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Gloucestershire police praised for increased level of understanding when dealing with domestic abuse
GLOUCESTERSHIRE Constabulary has put tackling domestic abuse as the constabulary’s number one priority following a report criticising the force last year. Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary was commissioned by the Home Secretary last September
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MOTORSPORT: Scott Redding to Marc VDS Honda for MotoGP 2015
Marc VDS has succeeded in its quest to run Scott Redding on a Factory class Honda in MotoGP next season. The young Englishman had been due to step-up from Open to Factory machinery with Gresini, but the Italian team is ending its long association
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OPINION: Green Light with FGR fan John Light
THE win against Halifax was the best performance of the season-will it prove to be the most important as well? Nuneaton defeating us on Tuesday was hard to take. Before kick-off on Saturday, it was clear that the prophets of doom had come to
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PICTURES: Frampton Country Fair
Pictures from this year's Frampton Country Fair taken by our photographer Tom Wren. For full gallery of pictures CLICK HERE.
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FOOTBALL:Forest Green continue unbeaten Premier League start
FA WOMEN’S PREMIER LEAGUE FOREST GREEN ROVERS LFC 3 LARKHALL ATHLETIC LFC 0 FOREST Green maintained their good start to the season, with this workmanlike victory over Larkhall at Wisloe Road on Sunday. A lacklustre first half produced
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RUGBY: Minch Rams get off to a winning start
Stow RFC II 22 Minchinhampton Rams 36 MINCH Rams made the trip to salubrious Stow for their first Reserve League game. On a hard pitch and warm day, they found the first-half tough against an organised Stow side, conceding three tries,
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Phones 4u - which has a branch in King Street, Stroud - to go into administration
PHONES 4u - which has a branch in King Street, Stroud - is to go into administration. A total of more than 5,500 jobs are at risk after network operator EE joined Vodafone in cutting ties with the retailer. The company said its stores will
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Shortwood super-sub Langworthy forces FA Cup replay
FA Cup 1st Qualifying Round Shortwood United............. 1 Cirencester Town.............. 1 By Jim Cunneen THE romance of the FA Cup continued for Shortwood as super-sub Ross Langworthy forced a replay against Gloucestershire rivals
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Hundreds of youngsters take new entrance exam brought in to stamp out 'excessive' tutoring
IN AN attempt to stamp out extensive tutoring, grammar schools in the county have changed this year’s entrance exam. After months of preparation, hundreds of pupils have taken the entrance exam on Saturday to get into one of seven grammar schools
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Brian May to visit badger cull zones in Gloucestershire today, Monday
QUEEN guitarist Brian May will be visiting anti-badger cull campaigners in Gloucestershire and Somerset today, Monday. The rock star and the Save Me Trust will be in Newent later on today to protest against the second year of the pilot cull which
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Dismissal of Painswick library build plan upheld after appeal
A DECISION to refuse plans to convert the disused grade II listed library in Painswick into four dwellings has been upheld on appeal. An appeal was lodged by applicant Jim Ruddy after Stroud District Council refused the plans for the Old Library
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Cider With Rosie to be adapted to TV drama
LAURIE Lee’s Cider With Rosie is being made into a BBC drama. The series, which is due to air next year, will sit alongside a programme of BBC adaptations including Lady Chatterley’s Lover and An Inspector Calls. This will mark the third time
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Youth politician attends UK debate
CALLUM Coles, the Stroud and Cotswold Member of the Youth Parliament (MYP), recently attended the UK’s annual Youth Parliament Sitting in Lancaster to debate current issues. One motion Callum spoke against was “increasing the punishment for bullying
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Stall adds over £1k to help Tessa beat cancer
A CHARITY stall at the Shambles Market on Saturday raised more than £1,200 to pay for life-saving therapy for former Stroud nurse, Tessa Elam. The stall, which was organised by Maud Lomberg, who used to live next door to Tessa in Minchinhampton
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Man, 41, in hospital with life threatening injuries after incident in Wotton-under-Edge
POLICE are appealing for witnesses after a man was left seriously injured following an incident involving a van in Wotton-under-Edge on Saturday night. Officers were called to High Street just after 9.25pm on Saturday by paramedics who were treating
