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Cuts to hit homeless youths
THOUSANDS of young people could be sleeping rough because Gloucestershire County Council is cutting £350,000 of funds to local charities. The decision to reduce the grants has been condemned by charity workers. Staff at the county branch of Shelter, which
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Spartans crush disjointed Stroud
GRFU Roadchef Senior County Cup Stroud RFC 8 Spartans 19 STROUD will be kicking themselves for not making the best of their dominant forward power in this quarter- final, writes Andy Toohig. Early pressure was rewarded when Josh Lister slotted a penalty
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Brave Tina's back at work
POPULAR receptionist Tina Rees returned to work this week after a cancer scare forced her to give up her job last year. Tina, 47, has worked at Minchinhampton Dental Practice since she left school but had to give up last December after being diagnosed
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Contract for small businesses
PAINTERS and decorators in and around Stroud are being invited to team up to win a contract worth £1 million per year. As part of a drive to use local labour, Stroud District Council has come up with an innovative scheme to give even the smallest businesses
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£1m boost for sport
SCHOOLCHILDREN face a healthier future thanks to a £1-million cash boost to promote sport and exercise in Five Valleys schools. The Government cash will be drip fed over the next three years with the aim of enabling every school to have a designated sports
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Harris takes City helm
FORMER Forest Green boss Tim Harris has taken the managerial mantle at Southern Premier Division side Gloucester City after quitting Merthyr Tydfil. Harris replaces former Forest Green captain Chris Burns, who quit the Meadow Park hot-seat earlier this
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Rovers ease into last 16
ONE swallow certainly doesn't make a summer-but Gary Owers will hope new boy Johnnie Haynes will maintain Forest Green's upward momentum. Irishman Haynes, 18, on a month's loan from Premiership bound Reading, lit up The Lawn on Friday with a debut goal
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A wealth of talent in the grand final
NEXT week sees the return of the annual Undiscovered Youth Talent Contest, organised by The Door youth project, sponsored by the Stroud News and Journal and BBC Radio Gloucestershire. For the fifth year in a row, the contest will be showcasing a wealth
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Pupils dress up for a good cause
THEY say charity begins at home - but one Five Valleys school has proved it can also start in the classroom. St Dominic's Roman Catholic School in Woodchester held a charity week recently, raising just over £300. The school's 103 pupils raised the cash
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Footpath fence 'risk' to children
VILLAGERS in Rooksmoor say their children's safety is at risk after a local mill owner fenced off access to a well-used footpath. Around 40 residents gathered at Rooksmoor Mill on Saturday to protest after the path - used for decades to cross a weir -
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SDC staff to strike
PUBLIC services in and around Stroud look set to descend into chaos after Stroud District Council staff voted overwhelmingly in favour of strike action. Ballots were still being counted as the SNJ went to press, but public sector worker's union UNISON
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Dan's the top man
OLYMPIC runner Dan Robinson has been awarded the Best British Male award for 2005 by athletics magazine Runner's World. The highlight of Robinson's running year saw the Nailsworth runner finish 12 at the World Championships-beating all the highly regarded
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Port to revive its glory days
Looking at Brimscombe Port today it is hard to believe the area was once bustling with scores of boats, each loaded up with goods waiting to be dispatched to far-flung destination across the country. Now, a century after its heyday, port is once again
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Grants cash up for grabs
ONE of the county's biggest grant making bodies is urging non-profit organisations in the Stroud area to apply to it for project funding this New Year. The Gloucestershire Environmental Trust (GET) will have in the region of £500,000 to grant to deserving
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See plans online at council's site
OBJECTING to the height of your neighbour's new fence has never been easier thanks to an innovative on-line planning facility. Residents can view architects' drawings, submit objections or see how their own application is progressing at the touch of a
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'Illegal' block to free speech
PREACHER Roland Parsons is threatening legal action after he was stopped from giving a street sermon on Christmas Eve. Rev Parsons, who lives near Painswick, had just begun reading the story of the nativity from St Luke Chapter Two when security staff
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Hit festival is annual event
THE Stroudwater Textile Festival, which previously took place every two years, returns this spring as a yearly festival, thanks to the outstanding success of the last festival. "It was decided to make the Stroudwater Textile Festival an annual event as
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Stanley test for Taverners
TAVERNERS will hope to halt an alarming losing streak when they travel to local rivals King's Stanley on Saturday (2pm). Dale Russell's side fell to a 3-1 defeat at Roman Glass last Saturday. Despite a good first half showing Tavs slipped to a third successive
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Extra symptoms offer new meningitis hope
A FIVE Valleys mother has welcomed a breakthrough in the fight against meningitis - which comes just three years after she almost lost her baby to the disease. Phillipa Robb's daughter Freya was just 11-months-old when she contracted the disease in 2002
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Mother's MRSA agony
WORRIED mother Nicola Robbins says she was not told her baby had contracted hospital superbug MRSA for three months. Now Nicola and husband David, from Haresfield, have made an official complaint against Gloucestershire Royal Hospital, where they believe
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Brewing up a lost tradition
Today, much to the chagrin of real ale lovers, the brewing industry is dominated by a few large corporations. But not so long ago, small scale beermakers were dotted across the Five Valleys, including Nailsworth. Beer production in the town ran dry in
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Teacher Alex is the strongest link
A CHALFORD lecturer came top of the class this week - braving the wrath of acid tongued Anne Robinson to win the Weakest Link. Alex Cowan, of Rack Hill, Chalford, beat eight contestants ranging from an 18-year-old care worker to a 74-year-old professional
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Renaissance for art
STROUD is set to become Gloucestershire's centre for printmaking excellence with the launch of a new co-operative enterprise for artists, complete with workshops and gallery. The Gloucestershire Printmaking Co-operative - the dream of local graduate artist
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Works on road to make an impact
A NEW £70,000 scheme to improve roads and pavements in Minchinhampton is underway. Work started on the four-week Impact Scheme, which involves resurfacing and removing unnecessary signs last week. As part of the work, West End will be closed for around
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Cumberlin treble show
County League Sea Mills Park 2 King's Stanley 6 TALK of Hellenic League football may yet prove to be a touch premature, but Steve Doughty's high-flying King's Stanley side are certainly making a good fist of it. After smashing seven past Wotton Rovers
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Looking after the survivors
Bridget Steffen, 24, from Stroud has recently returned from Eastern Chad, where she was working as a volunteer with a medical organisation in the refugee camps that have sprung up as a result of the conflict in Darfur. She leaves the Five Valleys again
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Canada joy for Khan
KAMRAN KHAN was the star of the show for the Wycliffe squash squad who travelled to Canada and America recently. Khan,15, captured the Under-17 Canadian Open. His display was even more impressive considering Canada scooped seven of the eight titles on
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Fear for future of libraries after review
FEARS have been raised over the future of Stonehouse and Painswick libraries. Two Gloucestershire libraries face the axe and a further £57,000 looks set to go from spending on books and resources. Stonehouse and Painswick were among local libraries identified
