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Man denies stabbing friend after watching football together on TV
A MAN charged with stabbing a friend after watching football together on TV will stand trial in March next year. Ian Norfolk, aged 55, is accused of wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm at a flat in Wharf House, Stroud. He pleaded
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Police investigate claim that man, 53, was attacked with hammer at Frampton Country Show
A 53-YEAR-OLD man was allegedly hit in the face with a hammer after a scuffle broke out at Frampton Country Show yesterday, Sunday. Gloucestershire police said the victim became involved in an argument with another man. Police say the victim
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Twice as likely to be killed if you are not wearing a seatbelt
YOU are twice as likely to be killed in a car crash if you are not wearing a seatbelt. That was the stark warning delivered by police and council officers at the launch of the Seatbelt On? campaign in Stroud on Monday, September 9. Run by Gloucestershire
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Urgent appeal to find missing Stroud woman, 67
POLICE are appealing to the public for help locating a woman who hasn't been seen since yesterday afternoon, Sunday September 8. Denise Derbyshire, who is 67 years old, was last seen at a pub on Slad Road in Stroud. She is described as white
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Forum of private business responds to the latest funding for lending figures
THE Forum of Private Business has responded to the latest Funding for Lending figures released by the Bank of England. Phil Orford MBE, Chief Executive of the Forum of Private Business, said: “Today’s figures are disappointing with net lending
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Classpeople take the lead on teacher training in South West region
LOCAL education recruitment agency teams up with Gloucestershire Learning Alliance to provide professional development opportunities for local teachers. In response to the Government's recent changes to teacher pay regulations, which replace time-based
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National pensioners' convention - Western Region
PENSIONERS in the South-West have called for the nationalisation of the UK's energy industry, and for government revenue from carbon taxes to be spent on a programme of home insulation, in a bid to combat the national scandal of fuel poverty. A
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Man charged In connection to bank card thefts in supermarket car park
GLOUCESTERSHIRE Police have charged a man with 14 offences in connection to the theft of bank cards from people in a supermarket car park in Cheltenham. ON Thursday, Alexandru Bojila, aged 24, of Crowther Street in Park Village, Wolverhampton,
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MP Neil Carmichael visits manufacturing companies
With nine weeks to go until the Stroud Festival of Manufacturing and Engineering begins in November, I have been out and about in the constituency visiting manufacturing companies to learn more about the sector which provides almost a quarter of our
