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• Girls caught up in Bolivian upheaval

  TWO gap year students from Gloucestershire have spoken for the first time this week about their terror after being caught up in an aggressive political coup in South America. read more

• Business takes sound quality into stone age

  TWO INNOVATIVE music-loving friends from Stroud have mixed business and pleasure in their latest venture - stereo speakers made from stone. read more

• Gnome limit to collection

  THERE's no place like gnome as far as Audrey Gay from Whiteshill is concerned. read more

• Black belt trio make the grade

  IT was cheers all round when publican Christine Sheehy and her daughter Becky achieved their black-belts with a Stroud martial arts club. read more

• Call for 'bus bouncers'

  BUS drivers and parents are calling for bouncers on school buses to control unruly youngsters travelling around the Stroud district. read more

• Secret nuclear sites revealed

  ASTON DOWN, Hardwicke and Quedgeley have been identified as three of 537 potential UK sites for the disposal of the country's nuclear waste. read more

• Boy's Struggle against the Nazis

  THE GLAMOROUS Cannes film festival could be on the cards for one Randwick boy now that he has finished filming the lead role in a short film alongside top film and TV stars. read more

• Group hits big time on a London stage

  THIS July, 17 young people from Stroud's Flies on the Wall Youth Theatre will travel to London where they will have the unforgettable experience of performing on the Olivier stage at the National Theatre as part of Shell Connections youth theatre challenge. read more

• Rampant Frocester reach regional final

  FOR the second consecutive year Frocester have reached the regional final of the National Club Knockout after they beat Swansea by 68 runs. read more

• Be enchanted by angels

  GETTING in touch with your guardian angel is not as tricky as it sounds, according to a hippy icon turned Celtic storyteller set to visit Nympsfield. read more

• Viewpoint

  AS THE newest recruit to the Stroud News and Journal newsroom I feel that it's time to introduce myself. And what better way to do that than to have a good old rant about something that has been really gets on my nerves. read more

• All-rounder lives for town

  Charity worker, raft racer and all-round good guy Richard Lacey has just taken up his new post as clerk of Stonehouse Town Council. SNJ reporter Will Saunders spoke to the mild-mannered gent about his love for the town and his volunteer work. read more

• Rovers return to the conference

  LUCKY Forest Green are back in the Conference National. As expected, the Conference AGM reprieved Rovers from relegation, but have sent Northwich Victoria down to the Nationwide North. read more

• Young artists shine at show

  INNOVATIVE new talent was unveiled at Stroud College art department's end of year show on Saturday, June 11. read more

• The life of an inspiration

  We all have a fond memory of a special teacher; someone who inspired us, encouraged us or just managed to strike the right balance between kindness and discipline when we were at school. At 98, Gladys Dorothea Beale, founder and ex-headmistress of Blueboys School in Minchinhampton, holds a dear place in the hearts of those she taught. She retired nearly thirty years ago and her small school is now closed, but she is still greeted warmly in the street by ex pupils today. Tamsin Treverton Jones spoke to this extaordinary woman. read more

• ID clampdown on boozy youths

  DRINKERS in Stroud who look under the age of 21 are being asked to prove they are old enough to consume alcohol as part of an ongoing effort to clampdown on underage drinking. read more

• Stonehouse schools under threat

  PRIMARY schools in and around Stonehouse may be under threat because of falling numbers of pupils. read more

• Kirby handed suspended sentence

  GLOUCESTERSHIRE star Steve Kirby has been found guilty of ball tampering by the England and Wales Cricket Board disciplinary panel, but escaped with a suspended sentence. read more

• Festival reborn

  MORE than 60 local acts are set to perform free of charge at the reborn Stroud Fringe Festival. Music lovers thought the much-loved late summer festival was doomed when the organisers pulled out after last year's event. read more

• The comeback king

  WHEN you ask a politician how they feel about the election result after they have just won, the last thing you expect them to say is "very disappointed". But Chas Fellows, the newly re-elected leader of Stroud District Council, was characteristically talking about the bigger picture. His disappointment referred to the general election, in which Conservative candidate Neil Carmichael was narrowly defeated by 350 votes. read more

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