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• Worst toilets cause a stink

  THE public toilets at Stratford Park are causing a stink between visitors and Stroud District Council read more

• Otis is absurd creation

  RICH Hall, grouchy, deadpan, comic master of absurdist irony, brings his greatest creation - Otis Lee Crenshaw, a redneck jailbird singer from Tennessee, who has been married seven times, always to women named Brenda -to Cheltenham next week. read more

• Wood in baby food shock

  A ONE year old baby had a narrow escape after almost eating a piece of wood imbedded in a jar of Heinz baby food. read more

• Glos is top spot for country living

  GLOUCESTERSHIRE has been voted the second best county in Britain by Country Life magazine. read more

• Pritchard double puts Stanley back on track

  Kings Stanley 3, Longlevens 0 read more

• Police too busy to fight crime

  LAW-ABIDING citizen Gary Beech was forced to stand by helplessly and watch vandals laughing and playing after vandalising his car because police said they were too busy to help. read more

• Play tells a love story

  IF TWELFTH Night be the food of love then Cheltenham is set to have a banquet next week when the play comes to the Everyman. read more

• Protester fenced in by workmen

  A LONE protester who was fenced in by developers when he tried to stop workmen digging up a children's playing field has been ordered by a judge to pay them £300. read more

• Hands up if you support peace

  PEACE protester Grace Trevett has returned from Iraq and has launched a global appeal for children to campaign against military action. read more

• Depleted side has no chance

  Lansdown 3rds 5, Painswick Ladies 0 read more

• Working towards a lasting peace

  TWO members of the Peacemaker Community - Middle East are to attend a public meeting in Stroud's Old Town Hall this Sunday, March 16. read more

• Farnborough sunk by three-goal salvo

  Forest Green 3, Farnbourough Town 1 read more

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