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Miliband right to promise more funding for NHS, says David Drew
LABOUR’S Parliamentary candidate for Stroud David Drew has welcomed Ed Miliband’s pledge of an extra £2.5 billion to help fund the NHS. The Labour leader made the promise during his speech at the party’s annual conference in Manchester yesterday
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Band play Irish music with a Scottish touch in Rodborough
DALLAHAN, a band that plays Irish music with a Scottish touch - and a sprinkling of Balkan influences - play at the Prince Albert in Rodborough on Friday at 8.30pm. The members of the band met through local sessions in Edinburgh. Several of them have
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Ceilidhs are back at the Subs
STROUD Ceilidhs start the new dance season at the Sub Rooms this Friday at 8pm. The evening's music comes courtesy of Gloucestershire based GBBH. Hugely experienced musicians, their members also play in some of the best English Ceilidh bands around
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Modern art to amaze
SEE the best of the modern art world amidst the medieval grandeur of Gloucester Cathedral at a unique exhibition. One hundred sculptures by 61 artists have been strategically placed within the cathedral’s gothic splendour, in Crucible 2. The billowing
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Artists retrace part of Laurie Lee's epic journey
THIS summer a group of artists paid homage to Laurie Lee’s epic journey by foot across the Pyrenees with a walk of their own.At the end of July, seven members of the Walking the Land arts collective followed in the Slad author’s footsteps,
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Record shop's cosmic history is celebrated in show
A COSMIC and Earthly History of Recorded Music - according to Mississippi Records - tours to Stroud on Monday, September 29.This once in a blue moon showcase features a brand new live film/talk/slide show presentation by Eric Isaacson (Mississippi Records
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A ten day celebration of the written word kicks off in Cheltenham next week with the launch of the town's 65th literature festival
NEXT week The Times Cheltenham Literature Festival will welcome some of the world's greatest writers, poets, politicians, thinkers and stars to Cheltenham for an inspiring mix of debate and discussion.Opening on Friday, October 3, the 10-day celebration
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Exhibition uses Japanese knotweed to explore perceptions of beauty
BLACK Flower, Grey Bliss is an exhibition of monochrome images of Japanese knotweed, currently showing in Nailsworth.Simon Packard's monochrome prints cover the entire surface of Ruskin Mill's gallery walls, offering the viewer an absorbing, immersive
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Cuts to funding at residential care home cause major concern for relatives
CUTS to funding at a residential care home which looks after middle-aged adults with learning disabilities are causing alarm for relatives. Orchard Leigh Camphill Community care home in Eastington cares for a total of 18 residents with a range
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Stroud's political leaders pleased by Scottish No vote
POLITICIANS in Stroud have welcomed Scotland’s decision to remain a part of the UK after voters rejected independence in an historic referendum. Fifty-five per cent of Scots cast their ballots in support of the No campaign on Thursday ensuring
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Ex Dr Feelgood front man Pete Gage performs with his trio
THE Pete Gage Blues Trio play at the Royal Oak in Woodchester on Friday at 8.30pm.Featuring ex Dr Feelgood front man Pete Gage on vocals and keyboard, Paul Hartshorn on guitar and Duncan Kingston on double bass, these veteran bluesmen will perform a set
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Public invited to illustrated talk on history of woollen industry in Stroud and Chalford
AN illustrated talk on the history of the woollen industry in Stroud and Chalford will take place on Friday. The talk entitled, Woolly Tales will be given by Professor Jenny Tann at France Lynch Church Rooms, in France Lynch and 50 per cent of
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Brave Tessa will be missed by all
FORMER Stroud nurse and grandmother, Tessa Elam, has lost her courageous fight against cancer. Tessa, 72, was in Tijuana, Mexico, receiving treatment for a rare form of liver cancer when she took a turn for the worst and died just after 6pm on
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Campaigners welcome delay in Javelin Park incinerator decision
ANTI-INCINERATOR campaigners have welcomed news that the secretary of state will delay making a decision on the £500 million Javelin Park project until on or before November 30. Eric Pickles, who heads up the department for communities and local
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Editorial comment - 'Bedroom tax' is a pathway to misery
THE impact of the so-called ‘bedroom tax’ on communities in the Five Valleys is once again highlighted on our front page today. This week we learn that 18 of Stroud District Council’s tenants have been served with repossession orders and 134 of
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Badger cull arrest - man, 30, charged with common assault
A 30-YEAR-OLD man from the Bristol area has now been charged with common assault. The man has been charged with aggravated trespass and common assault and has been bailed to appear before Cheltenham Magistrates' Court on Thursday, October 23.
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Eighteen tenants hit by 'bedroom tax' at risk of eviction, campaigners claim
REPOSSESSION orders have been served against 18 of Stroud District Council’s tenants hit by the so-called bedroom tax in a move which anti-cuts campaigners say raises the spectre of evictions. Members of Stroud Against The Cuts have criticised
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INSIDE THE PAVILION: Captain Klinger looking to recruit a quickie down under
WHATEVER will we do without the Gidmans? This understandable question is accompanied by too much woe, too much hand wringing. Of course, Alex and Will are going to be hard for Gloucestershire CCC to replace on and off the field but now is the time
