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• Postmistress stole £58,000

  A SUB-POSTMISTRESS who stole more than £58,000 from Chalford Hill Post Office has escaped jail because of the effect it would have on her young daughter. read more

• Knives make a sharp exit

  DOZENS of knives have been handed into Stroud police station as part of the national amnesty. read more

• Join in the march

  STROUD resident June Ball is awaiting a hip replacement and can't walk long distances but she is not going to let that stop her taking part in the march to save Stroud's hospitals. read more

• OAP in lucky escape

  PENSIONER Mollie Glover was counting her blessings this week after finding herself a passenger in a runaway car. read more

• Shock over closure plans

  CONCERNED councillors have just five months to decide where to have their library after it was revealed that their old one will be sold. read more

• Age no obstacle for Mike

  A RODBOROUGH pensioner has fulfilled his lifetime ambition to cycle over 1,000 miles from Lands End to John O' Groats to raise more than £15,000 for charity. read more

• Club faces closure

  PAINSWICK teenagers face losing their youth club because of a massive fall in numbers. read more

• Trust fund set to help musicians

  A TRUST fund has been set up in memory of Nailsworth music lover Trefor Evans to provide children in Eastern Europe with musical instruments. read more

• Reaching summit of achievement

  It has inspired intrepid adventurers for years - to reach the summit of Mount Everest is a momentous achievement - and this week the SNJ talks to a former Marling School pupil and the Rodborough-based father of the youngest climber ever to reach the summit discovers why they are both feeling on top of the world. read more

• All's well for school's special day

  THERE was no finer day than Thursday for Bisley's annual well dressing ceremony. read more

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