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• New artists take a fresh approach

  NEW is the last chance to see the Stroud House Gallery selection from the best of 2004's graduate work - sixteen artists with an exhilarating raw energy and fresh approach will be exhibiting at the gallery from this weekend. read more

• Panto players beat back illness for perfect performance

  A PANTOMIME production plagued by delay, cancellation and rampant illness finally played to packed houses in Box last week. read more

• Making the right choice

  In these days of the 'ethical consumer' we are encouraged to think before we buy and choose our purchases carefully. But the competing choices can leave us in a bit of a muddle as we try to decide which is the best of a good bunch. SAM BOND compared organic, FairTrade and local produce read more

• Nick's Durban trip assured with England call-up

  FORMER Beaudesert Park pupil Nick Abendanon, 18, who was born in South Africa, has been called up for the England Under-19s squad which headed to Durban on Sunday to compete in the IRB U19 World Championship. read more

• Post Office stamped out

  MORE than a century of tradition ended on Wednesday as protesters watched the tiny Whiteshill Post Office close its shutters for the last time. read more

• Rovers climb out of relegation zone

  Nationwide Conference read more

• Childrens author joins the niterati

  Author John Dougherty was an early reader. read more

• Olympian pulls out of London Marathon

  A MYSTERY virus has put paid to Dan Robinson's Flora London Marathon hopes. Blood tests at Bath University revealed nothing, leaving the 30-year-old Robinson, who represented Great Britain at the Olympics in Athens, mystified. read more

• A tale of terror revisited

  THE ultimate tale of Gothic terror is coming back to life. Dracula is appearing, in all his gory glory, at Cheltenham's Everyman this week. read more

• Easter bunnies hop to it in Minchinhampton

  A TOP young hurdler put her jumping skills to good use on Saturday as she bounded around Minchinhampton dressed as the Easter Bunny. read more

• Alcohol led to death

  A 28-year-old woman died after a drinking binge which left her with seven times the legal alcohol level in her body, an inquest heard on Wednesday. read more

• Indian visit provides students with perspective on education

  To say many children take education for granted in this country would be an understatement. Who can deny wishing they did not have to go to school on sunny days or in the freezing depths of winter? But, as one team of award-winning fund-raisers from Stroud High School discovered on a trip to India, education is a highly sought-after privilege in some parts of the world. SAM BOND reports. read more

• Comedic pair take to the stage

  A PAIR of fresh comedic blooms are to take the stage at the latest Duke of York comedy night on Nelson street in Stroud this week. read more

• Easter Cross desecrated by vandals

  THE annual Easter celebration by Christians in the Five Valleys was ruined when vandals turned the crucifix on Selsley Common into a hangman's gallows. read more

• Pottery find is truly amazing

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• Vandal scourge prompts call for police action

  A SPATE of vandalism in Paganhill has left residents with smashed windows, damaged cars, a tree set on fire and the wall of a Grade 11 listed building demolished. read more

• Plans for civic ball

  A GRAND civic ball could be held to honour the people of Stonehouse as town councillors form a working party to plan a glitzy annual bash. read more

• Council watchdogs grill cabinet over housing sites

  POLICY watchdogs at Stroud District Council grilled top planners on Thursday night over controversial housing sites included in the Local Plan. read more

• Varsity Boat Race joy for oarsman Reed

  NAILSWORTH'S Peter Reed tasted sweet revenge as Oxford's giant crew powered their way to victory over Cambridge in Sunday's 151st University Boat Race on the River Thames. read more

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