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• Authors flock to Cheltenham

  CAN'T wait another six months for a fix of literary genius in the flesh and the chance to rub shoulders with the security guards of political giants? read more

• Review: Pupils pull off magical show

  You may have seen The Lord of the Rings on the big screen but you certainly missed a treat if you were not at Maidenhill School last week to see their production of The Hobbit, the book that started it all. read more

• Issue is not just black and white

  A MIXTURE of black bags and white bags of rubbish has resulted in an absurd grey muddle for Stroud's refuse collectors. read more

• Couple's disappearance still a mystery

  GLOUCESTERSHIRE detectives travelled to France this week in an effort to solve the mystery behind the disappearance of Bisley publicans Bob and Barbara Dorey. read more

• Lee toughs it out with the SAS

  BEING hunted by the SAS across the bleak Scottish wilderness with exhaustion and torture all you have to look forward to may not sound like a barrel of laughs but one Stroud fitness fanatic would not have missed it for the world. read more

• Be fair aand shop with respect

  GROWING bananas in Ghana is hard work - the soaring temperatures and hard physical labour make for an exhausting combination. read more

• Caught in the Rat trap

  POST-PUNK icon Bob Geldof is coming to Stroud to play the Fringe Festival. Tickets will be on sale in the next few weeks to see Sir Bob play live at the Subscription Rooms in September. read more

• Gang raids on schools

  A SERIES of raids on primary schools in the Five Valleys is being linked to the same gang of thieves. read more

• Mascot role means match day joy for Alex

  THE story of a brave little boy recovering from a world-first operation has touched the hearts of top brass at Forest Green Rovers FC. read more

• Young enterprise pays off for students

  TWENTY FIVE very special companies were formed in Gloucestershire last year and by the end of the year they will have been wound up, despite the fact that they have all been highly successful and made money. read more

• Man of courage will be missed

  THE man who claimed to have exploded the first hydrogen bomb in England and in his youth jumped through hoops of fire whilst riding a motorbike backwards has died at the age of 86. read more

On this day: Stroud Archive