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• Man admits ABH

  A 28-YEAR-old man who blinded a woman when he threw a bottle in her face in a Stroud nightclub has pleaded guilty to causing her actual bodily harm. read more

• World-renowned sculptor dies

  LYNN Chadwick, a giant of the art world, has died at the age of 88. read more

• Serious point to art

  THE WORLD seen through the eyes of a mother and daughter will go on display at the Subscription Rooms on Saturday, May 3. read more

• The dance May go on

  TRADITIONAL dancing around the Maypole at Paganhill will still take place this year thanks to quick thinking measures to save the well-known landmark. read more

• Nimbys back in our backyard

  STROUD-BASED ex-Royal Court writer Frank Hatt's successful romantic eco-comedy Not In My Back Yard returns to Stroud this weekend as part of the Wessex Actors Company's tenth anniversary tour. read more

• Stroud pair star in Welsh open

  STROUD area junior squash players Josh Saysell from Stonehouse and Sam Cantle of Nailsworth claimed a unique feat in Gloucestershire Junior Squash circles recently when they met in the final of the Welsh Open under 13 tournament held in Cardiff. read more

• Voters go online for democracy

  DEMOCRACY in Stroud has been declared alive and kicking thanks to a new hi-tech voting system. read more

• Boulton interim club chairman

  FOREST Green Associate Director, Ken Boulton will take over as acting chairman of the club following the resignation of former chairman, Trevor Horsley who officially stood down after Rovers final Nationwide Conference game against Dagenham and Redbridge at The Lawn on Saturday. read more

• Pensioner's lift ordeal

  THREE pensioners, a young mum and a child were stuck in a hot Stroud lift for half an hour on Friday. read more

• Car trick mooted

  CONGESTION charges could be coming to a Five Valleys village next month. read more

• Innocent woman lived a nightmare

  A WOMAN who has spent more than two years trying to clear her name after being falsely accused of fraud and theft has spoken for the first time of her living hell. read more

• Full-time role as Red Cross volunteer

  AT THE battle of Solferino in 1859, thousands of troops clashed as the French and Piedmontese drove the Austrians out of northern Italy. After the short and bloody battle, more than 40,000 men lay dead or wounded. read more

• Architect of quiet miracle

  COLIN Addison preferred to stay out of the media limelight after Forest Green's 5-2 home victory over play-off hopefuls Dagenham and Redbridge brought their Nationwide Conference season to a triumphant close at the Lawn on Saturday. read more

• Rovers bow out in carnival style

  Forest Green 5, Dagenham and Redbridge 2 FOREST Green signed off their best-ever season in the Nationwide Conference with a five-goal flourish in a carnival atmosphere at The Lawn on Saturday. read more

• Sing us another one

  A PIANIST who once played with Stevie Wonder is offering Stroud audiences the chance to hear the whole history of popular music in one night. read more

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