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Youth football club awarded grant to create new teams
A GRANT of £5,000 has been awarded to Frampton on Severn Youth Football Club. The money from the Football Foundation will enable the club to create new teams. Commenting on the donation, MP Neil Carmichael said: "It is fantastic news and the
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Masquerade ball to raise money for Amberley Scout Group
A MASQUERADE ball is being held to raise money for Amberley Scout Group. There will be live music, a three-course dinner and an auction at Egypt Mill in Nailsworth from 7pm to midnight on Saturday, October 26. The event is part of a series
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Sponsored walk for Alzheimer’s Society
A SPONSORED walk takes place on Sunday, September 8 to raise money for the Alzheimer's Society. It starts at the Butchers Arms in Oakridge and will finish at the Crown in Frampton Mansell, where there will be a raffle. Stops will be made along
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Thanksgiving service for Lis Brown
A THANKSGIVING service will be held for Lis Brown at Ebley Chapel, Chapel Lane, Ebley at 3pm on Saturday, August 31. All welcome.
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Just in: Wycliffe pupils beat the odds again with their GCSE results
WITH a general downturn in results across the country Wycliffe College beat the odds again with 85 per cent of students scoring five or more A* to C grades. There were many individual success stories with pupils achieving 315 A* to A grades making
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Just in: All Stroud High School students achieve five or more A* to C grades
OUTGOING headteacher Tim Withers is delighted that his time at Stroud High School is ending on such a successful note with 100 per cent of his students achieving five or more A* to C grades. A staggering 70 per cent of GCSE results were marked
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Thomas Keble headteacher 'absolutely thrilled' with GCSE results
THOMAS Keble is celebrating a record year after students achieved their best set of GCSE results in the school’s 22-year history. Headteacher Julia Maunder said she was ‘absolutely thrilled’ with this year’s marks, which saw 83 per cent of students
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Donate war memorabilia to Nailsworth exhibition to mark centenary of WW1
PLANS are in place to mark next year's centenary of the start of the First World War. Members of Nailsworth Comrades Club are asking families in the area to donate any war memorabilia for an exhibition to mark 100 years since the start of the war
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Stroud High School GCSE results in full
Stroud High School GCSE results in full Subjects and codes Ph - Art and Design Photography B - Biology Bs - Business Studies C - Chemistry Gr - D&T Graphic Products Pd - D&T Product Design Tx - D&T Textiles Technology
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Hundreds attend vintage tea party at Cotswold Care Hospice
IT was best china, bunting and smoked salmon sandwiches as Cotswold Care Hospice staged a special vintage tea party. Almost 300 people attended the vintage tea events held in the hospice grounds at Minchinhampton.Volunteers made dozens of yards
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Motorised lawnmower stolen from barn
POLICE are appealing for information after a motorised lawnmower was stolen from a barn near Slimbridge. The incident happened at a farm near Tyndale Road in Gossington between 10pm on Monday, August 19, and 11am on Wednesday, August 21. Offenders
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Sykes just about satisfied with resounding victory
SHORTWOOD co-manager Alex Sykes insists Shortwood can improve despite a resounding 4-0 victory at Calor League new-boys Stratford Town, writes Jim Cunneen. The former Forest Green favourite said: "Their front pair caused us problems all night.
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Marling School GCSE results in full
Marling School GCSE results in full Subjects and codes Af - Art & Design Ap - Art and Design Photography B - Biology Bs - Business Studies Cg - Catering Studies C - Chemistry Cp -
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Archway students praised by headteacher as school celebrates GCSE results
ARCHWAY headteacher Colin Belford has heaped praise on his students for their hard work after his school celebrated yet another good year of GCSE results. Shortly after 9.30am, Year 11 pupils streamed into school to pick up the white envelopes
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Get your hands on ancient marvels at the Museum in the Park
FIND out what the ancients did for us in Ancient Wisdom - a hands-on science exhibition at the Museum in the Park this summer. Explore ancient inventions and mechanical marvels. Shoot down a castle wall with a Roman catapult and see how the Egyptians
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Music at Minch features songs from the shows
NICHOLAS Simms sings songs from the shows in this month’s Music at Minch concert on Sunday. Minchinhampton lad Nic gave his first performance at the age of three, singing to the Everglades Ladies club. And at the age of nine, he became a Gloucester Cathedral
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Folk festival slot is up for grabs
ONE name is missing from this year's Stroud Folk Festival programme. Maybe it's yours. Festival organisers are looking for a Gloucestershire based band or solo artist to fill the last place in their itinerary for September 21 Could you take the prestigious
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'Our whole life has been a honeymoon,' say 70th wedding anniversary couple
A COUPLE who say their whole life has been a honeymoon celebrated 70 years of wedded bliss this week. On August 19, 1943, George and Gwen Millin, who never had a proper honeymoon because George was in the Army, were married in All Saints Church
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Giffords Circus do it again. Review by Jane Leigh
THE CIRCUS is in town . . . and, being Giffords, it grows bigger and better each year. And while the show retains plenty of familiar elements, there’s also plenty that’s new to keep regular visitors and newcomers enthralled. This year the theme is the
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Photography group focus on Cotswold Way
THE Woodchester Photography Group is holding an exhibition at the Painswick Centre in Beacon Hall, Painswick. Entitled the Cotswold Way in Focus, its runs from Tuesday, August 20 to Monday, August 26, open daily from 10.30am to 4.30pm. The
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Just in: 21 Marling School students earn 10 or more A* to A grades in GCSEs
IT WAS another successful year for Marling School with 98 per cent of students scoring five or more A* to C grades in their GCSEs. There were many individual success stories with 21 students earning 10 or more A* to A grades and 72 getting the
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Inside the Pavilion with Gloucestershire president John Light
ALL cricketing roads will lead to Bristol on Bank Holiday Monday. As so often happened in the past Somerset will be the opposition - and just as often it was a game for two of the county also rans. Not now. The two teams will be playing for the
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Hockaday wants improvement
DAVID HOCKADAY is hoping his side don't suffer another bad day at the office when Skrill Premier heavyweights Luton Town rock up to the New Lawn on Saturday (3pm). A frustrating day at Lincoln City's saw Hockaday's injury hit side undone by a last-gasp
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'Mainstream education wasn't for me so I enrolled on a Bridging the Gap course'
AUGUST is always a nerve-wracking month for students anxiously awaiting exam results which could determine what their future holds for them, whether it be sixth form, university or the world of work. For those who don’t get the grades they want
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Sisters Emma and Katrina Grier to climb Mount Kilimanjaro
SISTERS Emma and Katrina Grier will face the challenge of a lifetime when they trek 5,895 metres to the top of Mount Kilimanjaro this month. Former Wycliffe College students Emma, 23, and Katrina, 20, are making the climb with their father Andrew
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Volunteers needed to run stalls for Stroud Cats Protection
STROUD Cats Protection will be in action again on Bank Holiday Monday, August 26, with a stall at Berkeley Show. If you cannot make this event volunteers will also be at Hawkesbury Upon on Saturday, August 31, more details are available at www.stroud.cats.org.uk
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Open garden event at Richmond Village
A WILDFLOWER meadow and roof top gardens are just some of the sites open to visitors to Richmond Village in Painswick during an open garden event. The retirement village will open its gardens from 11am to 4.30pm on Sunday as part of the National
