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• Robbers bind female victim

  THE car belonging to a woman who was bound, gagged and robbed at her home in Painswick this week, is still missing. read more

• Brave Alex on road to recovery

  A BRAVE little boy is recovering at home this week after a ground-breaking operation in London. read more

• New plans will take away school's heart

  THE head teacher of a school for some of Gloucestershire's most disruptive children has pleaded with education chiefs not to axe its residential places. read more

• Boxes to replace banks

  RECYCLING in the Five Valleys is to undergo a shake-up next month as under-used bottle banks and paper bins are scrapped in favour of more kerbside collections. read more

• Rovers edge nearer to safety

  THE signing of a new striker and a second league victory in a row has lifted morale and boosted confidence at Forest Green this week. read more

• In the swim with the water babies

  THE idea of a water baby - a child who can play and feel as confident in the water as on land - is no longer a fairy tale. Four years ago Fiona Munt-Whittle founded Aquatots. In her first year 40 babies learned to swim with her and now she has over 300 pupils. Linda Diggory went along to meet Fiona and the babies who take like ducklings to water. read more

• Farm park ruling ste for challenge?

  A HIGH Court in London has ruled that a popular farm park, which has been visited by thousands of families since it opened to the public in 1988, must stay closed. read more

• Jilly was the strongest link

  RAUNCHY author Jilly Cooper put celebrity allcomers to the sword this week, when she emerged victorious on the hit game show, The Weakest Link. read more

• Fit to bust shines at Didmarton

  A HORSLEY point to pointer won praise from its jockey after securing second spot in the Maiden race held at Didmarton last weekend. read more

• Bonds Mill: new plans in

  THE FIRST in a line of planning applications has been filed for a controversial piece of land on the edge of Stonehouse. read more

• Celebrating freedom

  THE restoration and repair of the Anti-Slavery Arch, erected at Paganhill in 1834 to commemorate the abolition of slavery, is almost complete and celebrations will be taking place at Archway School this week. read more

• Women welcome

  WOMEN were allowed into the inner sanctum of a social club this week after more than 50 years of a men only rule. read more

• Campaign to save vital bus route

  CIVIC leaders in Stroud and Rodborough are spearheading a campaign to save a threatened bus service. read more

• Bourton rule King's Stanley

  King's Stanley's visit to Bourton on Saturday proved fruitless, as KS found themselves on the end of a 2-0 defeat. For more action, see this week's SNJ read more

• Garden turned in to a muddy battleground

  CONFUSION over a right of way has left an Ebley woman and a property developer in a right muddy muddle. read more

• Film review: The Shipping News

  IT IS a wise child that knows his own father. However if that father is a bully more often than not the child becomes emotionally inadequate. Wise children who are bullied by their peers will hopefully learn from the experience but from a parent the damage is so ingrained it can affect the rest of their lives. read more

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