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• Oh yea - a great trip

  TONY Evans, Town Crier for Nailsworth, Minchinhampton and Leves attended the Town Crier World Championship in Australia in 2005. Here he recalls the highlights of his tonsil-straining visit. read more

• Boat marks start of port's regeneration

  THE DELIVERY of a narrow boat symbolised an exciting future for the once thriving Brimscombe Port. read more

• Bus company disappoints young people

  YOUNG people in the Five Valleys have expressed their disappointment with bus company Stagecoach, after it pulled out of an agreement to extend concessionary fares to 16-18 year olds in Gloucestershire. read more

• Cainscross rue shocking first half

  CAINSCROSS 2ND'S VS CHELTENHAM NORTH 3RD read more

• Hat-trick of dance nights

  STROUD'S Subscription Rooms will celebrate the end of the year with three days of dance in a row this week, with the season's climactic sessions from A Cocktail of Dancing and Just Jive-In Dance, as well as an Xmas Soul Party extravaganza. read more

• Verging on the ridiculous

  DRIVERS travelling between Chalford Hill and Bisley might be forgiven for thinking they had indulged in a drop too much over the festive season. read more

• Mother tells of her terrifying ordeal

  A BRAVE mum-of-three whose alcoholic ex-boyfriend terrorised her with a sledgehammer in front of her children has spoken of her horrific ordeal. read more

• Rebuilding lives after the Tsunami

  Stroud businessman Lakshman Gallage is currently in his home country of Sri Lanka visiting houses being built with cash he raised in the wake of last year's devastating tsunami. Before leaving, he told reporter Sian Davies about how the project to build ten homes is progressing a year after the disaster. read more

• Life, not as we know it

  THE NAILSWORTH Valley is the latest book from author Howard Beard and is filled with fascinating photographs showing life long before iPods and mobile phones. read more

• Lucky 13 for grandparents

  THIRTEEN may be an unlucky number for some but for Burleigh grandparents Gill and Peter Tomlinson it brought double good fortune at the end of 2005. read more

• Bob brings equine world into focus

  If you've ever seen a professional photograph of a horse the chances are it was snapped by Five Valleys photographer Bob Langrish. After 30 years in the business he has built up one of the largest equine picture libraries in the world and has travelled the globe taking pictures at glamorous equine events. Reporter Sian Davies met up with him at his latest project at Camp Riding Centre, near Miserden, taking poster shots for the re-launched Horse and Pony magazine. read more

• 'Sweet shop' for artists

  WHEN Jane and Simon Fisher saw an art shop for sale in Stroud they were quick off the draw and bought it. read more

• A fine campaign

  SMOKERS could face on the spot fines of £50 for discarding cigarette ends - that was the message from council officers last week when they hit the streets of Stroud as part of a litter crackdown. read more

• Magic Madjo's late show

  Conference Forest Green Rovers 2 Hereford United 2 read more

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