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Stroud shooting club still hitting the target
ON a cold winters morning in a wide-open field just outside Bisley, the clacking sounds of gun fire can be heard ringing out across the Gloucestershire countryside, followed by the occasional cheer and ping as black saucer-shaped discs launch into the
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Mobility scooter stolen and dumped
A MOBILITY scooter was stolen in Stroud and then left damaged around a mile from the owner’s house yesterday. The vehicle was stolen between 8.30am and 3.15pm on Tuesday, November 11 from the driveway of a property in Cotswold Road in Stroud. The suspects
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Play area project gets cash boost from generous businessman
NORTON Wood children’s play area received a cash boost after a generous Nailsworth businessman donated money to the community for the second year running. Mohibur Rahman, the owner of A Passage to India in Nailsworth held an award ceremony
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Collison on A46 causes long tailbacks
A CAR slid across the A46 this morning, crashing into another car and causing long tailbacks. The crash was outside Nailsworth Garden Machinery at Merrett's Mill, South Woodchester, at 7.40am. Police said that a red Peugeot 406 registered to a Gloucester
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Stroud pay the price
Stroud Men’s 1st XI 1 Lansdown 1st XI 1 STROUD paid the price for not finishing the game off whilst they were on top. At the start of the first half Stroud struggled to get into the game, the Lansdown players chasing the ball down and making it
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Painswick woman in nuclear weapons protest
PAINSWICK resident Elinor Croxall joined hundreds of other protestors in a blockade at the Atomic Weapons Establishment at Aldermaston on Monday, October 27. Elinor, who is co-ordinator of the Stroud District Green Party, aimed to delay the construction
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Nailsworth Primary headteacher suspended
NAILSWORTH Primary School headteacher Chris Raymond has been suspended by governors. The suspension is not pupil-related and an investigation is underway. The former Gloucester rugby player was set to take charge of one of the county's biggest primary
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Messiah at the Subs
STROUD Choral Society with the Regency Sinfonia will be performing Handel’s Oratorio ‘Messiah’ at the Sub Rooms on Saturday. This work, first performed in Dublin in 1742, is one of the most popular and demanding choral works, maybe best known for the
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First open air concert at Gatcombe Park
BY KIND permission of HRH Princess Royal, Katherine Jenkins will be performing at the first ever open air concert to be held at Gatcombe Park, Minchinhampton. The “Gatcombe Park Last Night of the Proms” is taking place on Saturday, June 27, 2009, with
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Edinburgh and Beyond 2008 at the Sub Rooms
Review by Ben Gannon Edinburgh and Beyond 2008 at the Sub Rooms I AM ashamed to say that this was my first foray into the ‘Subscription Rooms’, but what an excellent evening this venue provided for the Stroud leg of ‘Edinburgh and beyond ‘08’, a
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Town council not to draw up emergency plans
EMERGENCY plans to safeguard Stroud against floods and other crises will not be prepared by the town council. The district council claimed the scheme would help other authorities with local knowledge and support in an emergency, and would also boost
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JUST IN: Motorcyclist injured after colliding with telegraph pole on B4008
A MOTORCYCLIST from Stroud was left injured last night, Tuesday, November 11 after crashing into a telegraph pole on the notorious B4008 in Standish, between the church and railway bridge. Police were called at 4.50pm after the motorcyclist
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One-way system could start in Lansdown in April
A ONE-WAY system for traffic could be introduced in Lansdown, Stroud as early as April next year under plans by county highways. County councillor Brian Oosthuysen (Lab, Stroud East) told a full town council meeting on Monday, November 10 that residents
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Green seals it for the Wood
SHORTWOOD stretched their unbeaten run and climbed to sixth after they won 3-1 at Bicester. They would have won by a cricket score but for the performance of Town keeper Tom McNamara who made a succession of outstanding saves. Wood played fast, fluent
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SDC fights to clawback Icelandic cash
STROUD District Council is fighting to clawback £3million of taxpayers’ money deposited in a troubled Icelandic bank. A claim has been made with the receivers of Glitnir Bank and a delegate has been sent to a meeting in London to help decide
