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• Charity helps Stroud mum deal with her son's death

  A STONEHOUSE mother who lost her 22-year-old son in an horrific car crash has spoken of her support for a charity which helps those affected by road accidents. read more

• Conducting: the best job in the world

  Early next month celebrated conductor Martyn Brabbins will be going through all nine of Beethoven's symphonies in one sitting to raise money for his children's school. Sam Bond speaks to the Ruscombe-based conductor about the musical marathon and his journey from humble roots to international accolade.... read more

• Archway's African adventure

  Memories of school geography trips traditionally involve soggy sandwiches and counting pebbles on a rainy beach in Wales. read more

• A celebration of differences

  A RETIRED school teacher with a lifelong aversion to racism is the driving force behind Stroud's forthcoming One Nation festival. read more

• Rethink your garden with contemporary materials

  BUILDERS' hats blooming in steel poles like yellow buttercups and a telly-tubby mound with a fuchsia pink wall inside... the second International Festival of Gardens at Westonbirt has just opened... read more

• Constituency changes opposed

  A CONTROVERSIAL plan to move Minchinhampton out of the Stroud Constituency in time for the next General Election was debated in Gloucester last week. In 2002 the Parliamentary Boundary Commission announced a Gloucestershire reshuffle and proposed transferring Minchinhampton to the Cotswold area. read more

• Wet event raises whopping amount

  UMBRELLAS were essential but it didn't stop the crowds enjoying the Randwick Wap festival on Saturday. 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

• 'My new job has given me my life back.'

  MOST of us complain about having to get up in the mornings to go to work. But what if we had nothing to get up for? Hundreds of people across the county are desperate to start a regular job, but cannot do so because of injury or illness. read more

• Hospital head was trust's scapegoat

  A HEALTH professional from Selsley who was made a 'sacrificial scapegoat' for failings at a Bath hospital is celebrating a landmark victory against her former employer. read more

• Boy caught in toxic spill

  IN a scene eerily reminiscent of Hollywood blockbuster Outbreak, two figures clad in bulbous yellow chemical suits carry the body of a boy up a hill. read more

• Celebration of Ascension Day

  THE SUN shone, the villagers thronged and the band played on as Bisley celebrated Ascension Day with the Dressing of the Well. read more

• Third age for mansion

  A Stonehouse construction company has recently undertaken the third stage of the Woodchester Mansion restoration project. Tom Shepherd went along to find out how the work is progressing on the 19th century gothic building which stands in one of the most beautiful valleys in the Stroud district read more

• Tenant treated like muck

  A DISABLED council tenant living on a Leonard Stanley estate has claimed the refurbishment of his property has been plagued by a catalogue of problems in a building fiasco lasting 14-months. read more

• War veteran Ivy returns to the skys

  BRAVE Second World War veteran Ivy Bailey eagerly returned to the skies - to enjoy a cup of tea in the cockpit of a glider on Friday. read more

• Stroud Suffer in the Heat

  Stroud and Swindon West of England Premier League - Second Division Warminster 1st XI v Stroud 1st XI read more

• Rural post offices threatened

  FROM next month, the Government will start to change the way pensioners pick up their state pensions. By 2005 it is likely all pensions will be paid direct into bank accounts but the knock-on effect from this is catastrophic for village life as small post offices close. read more

• Bowlers stamp their authority

  Cotswold District Cricket Association - Total Butler Saturday League, Division One Avening and Cherington v Adlestrop AFTER losing a close match the previous week at Adlestrop the Avening and Cherington side were determined to put up a better showing in the return fixture. This they did in emphatic fashion. Electing to bowl first Avening broke the century-making opening partnership of the previous week as early as the tenth over when Stewart Hudd caught M Barnes for 14 off the bowling of Ed Morris. Tim Sanderson was keeping things tight from one end and when the tiring Morris was replaced by Mark Wilkins the home crowd expected the Adlestrop batsmen to take on the wily Wilkins. However, it was he who struck in his first over removing dangerous opener H Walker for 14 thanks to an athletic catch from that man Hudd. Sanderson completed his ten overs for only nine runs and his replacement Pete Hudd maintained the stranglehold. K Barnes fell for ten runs as he became the second Wilkins victim, this time by way of an Ed Morris catch. Adlestrop were in trouble at 43 for three in the 21st over. The last seven wickets then fell for just 18 runs in nine overs, as the Adlestrop batsmen failed to cope with the accuracy of Wilkins (4-16) and Hudd (5-7), Hudd bowling a tremendous mixture of seam-up and leg spin. The Avening response was almost perfect as they reached 63 for the loss of Dave Thomas (21) who treated the crowd to a rare maximum over square leg. Bruce Whiting (18) and Stewart Hudd (12) were the not out batsmen as victory was secured in the 17th over with I Nurden the only wicket taker. read more

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