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• Young voices sing for those in need

  INTERNATIONALLY acclaimed and Grammy nominated, the African Children's Choir - who are appearing at the Stroud Subscription Rooms this weekend - are a charitable force to be reckoned with. read more

• School bids for village pub

  A STEINER school's plans to run a village pub has outraged residents and angered a would-be publican who has been gazumped by the deal. read more

• Tories take over council

  JUBILANT Conservatives are celebrating a resounding district council election victory which has given them overall control at Ebley Mill. read more

• FGR glory day anniversary

  TODAY (May 8) is the 20th anniversary of Forest Green Rovers' FA Vase victory against Rainworth Miners Welfare at Wembley. read more

• Nun's plans win approval

  A CONVENT has been given the green light for expansion, despite strong opposition from villagers and highways officials. read more

• Middlemiss leads county Scots

  FOUR players from Widden RFC under-16's, including one from, Stroud, have been selected for the Scottish Exiles squad following a successful trial at Northampton. read more

• Shock at car crash tragedy

  TRIBUTE has been paid to a young fitness instructor who died after his car collided with a lorry at a notoriously unsafe road junction. read more

• Rocky takes Funnell to Supreme victory

  "IT'S been my dream since I was tiny. Rocky performed amazingly over all three days," said a delighted Pippa Funnell following her immaculate win on Supreme Rock at the Mitsubishi Motors Badminton Horse Trials last weekend. read more

• Homes plan for carpark

  HOMES are set to be built on an unofficial travellers' site which was recently left strewn with heaps of rubbish. read more

• Young musician's sound advice

  STROUD musician Matt Oldfield's debut album, My Own Advice, was released nationwide on TO Music last week. read more

• Cheltenham win Division Two place

  Nationwide League Division Three play-off final Cheltenham Town 3, Rushden & Diamonds 1 read more

• Cannabis found in driver's blood

  A WOMAN driver of a car in which a passenger died after the car swerved across a bend and collided with a Post Office delivery van was found to have traces of alcohol and cannabis in her blood. read more

• Tory 'traitor' controversy

  A ONE-man election day protest which may have cost the Conservatives a seat on Stroud District Council is to be investigated. read more

On this day: Stroud Archive