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• Latest craze is a real stitch

  Computer games, mp3 players and mobile phones are just a few of the coolest toys on offer to modern kids. But at Park Junior School in Stonehouse however, pupils have become engrossed in a more traditional activity - knitting. James Davis went along to find out more about a pastime usually associated with grannies and Christmas sweaters. read more

• Hound horror in the reserve

  HORRIFIED residents watched as out of control hounds ran riot over a Slad nature reserve. read more

• Stroud show their power

  Powergen Intermediate Cup read more

• 7 hours for doctor

  A GRIEVING Stonehouse man claims NHS staff failed his dying father. Cotswold and Vale Primary Care Trust has launched an investigation after Ian Rice lodged an official complaint. read more

• Dreams can come true

  MCFLY fans from Stroud were starstruck when they met their favourite band, thanks to a competition run by the SNJ. read more

• Marathon in mum's name

  INSTRUCTORS at a Stroud martial arts school are running the town's half-marathon on Sunday to raise money for Cancer Research UK after a student's mother died of the illness in June. read more

• Red card quashed after red card appeal

  FOREST GREEN have been handed the perfect tonic ahead of this Saturday's FA Cup Fourth Qualifying Round clash at home to Dagenham & Redbridge (3pm), with the news that goalkeeper Ryan Clarke has successfully had his contentious red card rescinded by an FA appeal board who met at FA headquarters, Soho, on Tuesday afternoon. read more

• Caring son Jody brutally killed

  A FORMER Archway School pupil was brutally attacked and killed in London at the weekend in what police are calling a homophobic hate-crime. read more

• Clare returns a heroine

  IT was back to business this week for courageous Stroud paramedic Clare Langshaw, who recently returned from a rescue relief mission in earthquake-hit Pakistan. read more

• Waring strike proves too late

  Gerrard League Stroud Men's 1st XI 3 Neath 4 read more

• Red card quashed after FA appeal

  FOREST GREEN have been handed the perfect tonic ahead of this Saturday's FA Cup Fourth Qualifying Round clash at home to Dagenham & Redbridge (3pm), with the news that goalkeeper Ryan Clarke has successfully had his contentious red card rescinded by an FA appeal board who met at FA headquarters, Soho, on Tuesday afternoon. read more

• Disney's world is super for star

  WILLIAM Moseley's life is about to rocket into the stratosphere. Having finished filming a while back, the 18-year-old is on the cusp of the sort of fame that only rounds of publicity for huge blockbuster movies can bring. read more

• Fountain to come home

  URGENT work to re-build the culverts running underneath Nailsworth could result in the town's fountain being returned to it's original home near Fountain Street. read more

• Olympic star to kick start Stroud Half

  THIS Sunday's Stroud Half-Marathon will be waved off at 10am by Nailsworth's Olympic marathon hero Dan Robinson. read more

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