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• Hunt conjures victory

  GLS Hellenic Premier Cup Shortwood United 0 Fairford Town 1 read more

• Transfusion turned down out of respect

  A STROUD grandfather who died after refusing a blood transfusion did it as a final mark of respect for his family who are Jehovah's Witnesses. read more

• Job loss threat to town's trees

  DISTRICT council chiefs have rubbished rumours that Stroud's open spaces warden will see his job axed - claims which have fuelled fears over the future of the town's trees. read more

• Signs of protest

  CAMPAIGNERS opposed to the development of Rooksmoor Mill have erected banners demanding 'no high rise' in their latest effort to stop the scheme going ahead. read more

• Enchanting tale of magic

  STROUD audiences have the opportunity to catch Tchaikovsky's world famous classical ballet The Nutcracker when the highly acclaimed Vienna Festival Ballet Company return to the Subscription Rooms this week. read more

• An explosive mixture

  TWO years have passed since Celtish wowed a packed Prema on their first visit and now, by popular demand, they're back at the intimate Uley venue this weekend. read more

• Snow fun in Stroud

  DOZENS of vehicles stood abandoned, schools were shut and motorists found themselves blocked by a giant snowball as blizzards lashed the Five Valleys. read more

• Hunt conjures victory

  GLS Hellenic Premier Cup Shortwood United 0 Fairford Town 1 read more

• Owers: we've got to get a win

  FOREST GREEN go into next Tuesday's crucial home clash with Nigel Clough's Burton Albion (7.45pm) hoping to halt their alarming freefall. read more

• Thigh slapping fun

  With Strictly Come Dancing back on television dancing is receiving more and more publicity. But little is said about England's last remaining traditional dance - Morris dancing. Seen at almost every country fair and May Day revel - Morris dancers have been around for centuries. We sent reporter Sian Davies to a training session with the Stroud Morris group to find out more. read more

• Life through a lens goes on display

  AN EXHIBITION by three photographers comes to Stroud's Mills Caf this week, in a display that will be extolling the virtues of black and white photography. read more

• Owers: We've got to win

  FOREST GREEN go into next Tuesday's crucial home clash with Nigel Clough's Burton Albion (7.45pm) hoping to halt their alarming freefall. read more

• OAPs' 15 hours on 'tinsel' trek

  WHEN a packed coach of pensioners from Cashes Green set off for their 'tinsel and turkey' weekend in Newquay nobody imagined that snow storms and long delays lay ahead. read more

• GP's mistake cost Amelia her life

  A DISTRAUGHT mum was told this week her baby would probably have lived if a doctor had given her correct advice. read more

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