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• Police question TETRA safety

  GRASS roots police officers have demanded to know more about their new communications system set to be rolled out in Gloucestershire this year. read more

• Rovers appeal to fans

  FOREST Green Rovers Football Club is appealing to supporters to find out why there are such low attendances at their home matches. read more

• Plea for a field

  A YOUNG motorcyclist is on the lookout for somewhere to ride his bike undisturbed, because he does not want to upset walkers. read more

• Stonehouse teacher taught suicide pilot

  A SPORTS teacher from Stonehouse who taught the Florida suicide crash boy pilot is gaining more experience than he bargained for on his teacher exchange visit to the USA. read more

• Cinema delayed yet again

  MERRYWALKS Bus Station which was due close in two weeks has been given a reprieve until September. read more

• Braving the Common cold

  THERE is not only more to Stroud's commons than first meets the eye but also many more of them. Reporter Sam Bond joined the Cotswold Wardens this week as they braved the fog and January temperatures on a walk around the less-trodden paths of Rodborough and Minchinhampton to discover the hidden treasures of eight of the 10 commons read more

• Dog foul fine plan

  CIVIC leaders are trying to stamp out dog mess in Stroud. Stroud Town Council's finance and policy committee met last week and councillors kicked up a stink about dog fouling in the area. read more

• Tributes to beloved landlord

  A NEW Orleans jazz and procession through the town centre will mark the passing of the kingpin of Stroud's alternative scene this week. read more

• New head for St Dominic's

  THE new head of a Woodchester School is hoping to build on the school's already excellent reputation. read more

• Thailand trip for Stroud High Guides

  THREE Stroud High School Girl Guides are set for the trip of a lifetime after making it through a stringent selection process. read more

• Richard the genius autistic in a whirl of his own

  Linda Diggory went to meet with Richard Townsend a ten-year-old boy with Asperger syndrome and his mother Louise at his school in Amberley. read more

• Joyce's vow to village

  BISLEY Post Office is up for sale but postmistress Joyce Ball has vowed not to let it close. read more

• I don't care if I live or die

  HUMAN time bomb George Picket is still waiting for a life-saving operation despite a national outcry and an appeal to MP David Drew. read more

• It's a DIY stagecoach

  A CRAFTSMAN'S full-scale plan of a 19th century stagecoach has been rediscovered in Minchinhampton. read more

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