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• Add spice to your dinners

  NO matter how carefully you follow the recipe, the curry you make at home never seems to live up to the one from the restaurant. 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

• Composer battles disorder

  TOURETTES Syndrome can be frightening both for the sufferer and the observer. 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

• 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

• Debate to get your teeth into

  THIS autumn MPs will vote on a new water bill which would give strategic health authorities the power in law to force water companies to fluoridate our water supplies. read more

• What will canals project mean for Stroud?

  British Waterways is spear heading ambitious plans to restore the Cotswold Canals - bringing two of England's most beautiful inland waterways back to life, making them accessible to the community and providing widespread public benefits. read more

• King of Stroud's roads

  AS THE controversy over Stroud's Bus Station continues the author of a new book Stroud's Buses by N P Daniels reflects that the town centre bus terminus has never been a stranger to controversy... 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

• '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

• Now that's entertainment

  When Lee James came over from Australia 12 years ago he thought he was just here for a holiday. read more

• Folks shouldn't laugh

  IS MORRIS dancing a pagan ritual sanitised by the straight-laced Victorians or simply a folk tradition to celebrate rural life and the changing of the seasons? 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

• Amy just keeps on running

  SLEAK curves, gleaming bodywork and a style seemingly-forgotten by today's designers marked the arrival of classic cars on a country-wide relay in Stroud this week. read more

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