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• Dancing for Rosie

  DEDICATED Stroud mum Kara Westermann-Childs is preparing to bare all to give her severely autistic daughter a vital course of therapy which could transform her quality of life. read more

• Support pours in for Save Our Buses fight

  THE SNJ has received scores of coupons in support of the Save Our Buses campaign. read more

• Feast food and music

  THE CHALFORD Feast, that paragon of community-minded hair-letting-down, is being held this weekend. read more

• Demand for new houses

  NEW homes may be built in a bid to tackle the affordable housing crisis in and around Minchinhampton after a survey of residents revealed an overwhelming demand. read more

• Plucky Stroud are down

  VETERAN bowler Gareth Haines feels Stroud will bounce back after the Farmhill side were relegated from Premier Two against Downend on Saturday. read more

• Wonder Wanless makes his point

  CONFERENCE FOREST GREEN 2 HALIFAX TOWN 2 read more

• South American dream

  ALLY Mountain is an inspiration to a generation of aspiring hippies who have never quite got around to that gap year they meant to take in 1979. read more

• Special celebration

  FROM their early childhood Peter and Ally Schofield have battled with almost total deafness. read more

• Teens in leap of delight

  EMOTIONS bubbled over as excited teenagers finally learned their GCSE results - and for many schools the grades were the best ever. read more

• Baby Jacob eases family heartbreak

  A FAMILY who were left devastated after a tragic accident in which their new born baby died have spoken of their mixed emotions and joy at the new arrival who is helping them come to terms with their grief. read more

• Shortwood undone by penalty agony

  TIM HADDOCK'S inspirational performance almost snatched an unlikely FA Cup Preliminary Round victory for Shortwood United. read more

• Family wish for college funeral

  THE family of Lawrence Hart - the artist and meditation lecturer tragically killed two weeks ago - are hoping to bury him in the grounds of the college where he lived and worked. read more

• Champagne on ice for champions elect

  Ilminster v Frocester read more

• Band duo say howdy, ya all!

  THE LIVING Room @ The Space starts up its new season this weekend with long-established favourites of the British festival circuit, Bayou Seco. read more

• Festival rolls out the barrel

  BARRELS of fun and gallons of ale made for a wonderful weekend as the fantastic Frocester Beer Festival celebrated its 26th year. read more

• Pub 'not open' about opening

  VILLAGERS have accused an Amberley pub of not being open about plans to extend its hours. read more

• C'est magnifique!

  LANGUAGES brainbox Robert Cole was exclaiming 'sacre bleu' as he scooped an A-grade French A-Level - aged just 14. read more

• Typhoon fails to push Reed off course

  NOT even a pre- race typhoon could deter Nailsworth's Peter Reed as Great Britain's men's four moved into Thursday's semi-finals of the Bearing Point World Championships in Gifu, Japan. read more

• Wooden Wonder

  THE annual Sculptree festival of wood at Westonbirt Arboretum saw something of a special event this year when sculptor Dave Johnson took on the challenge of carving a memorial to the Battle of Trafalgar. read more

• Bouncers to take last bow

  THE "last ever... possibly" showing of Dead Ernest Theatre Company's award winning production of Bouncers comes to Stroud's Subscription read more

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