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• Grant looms for textile trust

  THE STROUDWATER Textile Trust received the welcome news that the Textile Biennale festival to be held in May has been awarded a £2000 grant from the Arts Council this week. read more

• Post office blow

  THE battle to save Whiteshill Post Office has been lost and the axe will finally fall later this month. read more

• Specialist schools welcome Ofsted watchdog 'outperformance' claims.

  SPECIALIST schools in the Five Valleys have welcomed claims from education watchdog Ofsted that they are outperforming other secondaries. read more

• Puzzled over road detour

  DRIVERS are being advised to take 20 mile detour when a short stretch of a Stroud street closes for roadworks this month. read more

• Vets seek TB cull

  A CALL by more than 300 vets for a badger cull to control the spread of cattle TB has been dismissed by county conservationists. read more

• Outrage over housing plan

  FURY has erupted in Brimscombe at plans to build 48 homes on green fields just yards from what residents say is a far more suitable plot. read more

• Preddy grasps Madrid ticket

  RYAN PREDDY will be living an athletic dream as he prepares to share the same stage with Great Britain's Olympic heroes at the SPAR European Indoor Championships in Madrid on Sunday. read more

• Stroud push through the mud

  South West 2 West Stroud RFC 16 Camborne RFC 8 read more

• Chief slates council taxes

  SHIRE Hall has been accused of squandering taxpayers' money by the district council finance chief after hiking its council tax share by 3.9 per cent. read more

• Full steam ahead

  STROUD Brunel Group has scooped a grant of £25,000 to help build up a full head of steam for next year's 200th anniversary of the great engineer's birth. read more

• Bouncers back

  DEAD Ernest Theatre Company represent Stroud this week when they compete in the Cheltenham All England One Act Play Festival. read more

• Activist arrested in oil protest

  ECO-ACTIVISTS from Stroud stormed the London stronghold of the petrol industry and helped disrupt a meeting between the world's biggest oil barons. read more

• Delight over canal grant

  CANAL plans received a boost this week with the announcement of a further £575,000 grant aid. read more

• Birthday boy hails Forest Green point

  Conference Forest Green Rovers......1 Stevenage Borough........1 read more

• Welcome to the jungle

  MAIDENHILL School in Stonehouse put on their latest show this week, an all singing, all dancing production of The Jungle Book. They are pictured here performing a dress rehearsal for local primary schools on Monday, February 28. read more

• Brook row babbles

  RELATIONSHIPS between Greens and Stroud Creamery developers look set to sour after politicians accused architects of missing a golden opportunity to open up the buried brook that runs under the site. read more

• Drums are a real hit

  IN a cymbal of community goodwill a Stroud company has donated two drum kits worth £650 to Rodborough Primary School. read more

• Council furious over plans

  FURIOUS civic leaders have described a proposed housing development as 'the worst in over a decade'. read more

• Fans boost funds

  FOOTBALL players and supporters from across the region have raised a further £3,000 for charities this week. read more

On this day: Stroud Archive