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Your council tax: do you know where it is going?
TAXPAYERS have shelled out almost £50,000 for new laptop computers for Stroud district councillors. All 51 members have been supplied with new Dell D810s - which cost £886 each and replace computers issued just five years ago. Some councillors say SDC
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Bus cuts force epileptic worker to hitchhike
A WOMAN with epilepsy has been forced to hitchhike to work after the daily bus service between Chalford Vale and Cirecester was withdrawn. Lorna Parker, of London Road, Chalford, works part-time as a archivist at Cirencester Agricultural College, but
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Road to slow down
CHALFORD residents have won their fight for speed reduction measures at a notorious accident black spot. An urgent meeting is to take place between police and council chiefs to discuss both long and short term solutions for the stretch of the A419 running
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Stardom awaits ace jess
TEENAGE football prospect Jess Rudge-Hamblin is set to takes a giant leap into the professional football ranks with Bristol Rovers. The talented 16-year-old midfielder from Stroud has been snapped up by top women's side Bristol Rovers who play in the
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Laura blooded but unbowed
Many people are put off by the idea of giving blood, but donors play a crucial role in saving lives. Only six percent of the UK population who are eligible to give blood currently do so. Laura Pitel, 19-year-old gap year student from Cainscross, has been
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Fresh faces hope to give Rovers a flying start
FOREST GREEN ROVERS boss Gary Owers is set to hand debuts to eight players as Rovers kick off their eighth Conference National campaign with a tricky opening day home clash against Cambridge United on Saturday, 3pm. As Owers fine tunes his new-look squad
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Thousands write objections to plan
AROUND 1,500 objections have been lodged against Stroud District Council's local plan - three times the number estimated by council officers two weeks ago. And although planners hoped they would be able to make the responses available for public viewing
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Riders put on a world-class show
THE world's best horses and riders attracted thousands of visitors to Gatcombe Park, at the weekend for the Festival of British Eventing. The magnificent grounds of Princess Anne's home in Minchinhampton played host to the annual horse trials for the
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All the fun of Gifford's circus returns to town
THIS is my favourite part of the summer. Seriously, I look forward to it weeks in advance, with the kind of excitement usually reserved for birthdays, Christmases and Stroud Town Council meetings. Giffords are back. Everything about the place is designed
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Parking a risk to lives
CONCERNED Paganhill residents living near a roundabout say their safety is being put at risk by inconsiderate drivers who continually park on the pavement. Motorists have been making the most of the wide pavement at the Stratford Road roundabout in Paganhill
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Search for lost trophies
BUDDING detectives are searching for six lost horticultural trophies that went missing from the Stroud Country Show before the Foot and Mouth crisis. Show organisers are desperate to find the silver trophies, believed to have disappeared in the late 1990s
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Fox-Pitt takes title
WILLIAM Fox-Pitt won the Open Championship at the Festival of British Eventing held at HRH the Princess Royal's home, Gatcombe Park, over the weekend. This was William's third win and his second on the unpredictable Moon Man. He won with Stunning in 2003
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Midnight nuisance
CHILDREN as young as five are hanging around on the streets of Stonehouse at midnight, it has been claimed. Speaking at a heated police and community consultative meeting in the town last week, Neighbourhood Watch co-ordinator Helen Backus said anti-social
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Good old boys are fond of UK
REDNECK superstars Hayseed Dixie shared their love of British beer at Berkeley on Sunday - but claimed they had never heard of homegrown bumpkin band The Wurzels. The group, who have whipped up a storm in the UK with their bluegrass-influenced take on
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Les Pugh
DETERMINED pensioner Les Pugh made a splash when he took part in a sponsored swim in aid of the World Cancer Research Fund. Regular SNJ writer Les, 90, completed a remarkable sponsored swim at Stratford Park Leisure Centre on Monday. Les, a former bowel
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The play people can't wait to see
Bernard Levin called it 'twaddle', The Guardian called it 'badly written' and audiences at the first performance booed and jeered it. Today it's regarded as one of the defining plays of the 20th Century. Samuel Beckett's darkly comic masterpiece Waiting
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War hero makes a royal appearance
A WAR hero from Minchinhampton was invited to spend a once in a lifetime day at Buckingham Palace to mark the 60th anniversary of the end of the Second World War. Ken Bucknell, 79, who was just 18 when he joined the RAF as a flight engineer, was awarded
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Youngsters wage war for musical
YOUNG actors from the Five Valleys were under siege on Friday - as they re-enacted the struggle for Gloucester during the English Civil War. Dressed in period costume and trained by professional acting coaches, the 30 youngsters spent a week preparing
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Rovers host stars of the future
FOREST GREEN will play host to the United States and Portugal on Sunday, September 4, kick-off 11am, as part of the Pepsi Under-17 International Tournament. Bristol City, Swindon Town and Cheltenham Town will all host to England matches during the round-robin
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Artists fired by nature
Local artists Jane Vernon and Hazel Morris bring their popular and diverse collection of textiles and jewellery to Painswick Town Hall in an exhibition beginning this Tuesday, August 9th. The pair have been exhibiting together for seven years, but are
