PROFESSIONAL chefs Idris Caldora and Michael Bullard helped students prepare and serve a mouthwatering five-course dinner to a host of guests at Maidenhill School last night. The pair guided pupils through each course in the school’s fully equipped catering
AN AMBITIOUS project to unite infant and junior pupils at King’s Stanley Primary in a single building is expected to start in April. Gloucestershire County Council has revealed a £2.5million scheme to extend and refurbish the current infant
MODELS are needed to take part in a spoof beauty pageant at The Duke of York in Stroud on Sunday in aid of the DEC Haiti earthquake appeal. Miss Duke 2010, which is also open to men, encourages contestants to come in wacky outfits, such as a wetsuit
Stonehouse Methodist Church Focus meeting, Wednesday, January 20, 2010 IT WAS good to welcome a group of Christians from Churches Together in Stonehouse to a talk on Traidcraft given by Revd Noel Sharp from Gloucester as part of this year’s Week
FIREFIGHTERS had to rescue a sausage dog which went on the run and climbed into the engine compartment of a neighbour's car in Uley. Dexter, a five-year-old dachshund, was being looked after by Carole Smith at her home in South Street, Uley
Stroud Philatelic Society THE first meeting to be held in 2010 was programmed for January 6 as an open to all members display. It had to be cancelled at the eleventh hour due to more than a few inches of snow around the Cotswolds. This display will now
A DECISION to allow a street trader to sell food from a motorised rickshaw in Stroud is being reviewed after a late objection from the town council. Stroud District Council granted consent for the sale of snacks from the vehicle in King Street
STROUD AC star Tom Curr finished ninth on his England overseas debut in the prestigious Elgoibar Cross-Country Festival in Spain. Curr, 17, was included in the four-man squad for the Under-20s men's race. Farnham and District's Jonny Hay was the star
SECOND World War veteran Joseph Ponting used money from his pension to commemorate former Archway School pupil Lance Corporal Dane Elson, who died in Afghanistan last year. Mr Ponting, 87, a former paratrooper and prisoner of war, was surprised when
Stroud Shambles WI UNFORTUNATELY the January meeting had to be cancelled due to the inclement weather. The next meeting will be on February 10 at the Shambles, Stroud at 10am. There will be a bring and buy stall, and the speaker will be Molly Scott-Cato
POPULAR busker Mike Colman - who as a teenager was a founding member of what would later become world famous rock band Genesis - has died at the age of 58. A classically trained violinist who wrote music for film, TV and computer games, Mike
ENGINEERING firm Renishaw has reported an order book increase of £7.9 million since the end of June last year. The announcement was made in the company’s latest interim report released today, Wednesday, January 27, which also revealed that order intake
REECE STYCHE enjoyed a dream Forest Green debut last night as he came off the bench to score twice and earn a crucial three points at Hayes and Yeading. Styche, who signed for Rovers on a month's loan from Unibond side Chasetown on Monday, replaced Craig
SHORTWOOD'S Wembley dreams were ended by a clinical Barwell side at Meadowbank on Saturday, writes Jim Cunneen. The high-flying Midland Alliance side played football from the back and in Liam McDonald they had the best player on the pitch. For
AN UNCLE from Nailsworth is planning to run the London Marathon to raise money for a charity which helps children who have the same life-threatening condition as his two-and-a-half year old niece Emily Drury. James Jeffery, 29, who lives
MULTI-MILLION pound plans to build 77 homes on Stroud Cricket Club's historic ground were revealed this week. Developer Newland Homes has signed a contract to buy the four-acre site in Stratford Road, Farmhill. This would provide enough
STROUD District Council has approved a 1.9 per cent tax rise for its services in the next financial year – expected to be the lowest hike of any major local authority in Gloucestershire. The below-inflation increase, which compares to last year
