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What you are saying on our website
ON the call by Caroline Stephens for the Green Party and UKIP to ‘temporarily set aside their differences’ to show Stroud voters that there are alternatives to Labour and the Tories. Posted by VoteUKIPGetUKIP: It is a shame that the Greens have
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It’s a toadstool takeover
Archway School student Theseus Lythgoe, 13, sent in this picture of toadstools in Randwick Woods which he took on Friday. Photography is one of his favourite hobbies. Photographs can be emailed to tla@stroudnews andjournal.co.uk
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Sky action an omen?
MADAM – I was outraged to learn recently of BSkyB’s heavy-handed enforcement of a name change at Skyhook Studios. To claim that there may be some confusion between “Sky” and Skyhook Studios is ridiculous – BSkyB’s legal vultures clearly have too
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Apologies for my improper language
MADAM – In reply to Mavis Mandel’s letter in the SNJ — this is my response. I have undergone the equality and diversity training as requested by the Stroud District Council in response to my inappropriate phrase used about myself. I asked the
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Why is my money spent in Cuba?
MADAM – I was horrified to learn recently that the EU is paying millions of pounds of our money to Cuba to help with refuse collection, and to the Czech Republic for a non-existent fishing fleet, when that country doesn’t even have a coastline.
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Culling of badgers is a shameful act
MADAM – Earlier this year, I staged a lone anti-badger cull protest at Gatcombe Park in the light of comments made by Princess Anne on a BBC Countryfile programme in which she advocated the gassing of badgers in relation to bovine TB. Well, would
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Without a plan, our landscape is at risk
MADAM – In response to Simon Pickering’s open letter to me: I have never blamed officers for the failure to have a local plan for the Stroud Valleys and Vale. Instead, I have repeatedly pointed to the failure of supporters in council of the Labour-led
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Objections seem to be going unheard
MADAM – Further deterioration in local planning and growing dissatisfaction with planners is evident from an application to alter a single-storey doctors surgery to a three-storey block of 15 flats with insufficient parking here in Ebley. Building
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Losing candidate needs thicker skin
MADAM – Interesting letter from Stuart Love, the losing Ukip candidate in the Slad by-election (SNJ dated Aug 27). He joins a long list of whinging Ukip candidates that blame everything and everybody for their loss. Ukip are a fringe party
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We need planners to protect spaces
MADAM – I have read with interest your reports on local planning issues and the interviews with local political figures on the subject of planning. I have to conclude that, as usual, it is all someone else’s fault, the previous government, some
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Green Party, for all that’s beneficial
MADAM - Re your item on Lord Ashcroft’s 1,000 person opinion poll, on the Stroud Parliamentary constituency. It not only predicted a very clear Lab gain (no need to borrow other party’s votes now David), 41 per cent to 31 per cent ,
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Learn what to do in an emergency this weekend
GET some first-hand advice on what to do in an emergency tomorrow, Saturday. Stroud Fire Station will open its doors to the community between 1.30pm and 4pm and firefighters will demonstrate the dangers of a chip pan fire and show people what they
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Update - Missing Nympsfield man, Robert Smith, found safe
We're pleased to report that Robert Smith, from Nympsfield, has been found safe. Thanks to everyone who helped find him.
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Updated with photo: Concern growing for vulnerable man missing from care home in Nympsfield
POLICE are appealing for information to trace a vulnerable man missing from a Nympsfield care home. Robert Smith, 64, was last seen at about 6.30pm last night (Thursday, September 11) at St Jude's home in Front Street. There is evidence in
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Concern growing for vulnerable man missing from care home in Nympsfield.
Police are appealing for information to trace a vulnerable man missing from a Nympsfield care home. Robert Smith, 64, was last seen at about 6.30pm last night (Thursday, September 11) at St Jude's home in Front Street. There is evidence in
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Zara Phillips driven by London memories
By Andrew Baldock, Press Association Sport Zara Phillips has revealed that memories of London 2012 are driving her dream to become a two-time Olympian. Although the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics are still just under two years away, Minchinhampton-based
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Cainscross WI
GUEST speaker Mr George Yiend and his wife Frances were very prompt in their arrival to our September meeting, so it was delightful that Frances could accompany our singing of ‘Jerusalem’ by playing her electric piano.Unfortunately there were
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Gloucestershire's top cop to take on ice bucket challenge
GLOUCESTERSHIRE’S Chief Constable Suzette Davenport is determined to pour cold water on the idea that police are no fun.The county’s most senior police officer will be undertaking the ice bucket challenge to raise money for charity and to
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Winston’s Wish presents awards to dedicated volunteers at House of Commons
WINSTON’S Wish, the leading childhood bereavement charity in the UK, celebrated the extraordinary dedication shown by its team of volunteers with an afternoon awards ceremony, hosted at the House of Commons in London. On Monday, September 8, an
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UPDATE: Chelsie Didcote found safe
MISSING Innsworth girl Chelsie Didcote, 16, has been found safe. Chelsie was reported missing on Tuesday morning and police were concerned for her safety However, she has now been found safe.
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Tour of Britain - your pictures
Jonas Pollard took these pictures as the Tour of Britain 2014 passed through Painswick.
