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• Take the plunge

  EARTHFALL, the astonishing contemporary, multimedia dance troupe, return to Stroud's Subscription Rooms this weekend with their production of At Swim Two Boys, presented in association with Prema Arts Centre. read more

• Boys from The Back Room

  If you've not yet heard of the band Editors, it will not be long before you do. The four-piece can already boast two top 20 singles, a hit album and a Glastonbury performance. They may be considered Birmingham-based, but in frontman Tom Smith there is an irrefutable Stroud connection. James Davis spoke exclusively to the former Archway School student on how it all began, making it big and what the future holds. read more

• Stroud back to winning ways

  Stroud 30 Old Redcliffians 8 read more

• Men tried to snatch girl

  POLICE are hunting for two men who tried to abduct a teenage girl as she walked to school in Nailsworth. read more

• Wrapping all over the world

  THE STROUD Valleys were once world famous for the production of high quality woollen cloth and now the Museum in the Park is unravelling Wrapping the Globe, an exhibition celebrating the trade that made Stroud rich. read more

• It's all about winning

  ARMIES of teenage girls have been spotted roaming the streets of Stroud over the past few weeks clutching bundles of the Stroud News & Journal. read more

• Owers shoulders blame in defeat

  FUMING Forest Green boss Gary Owers has shouldered a large chunk of the blame for the 3-1 defeat at Southport, but has laid down the gauntlet to his side ahead of the home test with Glen Cockerill's Woking this Saturday (3pm). read more

• Sky is the limit for district's logo ideas

  WHAT have multi-coloured sheep, five green Vs and a boy holding an aeroplane got in common? read more

• Volunteers rush to disaster zone

  STROUD paramedic Claire Langshaw carries a baby to safety in the aftermath of the weekend's devastating earthquake in Pakistan. read more

• Explosion of colour

  AUTUMN is here and Westonbirt Arboretum is awash with a myriad of magnificent colours. read more

• Aurora seen from South

  SF: Two hundred years after it was written, the remarkable diary of an 18th Century Stroud chemist has shed new light on our understanding of space, the sun and the earth's magnetic field. And its chance discovery in an archive is helping a modern-day scientist, also from Stroud, make national headlines. Alli Pyrah met constellation sensation Dr Giles Harrison, whose latest research has sent the scientific community into orbit. read more

• Honour for karate legend

  Nick Quilliam's dedication to practising and teaching Wado-Ryu Karate has seen the Stroud karate legend awarded a top accolade. read more

• Return of the ghost train

  THE Cotswold Players return this month with a production of The Ghost Train by Arnold Ridley, a play the company have put on before. read more

• Hero is lucky to be alive

  HEROIC dad Derek Hale risked his life by deliberately driving into a runaway trailer as it hurtled down a main road. read more

• Roundabout relief for angry residents

  A DANGEROUS mini-roundabout in Minchinhampton is to be removed following pressure from parish councillors and residents. read more

• Blue Coat boys never forgotten

  A WAR memorial remembering former Bisley Blue Coat pupils who died in the First World War has been returned to the school. read more

• Hoy suffers tragic loss of Woodsides Ashby

  GATCOMBE'S Bettina Hoy suffered the tragic loss of her horse Woodsides Ashby on the cross-country course at Kreuth CCI*** in Germany . read more

• Rush hour chaos

  A MAN on the run from a mental hospital caused a bomb-scare which led to rush-hour chaos on the M5 between the Stroud junction and Dursley. read more

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