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• Poultry flock bludgeoned to death in savage attack

  THUGS wielding shears, broom handles, poles and tractor parts brutally massacred a flock of poultry at a Stroud smallholding this week in a shocking mystery incident that left 20 birds bludgeoned to death or dying. read more

• Children inspire art show

  PAINTINGS inspired by the art of children are now on display at a Stroud caf. read more

• Marking horrors of war

  AS PART of a month-long tour across the South West, SHAMS theatre company is bringing its outstanding solo show, The Garden, to the Cotswold Playhouse next week. read more

• Elegant shelter for school

  THE FIRST part of a controversial new development at Cotswold Chine School in Box will opened on Monday, October 18. read more

• Expert warns of flood devastation

  A FORMER land drainage expert has warned that storms could trigger a catastrophic flood and engulf swathes of Stroud. read more

• Swimmers shine at Keynsham

  STROUD Swimming Club travelled to Keynsham to take part in a gala designed to give the younger swimmers with good competitive experience. read more

• Have a nice day? I'm having lots of them across the pond

  ALEX Nash, a business studies teacher at Stroud High School for 13 years, recently left the Stroud Valleys when her husband's job took them to Seattle in America. read more

• Enjoy barrel of laughs in pub

  THE first Wednesday of the month has been comedy night at the Duke of York, the pub neither half way up nor half way down Nelson Street, for a full year. read more

• Unlucky Painswick suffer rare defeat

  Glos Premier Barton Hill 7 Painswick 3 read more

• I work hard says MP

  STROUD MP David Drew has vigorously defended a higher than average expenses bill of nearly £130,000 last year on the grounds that he works hard on behalf of his constituents. read more

• Coarse invaders attack common

  SELSLEY Common is under threat of invasion - from unwelcome plants. read more

• Blistering rock from Ramones tribute band

  A NIGHT of blistering retro rock comes to The Space, Lansdown, Stroud next weekend with a Ramones tribute night, featuring one of the country's leading Ramones tribute bands 53rd and 3rd next weekend. read more

• Tick box docs

  DOCTORS are undeniably a pretty handy bunch but unless you're really sick, need sewing up or patching back together you've got to wonder if a visit to the surgery is really the best use of your, or their, time. read more

• Cash to help community

  A GROUP set up to regenerate Stroud is offering community groups cash to help them do just that. read more

• Artist's work a big hit

  A GIANT painting by Stroud artist Marianne Hellwig John is to take pride of place in a Surrey church. read more

• Kites Hill site gifted to trust

  ACRES of breathtaking countryside near Painswick has been saved as a nature reserve after the land was gifted to global conservation charity the World Land Trust (WLT). read more

• New help to beat bullies

  SCHOOLS have been given a new tool in the fight against bullying thanks to Marling boys and county crime fighters. read more

• Olympian Robinson feels Kenyans' heat

  WHILE it may have been a somewhat frustrating day for Nailsworth's Olympic marathon runner Dan Robinson, it was a trio of Stroud Athletic Club youngsters who earned the local plaudits at the 23rd Griffiths Marshall Accountants Stroud Half Marathon on Sunday. read more

• Williams brace shares the spoils for spirited Celtic

  Stroud League Division Seven Victoria Celtic 3 Trident Reserves 3 read more

• Council lobbied to invest in worker

  IMPASSIONED lobbying of Gloucestershire County Council is underway as Nailsworth pleads for the money to fund a full-time youth worker. read more

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