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• Dulcie swaps by-lines for an online existence

  Author, script writer and creator of the chaotic Dulcie Domum so beloved by Guardian readers everywhere, Sue Limb invited Linda Diggory to her Cotswold cottage to talk about her abiding love of words, her family and her hopes for the future. read more

• Call for safety review after glider club crash

  CALLS for an investigation into safety procedures at the Cotswold Gliding Club have been made following the fatal crash at Aston Down. read more

• Jazzing up the blues with a star

  JAZZING the blues is the theme of the next performance at Stroud's new venue for live jazz and blues music when the one-time guitarist for Little Richard and Neil Young takes centre stage at the Stroud Jazz Cafe. read more

• Lacklustre Painswick

  Old Cryptians 25, Painswick 24 read more

• Journeying into poetry

  FEATURES read more

• Brackets is back

  FOLLOWING a break for the summer, a new series of the hugely successful Brackets and Jam sessions gets under way at The Space, Lansdown, Stroud this Friday, October 5. read more

• Tarbuck's namesakeis a monk

  FANS of Jimmy Tarbuck may wonder where he is at times - but he can be found in a monastery near Painswick. read more

• Enigma

  ENIGMA (15) read more

• Woman is hit by tractor

  A PENSIONER was critically ill in hospital yesterday after being crushed by a runaway tractor in a field near Stonehouse. read more

• Opposition to mast proposals

  A PROPOSED TETRA mast on the edge of the Golden Valley has been backed by community leaders - but a leading campaigner and a local resident believe planners should throw it out. read more

• Frog saved by warden

  A STROUD traffic warden proved her profession has a heart when she rescued a frog from the wheels of a car. read more

• 'Wood bow out with a wimper

  Complete Music Challenge Cup Fairford Town 2, Shortwood United 0 FOLLOWING a fine midweek performance at Almondsbury that saw Shortwood move into fourth place in the Hellenic League, their poor away form in cup competitions continued with defeat at Fairford. read more

• Pensioner refuses to foot the bill

  AN EBLEY pensioner whose car was stolen by joyriders now faces a hefty bill well beyond his means to get it back. read more

• Fiasco of speed humps

  A BLUNDER by contractors Ringway cost them dear after they were forced to rip up ten 'sleeping policemen' - because they were too high. read more

• Have-a-go hero beaten with iron bar

  HAVE-a-go hero Phil Bradley was beaten across the face with an iron bar after challenging two thugs who were breaking into a van. read more

• Tributes to councillor

  A BRITISH Legion colleague carried the standard this week at a moving funeral ceremony for Stonehouse councillor, Norman Kimber. read more

• Waiting list for convent

  NUNS are hoping to extend their convent at Brownshill in response to an increase in applications read more

• Mervyn goes spare for a massive 90

  One of the Nailsworth Skittles League's longest serving players, Railway A's Mervyn Painter, delighted all of his team mates when he recorded the highest score of the season and the highest of his career on September 27. read more

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