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• Mystified Lewer to appeal against Hereford sending off

  ALAN LEWER is set to appeal against his sending off against Hereford United after the Forest Green boss was ordered from the dug-out during Rovers' 3-1 defeat last week. read more

• Grow, learn and be inspired

  Breathtaking and imposing, the building that houses Hawkwood college could not have been better chosen to inspire personal development. read more

• Fallen heroes to be fondly remembered

  THE names of Painswick's fallen heroes are set to be recorded by civic leaders as wind and time erode them from the town's war memorial. read more

• On the run for charity

  STROUD'S Shirley Linton ran her third marathon in London on Sunday. read more

• Hard man to gently entertain clubbers

  WEST Country girls can meet an East End boy this weekend as Stroud nightclub Uptown Downtown plays host to returning Eastenders hardman Steve McFadden. read more

• Former United legend leaves coaching post

  FORMER Shortwood United boss John Evans has left his role as Slimbridge caretaker manager after failing to land the role in a permanent capacity. read more

• Pulled alive from wreck

  A YOUNG woman has told how she is lucky to be alive this week after cheating death in a 50mph crash on the busy A46. read more

• Blaze destroys barge

  A CANAL barge home was destroyed on Monday after it caught fire at Saul Junction. read more

• Dog-gone politics

  A CANVASSING election candidate found out about life at the sharp end of politics when his fingers were savaged by a vicious dog lurking behind a letterbox. read more

• Drama is witty and cheeky

  THE Thelma and Louise of the SAGA generation come to Cheltenham Everyman's Other Space studio theatre this weekend in the form of Breakaway Blues. read more

• Fury over trees

  OUTRAGED residents have applied for a tree protection order after a construction company chopped down trees originally protected by a covenant. read more

• Films go on show

  RESPONDING to the needs of local film and video artists, Trial Pit Cinema, premiering at Stroud's Subscription Rooms next week, is a new Stroud Valleys Artspace initiative - organised by Stroud video artist Beth Szczepura - that hopes to give frustrated film-makers a much needed outlet. read more

• Pavilion fire blamed on arsonists

  A HISTORIC cricket pavilion was reduced to smouldering ashes after a suspected arson attack on a Dudbridge sports field. read more

• Prince sends thanks for Ray's lines of luck

  A STONEHOUSE man has received a letter of thanks from HRH Prince Charles for a poem he wrote commemorating the royal wedding. read more

• Holy cow! Festival fun is back in the field

  Adventurer, traveller, musician and Nailstock organiser Hamish Guerrini may look like a maddened castaway, but beneath the bushy beard is a man who has gone a long way to think big thoughts. With the annual Nailsworth Festival due to start on Saturday, SNJ reporter Will Saunders spoke to the Ruskin Mill worker about his life on the road and what he thinks of his Five Valleys home. read more

• Save our allotment

  ALLOTMENT holders have been reassured that their plots will not be bulldozed after their determined efforts to turn a once barren site into a flourishing community. read more

• Roaring success on way

  THE Nailsworth Festival starts on Saturday and the line-up looks even bigger and more spectacular than last year. read more

• Iran lifts strict religious veil

  Stroud author Jamila Gavin, winner of the 2000 Whitbread Children's Book of the Year for one of her many novels, Coram Boy, was recently invited to Iran for the very first children's book festival to be held there. Here she questions why she was chosen to be a guest in this highly religious country and describes some of the changes which she believes is opening up Iran to the west. read more

• Poetic film well versed in town life

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• Canal lease signed on 'historic' day for Stroud

  STROUD'S canals were signed over to restoration leaders at British Waterways this week in what has been heralded as a "momentous day" for the district. read more

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