EXTRA grave sites will be created in the New Cemetery in Stroud by the town council. Workmen hope to uncover land for a new row of 24 new plots by cutting back vegetation in the old Catholic section. The New Cemetery is located in Horns
REPAIRS to the damaged wall alongside Park Gardens in Stroud could cost £40,000 over 10 years, the town council has been told. The lower two metres of wall were hit in last year’s floods and have also been weakened by salt splashing up from Slad Road
A PRESENTATION on the emergency charity Shelter Box will be held in Whitminster on Wednesday, December 17. The organisation provides kits containing emergency equipment to families in humanitarian crises, such as floods, tsunamis and earthquakes. David
A SILVER wedding couple collected £300 for Cancer Research UK in memory of relatives during an anniversary dance. Mike and Mary Chatter, from Frampton-on-Severn, were donated the cash by 125 friends who attended the event in Berkeley on Saturday, November
Police were called to attend a road traffic collision on the A46 at Salmon Springs in Stroud this morning. The collision, which involved a white Renault lorry, registered to an address in Gloucester, and a red and black moped, registered to an address
Police in Stroud are appealing for witnesses to a racially aggravated incident in Stroud in the early hours of Sunday, December 7. The incident took place at the taxi rank outside Woolworths in the centre of town just after 3am. The
ARTIST Damien Hirst is believed to have laid-off nearly half of his London-based staff due to the credit crunch. Up to 17 of the 22 artists who make the pills for his drug cabinet series were allegedly told their contracts would not be renewed. Meanwhile
HUNDREDS of new jobs could be created to help tackle the looming recession under updated plans for the canal regeneration project. Stroud District Council hopes 600 permanent positions will be generated and the construction work will stimulate business
A MAN has been arrested on suspicion of assaulting a parent and 15-year-old boy at a youth football match being played at Maidenhill School. The match, between King’s Stanley Youth Football Club under 16s team and Bristol-based Avon Athletic
