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• More wildlife areas

  NEW green spaces will mean more smiling faces in and around Stroud. read more

• Ice work if you can get it for designer

  A BRIMSCOMBE designer's ice age mammal illustrations have been chosen by the Royal Mail for this month's set of stamps. read more

• Frantic multi-cultural laughter

  Omid Djalili - No Agenda Cheltenham Town Hall Thursday, March 9 read more

• Painswick left empty handed

  Glos Premier read more

• Legal action threat over phone mast

  TEACHERS are horrified that controversial plans for a mobile phone mast near Wycliffe College have been given the go-ahead. read more

• Writers take to the stage

  TWENTY of Gloucestershire's best new writers are celebrating after finding out their work will be put in the spotlight in a unique production at the Cheltenham Everyman. read more

• Nomads topple Cainy

  Cainscross 1st XV 8 Stroud Nomads XV 15 read more

• Chekov in Caribbean

  THREE Sisters, the Chekov classic, has been shaken up Caribbean style in an exciting reworking by award-winning writer Mustapha Matura and will be bringing a slice of sepia coloured sunshine to the Everyman in Cheltenham this week. read more

• Dan's digging for gold Down Under

  THE eyes of the Five Valleys and Great Britain will firmly be focused on Nailsworth marathon man Dan Robinson on Saturday night, when England's solitary competitor aims for potential medal glory from the start line of the 18th Commonwealth Games Marathon in Melbourne, Australia. read more

• Spot the difference

  WOULD you be able to tell which of these two cash machines has a high-tech card-skimming device attached? read more

• Hygiene hazard

  SHOCKING images sent into the SNJ reveal dirty conditions in the recently refurbished changing areas at Stroud's Stratford Park Leisure Centre. read more

• Police investigate allegation against head

  THE headteacher of a Five Valleys special school has been suspended while police probe an allegation that he assaulted a 10-year-old boy. read more

• Waitrose parking mayhem

  ANGRY householders say staff at Stroud's Waitrose are causing chaos by parking in their street. read more

• Land 'greed' threat

  ANXIOUS traders and politicians fear the soaring price of land alongside canals earmarked for regeneration could push local businesses off the waterfront. read more

• Toothless

  AS a player Gary Owers spilt blood for the cause-but it was like getting blood out of a stone from a Forest Green side that turned in a wretched display to gift Southport a precious three points. read more

• An actor's life for me

  RICHARD Loftus, who already been acting for much of his life and who played Peter Pan in the Cotswold Playhouse's recent production, has been offered a place at a top drama school. read more

• Slad horse trainer set for Gold Cup

  SLAD horse trainer Tom George will be hoping jump Jockey Jason Maguire can Lord it when he races Lord Of Illusion at Friday's Cheltenham Gold Cup (3.15pm). read more

• It's an ice day for a white wedding

  NEWLYWEDS Simon and Angie Briggs enjoyed a magical wedding in Lapland, with snowmobile rides, life-sized ice sculptures of The Beatles and a chapel built of ice. read more

• Dance to the Samba sound

  STROUD School of Samba, an established community group in the for quite some time bringing Brazilian rhythms to people all over the county and further afield, is looking to start a brass and dance section. read more

• Little Shines

  MINCHINHAMPTON New Course golfer Stuart Little recorded his best finish of the European Tour by finishing eight shots behind the winner in the Singapore Masters. read more

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