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• Drunken prank at Highgrove

  A GROUP of drunken men got into the grounds of Prince Charles' Highgrove home, romped around naked and stole a plastic owl from a tree. read more

• Spring Rites on May Day

  A WALKING, talking Beech tree helped celebrate a traditional rite of Spring at Horsley Primary School on Thursday, May. read more

• A chance to live again

  There is a room in Gloucestershire Royal Hospital that contains 30 kidney dialysis machines. Every four hours 30 patients leave and another 30 arrive for their four-hour life-saving treatment. It takes four hours for the blood of a single patient to pass through a machine and be cleansed of the toxins normally eliminated naturally by the kidneys. Two days later the same patients return for another four hours. The process is not painful but it is exhausting and leaves the patient feeling less well than before the start of the treatment. One Stroud woman was so moved by the suffering of her 23-year-old niece who had to endure this apparently endless cycle of treatment that two years ago she decided to make the tremendous gesture of donating one of her own healthy kidneys so that her niece could live a normal life again. Niece and aunt are now both well on the road to recovery and they talked to Skip Walker about their experiences) read more

• Rebellion at the polls

  CALLS for a Stroud BNP Party and a substantial swing away from Labour and the Tories marked Thursday's district council elections. read more

• Disabled boy left stranded

  THE mum of a severely disabled teenager has appealed to thieves to return her son's customised walking frame before he loses all the strength in his legs which could leave him with heart damage. read more

• Mills teams off to a winning start

  NAILSWORTH Mills Bowling Club took on Victory Park in the final of the Arthur Duffett Cup at Cotswold Indoor Bowls Club recently and fought back from an indifferent start to take the trophy. read more

• Villagers get naked

  A QUIRKY Nailsworth community hosted an unusual pantomime where all the audience were naked. read more

• Badminton on new course

  For this year's Mitsubishi Badminton horse trials on May 1-4, director and course designer Hugh Thomas has come up with another innovative cross-country course. Last year's move of the start box to the main arena is repeated - and there will be a big screen for the spectators' benefit. read more

• Choclate's cheap

  HORSLEY-BASED theatre company Fair Game has just received a community dividend grant from Oxford, Swindon and Gloucester Co-op for £1000. read more

• Grease is the word

  GREASE has got to be one of the all time best musicals. Great music, great stage settings and great characters. read more

• McDonald's has not harmed burger bar

  A BURGER boss has scotched rumours that a Stroud fast food restaurant is to close down because it cannot keep up with the competition. read more

• Collision course is set

  A CLASH of two titans from the Five Valleys events calendar is due to take place later this year as two major summer events are set on a head to head collision course. read more

• Feathered film fan

  STROUD'S eccentricity seems to be rubbing off on the wildlife after a blackbird is thought to have changed its tune to fit in with a local character. read more

• Farce is bare essential

  PAINSWICK Players are keen to deny rumours circulating locally that they are to present lunch-time strip shows. read more

• Flight of fancy runs in family

  When bird expert Neil Forbes built his nest in Stroud 20 years ago, he had no idea his career would take him all over the world. read more

• Tenants will decide

  PLANS are being developed which will determine what becomes of the district's council housing should tenants vote for a transfer later this year. read more

On this day: Stroud Archive