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• Fears grow for missing couple

  FEARS are mounting for the safety of a Bisley couple whose sudden disappearance has stunned a village. read more

• Wizard Potter-likes

  VISITORS to Cashes Green Primary School might be forgiven for believing they were walking the hallowed corridors of Hogwarts. read more

• Film review

  OCEAN'S ELEVEN (12) IT IS fun to see a film once in a while thats not remotely taxing. The original Ocean's Eleven (1960) was directed by Lewis Milestone (Mutiny on the Bounty 1962) and starred Frank Sinatra and his Rat Pack chums Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., Joey Bishop and Peter Lawford. Sadly, they are all now dead. It would have been interesting to know their opinion of this Ocean's Eleven remake. The 1960s version wasn't anything special and far too long, but around that time comedy capers were in fashion. read more

• One man's battle for POW survival

  IN 1942 Rodborough's Bert Ginger survived the fall of Singapore and spent the rest of the war working as a cook in brutal Japanese prisoner of war camps. There he witnessed the most horrific death and suffering but he has managed to keep a positive outlook. Reporter Sam Bond speaks to a man who managed to survive the worst life could throw at him by looking for humour in the darkest of situations. read more

• Cellist comes home

  Stroud-born cellist Christopher Allen, playing at St Laurence's Church Hall on Saturday, February 23 with the Vivaldi Camerata String Ensemble. read more

• Valentine vows

  VALENTINE'S Day 2002 was an extra-special one for a romantic couple who tied the knot on Thursday. read more

• Jobs axe to fall at Stroud & Swindon

  JOB losses and branch closures have been forced upon one of the largest employers in the Stroud Valleys this week as a result of the technological revolution in banking and commerce. read more

• Old Boys given the runaround

  Gloucester Division One Painswick 60 Ashley Down Old Boys 7 PAINSWICK produced a fantastic performance to beat third place Ashley Down Old Boys and maintain their place at the top of Gloucester Division One. read more

• Flab fighters feel fab

  AFTER just two weeks the SNJ flab fighters are well on their way to becoming the fab four after losing well over two stone between them. read more

• Five Valleys favourites ready for Crufts

  FOUNDED in 1891, Crufts is now the largest canine event in the world. Long established as the greatest dog show of all time, it attracts exhibitors from all over Europe and visitors from all corners of the globe. read more

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