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• Jill and Barry's theatre of dreams

  THE Jill Woods Theatre Company of Minchinhampton is staging the musical production Honk at the Studio Theatre, Wycliffe College Junior School, Stonehouse this week. The show opened on Monday after months of planning, writing and rehearsing involving hours of hard work and sometimes sleepless nights for Jill and husband Barry. Since 1996 they have been responsible for one major stage production each year which brings people flocking throughout the Five Valleys to the box office. read more

• Jill and Barry's theatre of dreams

  THE Jill Woods Theatre Company of Minchinhampton is staging the musical production Honk at the Studio Theatre, Wycliffe College Junior School, Stonehouse this week. The show opened on Monday after months of planning, writing and rehearsing involving hours of hard work and sometimes sleepless nights for Jill and husband Barry. Since 1996 they have been responsible for one major stage production each year which brings people flocking throughout the Five Valleys to the box office. read more

• McDonald's to open in Stroud

  McDONALD'S has been given the go-ahead to open in Stroud. read more

• High wind, tossed pancakes

  THESE youngsters were busy preparing for Lent which starts today, Wednesday when they took part in the annual pancake races at Whiteshill Playing Field on Saturday. read more

• Andy's flying without wings

  WHILE the nation was gripped in a Pop Idol frenzy on Saturday, Stroud was churning out some hot Saturday night fever of its own. read more

• Pauline's narrow escape

  AN ARTIST who is fascinated by fire narrowly escaped death after a blaze ripped through her farm home in Slad this week. read more

• Book tells it as it was at the time

  Geoffrey Howard managed three MCC tours to India, Pakistan and Australia, served as secretary to both Lancashire and Yorkshire and played the first class game as an amateur with some distinction. Ben Falconer and Mark Watkins met Mr Howard in his Nailsworth home to talk about his life and his book which his late wife had more than a hand in making such a success. read more

• Musical spectacular

  YOUNGSTERS from across the Five Valleys are treading the boards at Wycliffe Junior School, Stonehouse this week in the musical, Honk! This year's production from the Jill Wood's Theatre Company is based on the story of the ugly duckling. Full feature story on Jill and Barry Woods and Honk review in this week's SNJ read more

• Stalemate over travellers

  A COUNCIL chief has admitted being caught in a Catch 22 situation when it comes to moving travellers on from unsuitable sites. read more

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