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• School appeal strikes a chord with opera singer

  To raise funds for Wynstones School's new music hall project, world-renowned opera singer Sarah Connolly will perform a one-off concert at Stroud's Subscription Rooms this week. Reporter Sian Davies spoke to the mezzo-soprano at her Rodborough home about her impressive career. read more

• Duo beam after Rovers bring down Harriers

  GARY OWERS and Shaun Taylor couldn't fail to hide their collective delight after seeing Forest Green turn the form book upside down with a welcome victory over Kidderminster Harriers at Aggborough on Saturday. read more

• Scooter pest off the road

  POLICE in Stroud formed a motorcycle dismay team when they confiscated a nuisance scooter from a 15-year-old tearaway. read more

• Sounds of Africa

  JOYOUS African dance band Imbongi return to Stroud's Subscription Rooms early next month by popular demand. read more

• Breeder puzzled over 'ram raid'

  A PEDIGREE sheep breeder is baffled after a prize ram worth more than £750 was apparently stolen from his farm in Horsley. read more

• Artspace work to go underground

  AS Stroud Valleys Artspace gets ever closer to completion, the organisation is preparing the ground for the new look building to be a hub of the community by symbolically burying a number of artists' work in the concrete floor. read more

• Stroud power home

  Powergen Intermediate Cup Grove 24 Stroud 40 read more

• Band to be a success

  The Five Valleys will reverberate to the sound of the annual Stroud Marching Band Competition this weekend. Alli Pyrah found out what we can expect. read more

• Health chiefs dace £9m cuts

  HEALTH care in Stroud is under threat as NHS bosses face making £9 million of cuts in the Cotswolds over the next six months. read more

• Boy locked in toilet

  A FRANTIC Minchinhampton couple were re-united with their missing 12-year-old son after he spent all night locked in a pub toilet. read more

• New leash of life for Poppy

  IT WAS a case of four legs bad, two wheels good for one lucky pooch after generous pals at a Five Valleys animal shelter gave her a new leash of life. read more

• Abbey shoots down Harriers

  Zema Abbey answered his critics with two neatly taken goals to earn Forest Green a smashing victory at Aggborough. read more

• Slambush

  THIS year's Fringe Festival featured a Poetry Slam knockout competition between Archway School and Winchcombe School run by ex-Archway student Helen Gregory, who is part of Ambush Artists. read more

• Ready to be bowled over

  BOWLING fever is about to hit Stroud, with the opening of the long awaited 10-pin alley next week. read more

• A life less ordinary

  The glass is half full is a philosophy that led Marie Jennings MBE to lead a truly fulfilling and inspirational life. Now in her 70s she has looked back at her life to write her autobiography - Diamonds and Pearls, which is published this week. Reporter Sian Davies visited Marie at her Bisley home to find out about her extraordinary life. read more

• Bar is more than flavour of the week

  A staple ingredient of 1950s teen flicks, the milkshake bar has connotations with pink-shirted waitresses and double-dating cheerleaders. But with his blend of optimism and ambition, Stroud's Jon Bown has brought fresh ingredients to a retro idea. And, with over 140 flavours and counting, his mix and match milkshake Mecca has definitely gone large in Stroud. Reporter Alli Pyrah headed down to Merrywalks Shopping Centre to meet the man behind Crazy Shakes. read more

• Ace Alliss takes out top scalp

  Leigh Alliss claimed the best win of his career as the Stroud pugilist halted former British and Commonwealth light-heavyweight champion Neil Simpson at the end of the third round in Plymouth on Friday night. read more

• Parking hurts local traders

  A JOINT blitz on illegal parking in a Stroud pedestrian zone was hailed as a success by organisers - but angered some local traders who said it hampered business. read more

• Hospital site 'for sale' row

  BIDDERS fighting to save Standish Hospital for public use expressed their anger this week after the Department of Health put the mothballed site back on the market. read more

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