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Council calls for housing finance changes
STROUD District Council is calling on the Government to change the way council house rent is collected and spent. The request urges the Government to scrap the current system which forces councils to hand over a third of all annual rent. Known as
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Eastcombe primary ranked 12th in the UK
PUPILS and staff have a lot to smile about at Eastcombe Primary, after they ranked 12th in the UK’s top 50 small state schools. Their position in the list, which was compiled by The Sunday Times newspaper, is an added boost for the school and its 72
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Thousands attend Stroud Goodwill Evening
HUNDREDS of families brought a magical hustle and bustle to the town centre during Stroud Goodwill Evening on Friday. Excited children were wide-eyed at the Christmas entertainment while parents shopped for presents in the festive stalls. The
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S Factor winner revealed
AN electrifying final of the S Factor on Friday night saw the audience erupt with applause as Katie Smith was announced as the winner of this year's competition to find Stroud's top talent. Katie, 15, a pupil at Stroud High School wowed the judges and
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Schoolgirl wins Santa beard competition
FATHER Christmas’ beard is already well-known but St George’s Church in Nailsworth has gone to new lengths to make it a bit of a celebrity. A model of the jolly man’s face, complete with unravelling plastic beard, was put up on the building and children
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Work at Eastington Primary almost complete
The wait is almost over for pupils and staff at Eastington Primary School, as building works at the school near completion. Work began at the beginning of this year to build a new hall and 2 classrooms, remove temporary buildings and to improve the
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Festive spirit comes to Minchinhampton
FAIRGROUND rides, jugglers, musicians, choirs, stalls and late-night shopping heralded the festive season for Minchinhampton’s residents and traders on Friday night. As well as Father Christmas and fair rides for children there were lots of
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David Drew
This week David Drew warns that Aids is still a problem in this country A WEEK ago we commemorated World Aids Day. Though we may think that Aids is a problem of yesteryear, in the West at least, in fact figures of people recently diagnosed demonstrate
