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• Poetry enters the digital era

  The Poetry Archive, a major new project which aims to make poetry more accessible by recording the poets reading their own work and placing the results online, was launched last week by Poet Laureate Andrew Motion and Minchinhampton-based recording producer Richard Carrington. SNJ arts editor Adam Horovitz interviewed him about the project. read more

• Bands to battle it out

  A BATTLE of the Bands competition, organised in conjunction with Hollow Altar recording studio, is to be held in Nailsworth over several months next year. read more

• 'Beautiful and caring'

  A YOUNG mum-to-be died suddenly from a brain haemorrhage just hours after discovering her first child was to be a boy. read more

• Web wizard with head for business

  Wizz-kid Mark Stevens has been mad about computers for years. When the 16-year-old Archway School pupil combined his self-taught technical knowledge with an innate entrepreneurial spirit, his own company - GHXhosting - was born. Reporter James Davis caught up with the web-wizard to find out if he has ambitions to become the next dot-com millionaire. read more

• United sunk by a Colwell strike

  Hellenic League Premier Division Slimbridge 2 Shortwood United 1 read more

• Stroud enjoy solid victory at a canter

  Stroud RFC read more

• Fight to save village store

  VILLAGERS in Chalford face a second fight to keep their community-run village shop open. read more

• Cleo wins first local art prize

  THE FIRST Stroud District Arts Award has been won by local mosaicist Cleo Mussi. read more

• Top councillor's drink shame

  A SENIOR Stroud councillor arrested on suspicion of drink drinking has expressed his regret and backed the annual Christmas drink-drive crackdown. read more

• Raw sewage kills 4,500 fish

  A LANDSLIDE which crashed into a sewage pipe in Stroud sent raw sewage flooding into a nearby canal which killed around 4,500 fish. read more

• Tarot reader is asked to leave

  CHURCH leaders have banned a tarot card reader from Stroud's Shambles market because they say her business is anti-Christian. read more

• Members do athletics club proud

  Stroud Athetics read more

• Local rallyers take top scalps

  THE skill and verve of two local drivers left many other well-known stars in the demanding world of rallying struggling in their wake in a major national event. read more

• SNJ journalists are digging the dirt at organic allotment

  JOURNALISTS are used to digging up dirt but SNJ reporters have been getting to grips with the real thing. read more

• Past winters of discontent

  Last week's flurry of snow caused chaos in the Five Valleys and across the county. While younger people were shocked by the sight of stranded motorists, the older generation can remember far more severe conditions. Teenager Luke Warner looked back to when winters really were something to dread. read more

• Remove this sign now

  A FURIOUS row has emerged between Stroud's traders and the police over a giant automated sign which appeared at the top of the High Street on Friday. read more

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