton and Rodborough Commons is due to come into force in May. Despite protests from hauliers, councillors and transport officers voted in favour of the ban at a public meeting held in Rodborough Tabernacle
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Perth test for little
GOLF star Stuart Little continues his hectic European Tour in Australia on Thursday. The Minchinhampton New Course golfer will take part in the Johnnie Walker Classic at The Vines Resort & Country Club, Perth, against a truly international field featuring
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Plenty to do
THERE'S plenty of marvellous events, entertainment ideas and arty outlets on offer this half-term in easy travelling distance of Stroud. The SNJ offers this useful guide to some of the best events for parents who want to drag the children away from the
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Russell takes on the bigger ball
FLYING tennis balls are now a familiar sight on the training ground at Forest Green Rovers with former England and Gloucestershire cricket legend Jack Russell passing on his methods to goalkeepers Ryan Clarke and Ryan Harrison. The Stroud News and Journal
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'Civil partners' pretty in pink
THEY are the only gays in the lake. And this week gay flamingos Carlos and Fernando will be spending their fifth Valentine's Day together. The camp pair of male greater flamingos have surprised staff at the Wildlife and Wetlands Trust at Slimbridge with
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Pop-up loo for drinkers
LATE-night revellers in Stroud will be relieved to know they could soon be making use of a pop-up urinal. District councillors say they are willing to splash-out £27,000 on the 1.5m high retractable toilet, which is likely to be installed in March. The
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Best in local photography
THE FIRST festival in the area devoted to photography is to be held in Stroud in October 2007. It comes after 19 local photographers enthusiastically supported the proposal at a recent meeting at the Subscription Rooms. The Stroud area has a national
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'Slap Asbos on hunts'
FED-UP Elcombe residents are calling for ASBOs to be issued against members of the Cotswold Hunt because they say its hounds continually cause havoc on their land. In October, 10 angry householders wrote to the hunt asking it to keep hounds off their
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'Jail me,' says man who threatened to kill wife
A STONEHOUSE man who threatened to kill his wife and punched a police officer said he would rather go to jail than serve a suspended sentence. Martin Moore, aged 43, of Midland Road, pleaded guilty to provocation of violence and committing an offence
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Strength of spirit in Ugandans
Five Valleys carpenter Joseph Lauzier has just returned home after spending several months in Uganda passing his woodworking skills onto other tradesmen and working on several projects. While he was shocked at the spread of HIV and lack of medical care
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Landlord offers new route
VILLAGERS in Rooksmoor and a nearby landowner are building bridges in an attempt to solve the row over a blocked path across a stream. Last month dozens of residents protested after businessman Michael Conroy, owner of Rooksmoor Mill, blocked off access
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Confused about canals project?
It's official - millions of pounds, along with gallons of water, are to be poured into canals in the Five Valleys in one of the most exciting projects in the area for decades. Now the cash has been secured months of hard work lie ahead to enable the first
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Angry Owers serves up Sunday worst
FA Trophy third round Stafford Rangers 2 Forest Green Rovers 1 FUMING Forest Green boss Gary Owers summoned his players into training on Sunday after Conference North leaders dumped his side out of the FA Trophy. Owers kept his side in the dressing-room
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Girl set house on fire over washing-up chore
A TEENAGE girl who started a fire which destroyed her family home after being told to wash up has been placed under a supervision order. The 15-year-old - who cannot be named because of her age - caused damage put at £63,500 to the property in Stroud
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Campaign urges bikers to THINK!
A SAFETY campaign has been launched to cut the number of motorcyclists killed on roads in the Five Valleys and the rest of the county. The THINK! campaign launched this week encourages riders and other motorists to 'look out for each other' and to take
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Mum's disgust at pool
ANGRY mother Rebecca Coombs says changing rooms at Stratford Park Leisure Centre are so dirty they are not fit to be used by young children. Mrs Coombs, 28, used to take her two-year-old son Sam swimming at the centre every other week. But she has become
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Norman's writing will still live on
AS a 21-year-old in 1945 Norman Ford should have been enjoying the prime of his life. Instead he lay crouched in the corner of a German farmhouse with bullets whistling around him and enemy grenades rattling the walls in what would be the final counter-attack
