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• High-energy mix from Brixton band

  MULTI-RACIAL Brixton-based nine-piece band Maroon Town are all set to play a high-energy cocktail of ska, breakbeat, dub, techno and rap at the Subscription Rooms this week. read more

• Book about the smallest room to flood market

  A NEW book due to sink the market this year is Bogs, Baths and Basins - The Story of Domestic Sanitation by David Eveleigh. read more

• Mr Plod has to trot on

  A WANDERING donkey sent police on a wild goose chase over Christmas. read more

• Randall pace stuns Stroud - Rugby

  Stroud 3 St Mary's Old Boys 21 This result probably means another year in South West 2 West for Stroud whose promotion hopes now look distinctly forlorn. read more

• Keep it in the family

  A CAR-MAD family from Amberley have begun showing off their favourite Christmas presents - four matching numberplates. read more

• Show tunes never fail to disappoint - Review

  'CURTAIN UP' was the title of this concert at Minchinhampton Parish Church, and signalled that Gerry and Sheila Palmer had finally succumbed to calls for inclusion of show tunes. read more

• Woman, 70, abseils for charity - pensioner scales church walls after toe amputation

  A 72-YEAR-OLD woman who scaled the walls of a church just seven weeks after having a toe amputated has received an award from Stroud College. read more

• Promise of excitement - Acclaimed pianist set to wow Stroud

  INTERNATIONALLY recognised concert pianist Richard Meyrick is to perform a recital of some of the most moving and exciting pieces in the piano repertoire in Stroud this week. read more

• Congratulations - Five Valleys heroes named in New Year's Honours List

  A PHYSIOTHERAPIST from Bussage who chose her career after her teenage brother was attacked in a pub has been rewarded with an OBE. read more

• Baby is a big surprise - Stunned woman gives birth on the street

  A YOUNG woman who didn't realise she was pregnant gave birth to a baby girl on a Stroud street. read more

• Grace joins Iraqi human shield

  IN AN extraordinary act of bravery, a Stroud peace campaigner is planning to travel to Baghdad to put herself between the Iraqi people and the military might of the West. read more

• Rovers misfire but still topple Woking

  Forest Green 3, Woking 2 FOREST Green edged further away from the Nationwide Conference relegation zone with a crucial victory over fellow strugglers Woking at The Lawn on Saturday, but an erratic display hardly justified the final result. read more

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