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• Beware of meningitis

  THIS week is Meningitis Awareness Week and to drive the message home the Stroud-based Meningitis Trust has launched an educational website and eye-catching symptom cards to hand out to pupils across the country. read more

• Neighbours face thorny issue

  THE thorny issue of Leylandii is a growing problem for two couples in King's Stanley. read more

• Petition against station closure

  THE battle has begun to save Stroud's beleaguered bus station. read more

• Sainsbury's to expand after sweetener offer

  SUPERMARKET giant Sainsbury's has been given the green light to expand after offering a 20,000 sweetener towards the cost of employing Stroud's town centre manager. read more

• Studio praised by quiz mistress

  TELEVISION celebrity Anne Robinson claimed a Stroud production team was far from the weakest link in the creation of her new talking book. read more

• Retrospective show

  A MAJOR retrospective exhibition of the work of the late Kay Wedgbury, of Nailsworth, is being held to raise money to support her surviving family. read more

• Attack of the giant tomatoes

  A RODBOROUGH smallholder has been turning out monster tomatoes in his kitchen garden. read more

• Moulin Rouge

  MOULIN ROUGE (12) read more

• Frampton Fair surpasses even its own success

  FRAMPTON Park was teeming with people, dogs, ferrets, otters, rabbits, birds of prey, horses, tractors and children on Sunday at what must surely have been the biggest event in Gloucestershire this year - the Frampton Country Fair. read more

• Sculptor's home to be torn down

  A SCULPTOR who, for almost a decade, has lived in a Cotswold quarry surrounded by the honey-coloured stones that are his life, faces having to tear down his home after a top judge's ruling. read more

• Flying start

  Winning start for Stroud swimmers read more

• Entertainment on the fringe

  FOR one glorious weekend each year Stroud's nightlife can compete with that of Bristol and cultural hotspots across the country. read more

• Perrins boosted by new arrivals

  JERRY Perrins has been appointed as Stroud RFC's new first team captain and the centre is optimistic that the team can emulate last season's success with more honours this year. read more

• Brimscombe commit hara-kiri

  Brimscombe and Thrupp 1, ICI Fibres 3 read more

On this day: Stroud Archive