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• Party a 'raging success'

  NELSON Street's charity fundraising street party went off with a bang during the Fringe Festival weekend, according to organisers. read more

• Joy as sixth form is saved from axe

  IDEAS have been pouring in from enthusiastic Five Valleys residents keen to have their say on the future of Stroud. read more

• Matt adds gloss to Gloucester

  Powergen Intermediate Cup Stroud RFC 16 Gloucester Old Boys RFC 22 read more

• Policing complaints soar

  COMPLAINTS against the police have rocketed since the introduction of a new independent body set up to monitor public grievances. read more

• Contest for the talented

  ENTRY forms for next year's Undiscovered Youth Talent Contest, organised by The Door Youth Project, are now available. read more

• Thugs attack MP's offices after hunt vote

  A LUMP of concrete was hurled through the window of Stroud Labour MP David Drew's office within hours of the House of Commons vote to ban fox hunting on Wednesday night. read more

• Brassey shows polish

  SHIPTON MOYNE based Louisa Brassey, 19, won the major International UAE. Equestrian and Racing Federation CIC** at Gatcombe Horse Trials last weekend. read more

• Geed up over new hunt ban

  BEST- selling author Jilly Cooper, a well known advocate of animal rights, said this week she had some sympathy for the hunting set. read more

• Story of a mother's dilemma

  FOLLOWING the success of Laughing Orange's debut production of Skin Tight earlier this year, the company is back at the Everyman Theatre for a full week's run of 'Night, Mother - an intense 90 minute psychological drama played by Jaquie Crago and Kate Abraham - this weekend read more

• Kids TV is da pits

  EVERYTHING about children's television these days makes me gnash my teeth in indescribable fury. Not only are the presenters primped-up clones with about as much charisma as a sugar mouse, the programmes themselves seem to have gone down the pan due to a sad and patronising attempt to sound hip. read more

• Ali boots Wick home

  Powergen Junior Vase Painswick 47 Ross 3 read more

• Galleries are twice as nice

  TOUCH Contemporary Art in Stroud and the Rivers Gallery in Nailsworth have joined forces to promote art and craft in the area and much farther afield. read more

• Ideas for town's future pour in

  IDEAS have been pouring in from enthusiastic Five Valleys residents keen to have their say on the future of Stroud. read more

• Club bid protest

  PLANS for a third nightclub in Stroud look set to be dashed today as councillors consider an application from the owners. read more

• Cainy power through

  Powergen Vase Cainscross 1st XV 35, Minchinhampton 1st XV 10 read more

• Couple's drive to aid Darfur

  A GO-getting couple are set to drive 25,000km from Namibia to Stroud to raise money for the desperate relief efforts in Darfur in an incredible seven-month adventure. read more

• Buyers' land prices triple

  PLOTS of land in the Ruscombe Valley are being sold off on the internet for hugely inflated prices in a controversial carve-up which has dismayed nearby villagers. read more

• Lewer conjures positive start

  Nationwide Conference Forest Green Rovers 1 Farnborough 1 read more

On this day: Stroud Archive