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Homeless requests for help fall
4:17pm Monday 6th October 2008
NUMBERS of homeless people requesting help from the district council have more than halved over the last three years following a new strategy.
Comments (0)Family warn of scam
2:55pm Monday 6th October 2008
THE FAMILY of an 85-year-old man from Leonard Stanley are warning other residents of a fake scam which asked him to hand over his bank details in exchange for £490,000.
Footballer arrested in Hardwicke
2:33pm Monday 6th October 2008
A 21-year-old football player for Headington AFC was arrested on suspicion of assault on Saturday, October 4 at a football match between Hardwicke AFC and Headington Amateurs.
Car torched at Painswick Beacon
12:21pm Monday 6th October 2008
A CAR was set alight at popular village beauty spot, Painswick Beacon, on Friday, October 3.
Adventurous pensioner travels to Antarctic
12:10pm Monday 6th October 2008
ADVENTUROUS pensioner Janet Jenkins, of The Highlands, Painswick, formerly head of geography and geology at Stroud High School, travelled to the Antarctic to study climate change this year.
Youth offending focus of next police and community meeting
12:08pm Monday 6th October 2008
A TALK on the work of the Youth Offending Service will be headlining the next Police and Community Consultative Meeting (PCCM) for Stroud next week.
Whitbread reunion
12:01pm Monday 6th October 2008
The Whitbread 2008 reunion will be held at Stroud Conservative Club on Saturday, October 18 at 8pm. All are welcome. For further information call Monica on 765267.
Stonehouse News with Lesley Williams
11:26am Monday 6th October 2008
Contact Lesley with your community news and events on 01453 822684 or email lesley.williams@gloucestershire.gov.uk
Police officer threatened during brothers' row
11:18am Monday 6th October 2008
WAYNE Quigley threatened police officers who were called to his house after a row broke out between himself and his brother, a court heard.
Clubber caught after being recognised by police officer
11:14am Monday 6th October 2008
A NIGHT out at the Warehouse in Stroud led to a clubber being arrested for damaging a pane of glass at the venue and also for motoring offences he committed the night before, a court heard.
UK News
FTSE plunges to 20-year low
Updated 6:40pm Monday 6th October 2008
More than £93 billion was wiped from the value of the UK's biggest companies as London's FTSE 100 suffered its biggest fall since Black Monday.
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Poets talk textiles
NEW poems from some of Stroud's finest wordsmiths will accompany this year's Stroud Water Textile Festival.
THE OTHER BOLEYN GIRL (12A)
WHY is it that three quintessentially English roles have gone to a couple of Americans and one Australian? Having just won two substantial Oscars this year it must be plain for any idiot to see that Britain has talent. So when this film's director Justin Chadwick says they were just perfect for the roles because "they're great actors", it sticks in my craw. Though it is fair to say the Australian Cate Blanchett did a fine job as Queen Elizabeth I, I still think that it is insulting to Americans to assume they would be unable to cope with an unknown name in the lead, but it is an even greater insult to us. We have a treasure trove of talent in this country that is struggling to get noticed in a profession in which 88% are out of work. But we also have a myriad of big names as well, so shame on you Mr. Chadwick.
CHARLIE WILSON’S WAR (15)
SET in the early 1980s this film is based on the true story of hard drinking womaniser Charlie Wilson, who also had a penchant for coke. He was the liberal Democrat congressman from Texas said to have been totally responsible for organising the biggest undercover operation in the history of the United States. This involved supplying the Afghan Mujahideen with arms during the Soviet war in Afghanistan, the success of which unfortunately was the beginning of a very tricky future for the Afghan nation.
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