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• Tune in to top folk band

  THE First Family of English folk, Waterson: Carthy, come to the Subscription Rooms next week. read more

• Show set to be a side-splitter

  JONGLEURS on the Road returns to Stroud's Subscription Rooms this weekend in a flurry of funnymen and women. read more

• Taylor could be set for Lawn hot seat

  SHAUN TAYLOR has emerged as hot favourite to replace Alan Lewer at Forest Green Rovers. read more

• Children put at risk by abandoned truck

  AN INVESTIGATION has begun as to why children were able to clamber into the cab of an unlocked dustcart after it was left unattended in a Stroud housing estate on Friday. read more

• A gentle way to treat your ills

  AN ME sufferer who discovered that alternative therapies could help cure her health problems is now celebrating one year in business after setting up alternative therapy centre, Love Is All There Is, in Stroud. read more

• Vibrant dance is musical fantasy

  THE next Living Room @ The Space event features feted Festival band Fantazia, who play an irresistably groovy and rootsy blend of different musics. read more

• Junction danger

  ANGRY residents are demanding that the Pitchcombe A46 junction be completely redesigned, after an SNJ report highlighting the latest in a long line of accidents. read more

• Hail Haskins

  FOOTBALL starlet Jason Haskins is aiming for the very top after winning a major South West football talent contest. read more

• Motor show is a wheel success

  DESPITE a couple of showers, the first Motor Show at St Rose's School in Stroud was a great success. read more

• Summer dreams

  GLOUCESTERSHIRE'S own popular professional touring theatre company may raise a few eyebrows as well as curtains this summer - when an exclusively male cast perform Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream around the UK. read more

• Mum-of-two is left fighting for life

  A MUM of two was fighting for her life yesterday after a horrific accident in Stroud which resulted in a car ploughing into Stratford Park lake. read more

• Drunken yobs are targeted

  A POLICE anti-yob operation netted seven arrests as they mounted a crackdown on drunken weekend brawls in Stroud town centre. read more

• Rolf to rock at Atmosphere

  THE country's favourite entertainer, Rolf Harris, is set to bring his own brand of magic to Berkeley Castle Meadow on Saturday, August 6 when he tops the bill at Atmosphere, a brand new family-friendly event that mixes top-class music with all-round entertainment. read more

• Call for phone box to be moved

  A PHONE box next to a notorious accident black spot in Painswick should be removed or resited before somebody is killed, say residents. read more

• Prison promise to phone theft father

  A 21-year-old Stonehouse burglar with three young daughters wept in the dock when he escaped a prison sentence at Gloucester Crown Court. read more

• Bell's side go close to shocking Frocester

  Premier Two Stroud 149-9 Frocester 151-6 read more

• Indian tour for teenager

  A STROUD teenager is about to embark on a trip of a lifetime when she jets off to India to work with street children this summer. read more

• Lewis targets England debut against Bangladesh

  GLOUCESTERSHIRE fast bowler Jon Lewis could make his England debut for the series opener against Bangladesh at Lord's on Thursday week. read more

• Dance led to a diamond

  A COUPLE who learnt to dance together and have been keeping in step ever since looked back fondly on 60 years of married life this week. read more

• Crowds enjoy Wap tradition

  THE sun shone and there was not a drop of rain to be seen but the mayor still got soaked at this year's Randwick Wap on Saturday. read more

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