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• Pete's got a brand new combine harvester

  MOST people are happy to park the family car on the driveway but mechanic Pete Henden's pride and joy is a vintage combine harvester and he can't resist showing it off to the neighbours. read more

• Reverend's a Heaven's Angel

  THERE is no doubt in Mick Wright's mind that Jesus would have ridden a bike. But he is still unsure what kind of machine the Holy Saviour would choose. read more

• Leaders toppled by Kimber's brilliance

  West of England League Premier Division Two Stroud 1st XI v Ilminster read more

• Fear of friends at Red Sea resort

  A STROUD woman who has converted to Islam is anxiously waiting for news of friends caught up in the carnage in the Eygpitian resort Sharm El-Sheikh. read more

• A slice of history - for 70p

  Will Saunders gets stuck into some high-brow thinking with his 30p copy of Marcus Aurelius' Meditations. He also picked up the Jules Verne classic Around the World in Eighty Days for a mere 70p. read more

• Objections to plan flood in

  MORE than 500 objections have been lodged against Stroud District Council's local plan. read more

• Students left waiting as daily service gets axed

  STUDENTS will have to make their own way to college because a crucial daily bus service between Chalford Hill and Cirencester has been axed. read more

• Village is top in its fields

  PAINSWICK is celebrating this week after being declared the Gloucestershire Village of the Year 2005. read more

• Group praised on a national stage

  FLIES on the Wall, the Stroud-based youth theatre group, took their production of Samurai to the National Theatre on Monday, July 11 and came away with a review in a national paper and a lot of praise. read more

• Firefighters battle blaze at former dairy

  FIREFIGHTERS battled for two hours with flames at the old Express Dairies Depot on Lansdown, which was due to be developed into 45 new homes. read more

• Bruno's double knockout on unlucky Wood

  SHORTWOOD UNITED....................1 FOREST GREEN ROVERS................5 read more

• Chris is tackling a change of career

  Former professional rugby player Chris Raymond has just completed his first term as a primary school head teacher. Reporter Alli Pyrah asked him about the transition from the rugby pitch to the classroom. read more

• Linton jazzes up the airwaves

  A RODBOROUGH man is to take to the airwaves this weekend with the first in a four part series on Jewish folk music called klezmer, entitled Rhythm and Jews - the story of klezmer. read more

• Couple safe from hurricane hell

  A NEWLYWED couple who had to be evacuated from their honeymoon hotel in Mexico after Hurricane Emily struck have returned home safe and well. read more

• Town has pretty French twin

  STROUD has a twin town for the first time in its history after a delegation visited the stunning French commune of Saint Ismier. read more

• Pupils use their new heads wisely

  THREE pupils showed who really rules Sheepscombe Primary School when they took over as head teachers for the day. read more

• Wishing on Gainey's Well

  GAINEY'S Well, which provided the town with its first clean water supply, is steeped in history and mystery. read more

• Mother seriously injured in crash

  A MOTHER seriously injured in the latest collision at the Pitchcombe fork accident black-spot had been complaining about road safety there for years. read more

• Housing vote 'slap in face'

  A FIERCE row has erupted over the future of council homes after Stroud District Council decided they should remain under Ebley Mill's control. read more

• Fun, culture and education day

  OVERSEAS youth will be descending on Nailsworth for an environmentally packed day of fun, culture and education today (Wednesday, July 27). read more

On this day: Stroud Archive